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"Mulder, the truth is out there… but so are lies."
Agent Scully, The X-Files
Created by Chris Carter
Category: Quotes
Video Quote of the Week: A Key to Economic and Social Survival Courtesy of the Gates Foundation
I could’ve written thousands upon thousands words on the subject, but the creative studio Gentleman Scholar commissioned by the Gates Foundation managed to compact the organization’s message on family planning as a crucial necessity for the world’s well-being into a 1 minute and 44 second gem with a self-spoken title Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives?
Thank you, Bill and Melinda Gates!
Click the video’s title above to watch it on YouTube.
Quote of the Week: HBO’s The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner: I am too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.
Will McAvoy: I am not.
Charlie Skinner: You are older than you think. Don't learn that the hard way.
Season 1, Episode 1
Created and Written by Aaron Sorkin
Quote of the Week: If You Haven’t Got Material
"You could be a good singer from now ’til hell and back and if you haven’t got material, you’re just standing there with your mouth open. You’ll be singing commercial jingles for the rest of your life."
The Frustrated CFO's comment:
When I first heard this long-ago interview on The Best of The Mamas & the Papas compilation, I thought right away that Mama Cass stumbled on something very fundamental and universal here. It's not just music. Without writers, actors wouldn't have roles to perform. Without choreographers, dancers would be standing there motionless.
In fact, I frequently use this quote as an analogy in business situations. It works wonders, for example, in shrinking heads of "star" traders and salesmen, who think themselves to be the only important people in an organization. They forget that the music they are singing to clients and customers is a combination of the company's goodwill created by executives, the finances that buy the products, the infrastructure that delivers and supports the commerce. Without all of these efforts together, they would be standing there with their mouths opened selling… nothing.
Quote of the Week: CEO’s Brain Freeze
From an actual email exchange between a CEO and a CFO who are on friendly terms with each other:
"CEO:
Hi! Is there 8.15924 gallons per metric ton, or 8.110117 gallons per metric ton?
Thanks, expert!
CFO:
Yeah right! A metric TON is slightly over 8 gallons???!!! Just 8 jugs of milk???!!! I can carry that, the whole ton of it. And they say I don't have any strength in my arms!
It's the pounds: there are approximately 8.34 pounds in a gallon. And there are approximately 2,204.62 pounds in a ton. This means that there are about 264.34 gallons in a metric ton.
Aren't you glad you have a CFO?"
The Frustrated CFO's comment:
Remarkable isn't it? Emailing the CFO instead of looking it up on the Internet – that's pretty much the essence of a business owner's attitude.
The Frustrated CFO 