"I have hundreds times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission."
Robert Burns
(1759 – 1796)
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Quote of the Week: More on Declining Quality of… Everything
A conversation between two young women overheard by The Frustrated CFO:
Young Woman #1: "Oh, those wreaths are beautiful! Have you had them for a long time?"
Young Woman #2: "When I was growing up we went to the Renaissance Faire several times. Every time we went, I bought one."
Young Woman #1: "Well, how do you know, which one is from which Faire?"
Young Woman #2: "By the quality. The older the wreath, the better it's made."
Quote of the Week: The Legislative Kitchen
"Laws are like sausages, It's better not to see them being made."
Otto von Bismarck
(1815 – 1898)
The Frustrated CFO: Some things never change. Ah, the reassuring repetitiveness of human history!
Quote of the Week: Just Because We Deserve It, We Do Not Have to Like It
The original authorship of the statement "Every nation has the government it deserves" has been disputed, like, forever. Some attribute it to Joseph de Maistre, others to Alexis de Toqueville… There are also various translations, interpretations, etc. And why not? It's logical and simple to blame everyone (and no one in particular).
To take an individual stand, however – that's a different story:
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956)
Quotes of the Week: Karl Marx’s Dream Gets Realized by an American Entrepreneur
"Dear Marina,
The owners have agreed to increase Ted's monthly salary from $9,000 to $10,000 due to his increased cost of living."
From an e-mail exchange between a small company's CEO and her Chief Financial Officer
The Frustrated CFO's reaction: What about other employees' with increased costs of living?
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Karl Marx
The Definition of the Principle of a Communist Society
"Critique of the Gotha Program," 1875
"I hate to be a kicker I always long for peace,
But the wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease."
Josh Billings
(1818 – 1885)
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