Tuesday Tune-up

Milk Carton Kids, "New York"

Quote for the Week, April 26-May 2, 2015

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
--Berthold Auerbach

Tuesday Tune-up

Honey Dewdrops, "Let Me Sing"

Quote for the Week, April 19-25, 2015

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right.  Beware of being assailed by one, and praised by the other.
--Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President (1861-65)

Tuesday Tune-up

Simon & Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence"

Quote for the Week, April 12-18, 2015

If you give someone the opportunity to make stupid money solving a problem—guess what, the problem will get solved.
--Jared Dillian

 

Tuesday Tune-up

William Wild, "Townsend"

Quote for the Week, April 5-11, 2015

Dignity and singularity:  these are among the blessings of solitude in a high place.

--Philip Connors, Fire Season

Tuesday Tune-up

Benny C & The Associates, "Tea For Two"

Quote for the Week, March 29-April 4, 2015

Governments and individuals conformed to the rhythm of the tragedy, and swayed and staggered forward in helpless violence, slaughtering and squandering on ever-increasing scales, till injuries were wrought to the structure of human society which a century will not efface.
--Winston Churchill, The World Crisis, 1915 (1927)

Tuesday Tune-up

Kristin Diable, "Quittin' Kind"

Quote for the Week, March 22-28, 2015

It is credit that matters, not money.
--George Soros

Tuesday Tune-up

Dixie Chicks, "Not Ready To Make Nice"

Quote for the Week, March 15-21, 2015

When someone tries to make you afraid, they are abusing you; they are hacking you.  They are grabbing your inner workings and turning them toward their own ends.

--Paul Rosenberg

Tuesday Tune-up

Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo, "We Belong"

Quote for the Week, March 8-14, 2015

To succeed in life, you need two things:  ignorance and confidence.
--Mark Twain

Tuesday Tune-up

Paramore (w/ Joy Williams), "Hate To See Your Heart Break"

Quote for the Week, March 1-7, 2015

As a director of 19 companies over the years, I've never heard "dis-synergies" mentioned, though I've witnessed plenty of those once deals have closed.
--Warren Buffett, in his 2015 letter to Berkshire-Hathaway shareholders, on typical merger negotiations

Tuesday Tune-up

Tift Merritt, "Sweet Spot"

Quote for the Week, February 22-28, 2015

Capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies are based.
--Thomas Piketty