Democracy

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
― Winston S. Churchill

If you torture the data long enough, it will confess.
- Ronald Coase

Thinking

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
- Henry Ford

Leading

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

- George S. Patton

Square pegs and round holes

The problem with trying to fit a square peg into a round hole isn't that it's hard work.
It's that you're destroying the peg in the process.
- F

Attitude

Don't get confused between my personality and my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on you."
-- Frank Ocean

Writers

Never piss off writers. They have audiences.

Doing it right

You only live once.
But if you do it right, once is enough.
- Mae West

Thinking vs feeling

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
- Horace Walpole

Enemies

It's better to have your enemies inside your tent pissing out,

than outside your tent pissing in. 

- Lyndon B. Johnson

Investing

It doesn't matter what the business is, it's my return that matters. 

- Duncan Bannatyne

Business

A business is an operation that makes money. 

- Duncan Bannatyne

Cost

If you think that hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur. 

- Anonymous

Friends

The only way to have a friend is to be one. 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Directions

It's better to walk alone,
than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
- Diane Grant

Computers & humans

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.

- Albert Einstein

Conviction

My mind is made up. Don’t confuse me with the facts.
- Anonymous

Quality

If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.

- Steve Jobs

Open minds

It's important to keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out.
- Anonymous

Politiker

Der beste Platz für Politiker ist das Wahlplakat.
Dort ist er tragbar, geräuschlos und leicht zu entfernen.
- Loriot