#sine

I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#continue #enjoyed #five #got #had

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#because #just #just because #mean #planned

It's a most peculiar psychology—this business of "Science is based on faith too, so there!" Typically this is said by people who claim that faith is a good thing. Then why do they say "Science is based on faith too!" in that angry-triumphal tone, rather than as a compliment? And a rather dangerous compliment to give, one would think, from their perspective. If science is based on 'faith', then science is of the same kind as religion—directly comparable. If science is a religion, it is the religion that heals the sick and reveals the secrets of the stars. It would make sense to say, "The priests of science can blatantly, publicly, verifiably walk on the Moon as a faith-based miracle, and your priests' faith can't do the same." Are you sure you wish to go there, oh faithist? Perhaps, on further reflection, you would prefer to retract this whole business of "Science is a religion too! ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#religion #science #business

We had all opted to take City's financial reporting course work, which, in theory, meant we wanted to write about stock prices and corporate takeovers. That, of course, was a joke. No one still in their twenties, and broke, goes into journalism to write about money—a subject in which they still have zero practical experience. ↗

— Chris Ayres

#journalism #business

All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#business

If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#doing #everyone #must #serve #visits

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job. ↗

— Ted Turner

#called #entrepreneur #job #now #son

I read that Monica Seles got stabbed. And although I have nothing against Monica Seles, I'm glad somebody in sports got stabbed. I like the idea of it; it's good entertainment. If we're lucky, it'll spread through sports. And show business, too! Wouldn't you like to see a guy jump up on stage and stab some famous singer? Especially a real shitty pop singer? Maybe they'll even start stabbing comedians. Fuck it, I'm ready! I never perform without my can of mace. I have a switchblade knife, too. I'll cut your eye out and go right on telling jokes. ↗

— George Carlin

#humor #sports #business

There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like. In business, people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Maybe you’re too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else’s situation as you are about your own. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

#formula #love #loving-ways #negotiate #relationships

It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#career #done #favourite #i #involved