Experience

Experience is the comb that nature gives us
after we are bald

Belgian proverb

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Our friends' help

It is not so much our friends' help that helps
but the confidence of their help

quote by Epicurus
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Growing old

Growing old isn't so bad if you consider the alternative

quote by Maurice Chevalier

(and... "Growing old is not for sissies" by Bette Davis)

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Making the news

It is better to be making the news than taking it
to be an actor rather than a critic

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Silence


If a word is worth a coin

silence is worth two


Hebrew proverb




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(seen at the banks of the Thames, London)


Nothing in life is to be feared

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

quote by Marie Curie

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Robbing a bank

What is robbing a bank
compared to founding a bank

quote by Berthold Brecht
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Experience

A man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20
has wasted 30 years of his life.

quote by Mohammed Ali
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Pirate

It is more fun to be a pirate
than to join the navy

Quote by Steve Jobs
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Being wrong

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition,
there is no shame in being wrong,
only in failing to correct our mistakes.

quote by George Soros
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