#pro

Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn't have them anywhere else. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#always #anywhere #because #been #being

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#believe #i #lot #moral #practice

The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice. ↗

— Bill Budge

#just #keyboard #know #novice #proficient

Indecision may or may not be my problem. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#may #problem

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#hear #industry #just #last #missing

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#better #class #cut #end #even

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#changing #chronically #devoted #energy #find

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#got #improve #life #lot #million

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#carefully #comments #conspiratorial #correct #haitian

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#best #handmaid #happiness #literature #mythology