#w

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. ↗

— Omar Khayyam

#jug #loaf #thou #wine

Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again. ↗

— Omar Khayyam

#canst #come #fate #life #living

Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went. ↗

— Omar Khayyam

#argument #came #did #doctor #door

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. ↗

— Omar Khayyam

#cancel #finger #half #having #line

Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#create #disappear #duration #essence #fortunes

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#corruption #done #government #government officials #i

This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#demonstration #highly #indifferent #law #power

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#fight #get #makes #manager #managers

I enjoyed retirement the right way... linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#con #enjoyed #i #plenty #red

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#anyway #cannot #court #court decision #decision