dylanwinter
Well-Known Member
In the Seagull thread Warren Buffet was quoted because Warren is - according to Long Keeler, very clear where he stands on Seagulls
The quote used by was this one
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
that had me looking for more buffet quotes
bit of a sailing goldmine
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/warren_buffett.html
he has one about Bavaria yachts
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
there are some others that are obviously sailing related
all we have to do is work out which ones are related to common YBW thread subjects
flags, anchors, life jackets, Macgregors. It is all here
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Value is what you get
Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Beware of geeks bearing formulas
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
The quote used by was this one
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
that had me looking for more buffet quotes
bit of a sailing goldmine
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/warren_buffett.html
he has one about Bavaria yachts
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
there are some others that are obviously sailing related
all we have to do is work out which ones are related to common YBW thread subjects
flags, anchors, life jackets, Macgregors. It is all here
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Value is what you get
Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Beware of geeks bearing formulas
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
