#ark

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. ↗

— Gary Miller

#consumers #demonstrated #distributed #fragile #gasoline

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. ↗

— Henry Miller

#benefit #dark #experience #growth #leap

Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#building #business #chief #chief executive #companies

I'm glad I don't live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn't even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#attention #even #glad #hill #i

Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher. ↗

— Larry Miller

#kosher #looking #making #manufacturers #market

Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't. ↗

— Merton Miller

#delude #information #into #just #know

Of course. I favor passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. ↗

— Merton Miller

#because #course #devices #favor #i

To beat the market you'll have to invest serious bucks to dig up information no one else has yet. ↗

— Merton Miller

#beat #bucks #dig #else #information

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. ↗

— Dan Millman

#faith #feeling #guide #heart #lantern