The dose makes the poison. Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison.
-Paracelsus
A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the cure for all.
-Ecclesiastes 10:19
When it becomes serious, you have to lie
-Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EU Commission
The wonderful thing about the way I was raised is that no one ever told me that I couldn’t do those things
-Elizabeth Holmes
Integrity, Communication, Respect, Excellence
-Values on the entrance lobby wall to Enron
Pain is the sudden rush of new information filling the gap that a moment ago was lack of knowledge.
-Jerry Seinfeld
Sometimes Science is a lot more Art than Science. A Lot of people don’t get that.
-Rick Sanchez C-137
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste… an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.
-Rahm Emanuel
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me! They would ask me to advise them, ….Posing problems that would cross a rabbi’s eyes! And it won’t make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong. When you’re rich, they think you really know!
– Sheldon Harnick
Zugzwang
is a situation found in chess and other games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move. The fact that the player is compelled to move means that their position will become significantly weaker.
