If GE’s strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century. less than 1 minute read
I’ve found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading ‘Now is the time to buy.’ less than 1 minute read
When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable. less than 1 minute read
The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don’t always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn’t have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I’m interested in the exceptions. less than 1 minute read
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. less than 1 minute read
I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way. less than 1 minute read
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well. less than 1 minute read
As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world. less than 1 minute read
The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn’t sound kosher. Because it isn’t. less than 1 minute read
