Acquisition, Ira Steven Behr

Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

- Ira Steven Behr, Rule #3, The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (1995)

Action, B.C. Forbes


The victors of the battles of tomorrow will be those who can best harness thought to action. From office boy to statesman, the prizes will be for those who most effectively exert their brains, who take deep, earnest and studious counsel of their minds, who stamp themselves as thinkers.

- B.C. Forbes

http://thoughts.forbes.com/thoughts/b-c-forbes

Theology, Archibald Alexander

All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass — "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."

- Archibald Alexander, p. 580. Quote in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theology

Grass, Francis Bacon

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.

- Francis Bacon, Essays (1625), "Of Gardens".

Compassion, Benjamin Disraeli

Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.

- Benjamin Disraeli, in Contarini Fleming : A Psychological Autobiography (1832), p. 45; sometimes paraphrased: "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Compassion

Internet, William R. Cheswick

The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back. I don't need hammers and bombs to get in when I can walk in through the door.

- William R. Cheswick, quoted in Joshua Quittner, "Cracks in the net", Time Feb. 27, 1995

Winter, German Proverb

One crow does not make a winter.

- German Proverb

까마귀 한 마리가 겨울을 만들지는 않는다.

- 독일속담

Study, Antoine de Saint-Exupery


If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

당신이 배를 만들고 싶다면, 사람들에게 목재를 가져오게 하고 일을 지시하고 일감을 나눠주는 일을 하지 마십시오. 대신 그들에게 저 넓고 끝없는 바다에 대한 동경심을 키워주십시오.

- 생텍쥐페리



Wisdom, Mahatma Gandhi


All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

- Mahatma Gandhi

모든 진리, 단지 진실한 생각 뿐 아니라 진실한 얼굴, 진실한 그림이나 노래는 매우 아름답다.

- 마하트마 간디

Gold, Irish Proverb


Gold shines in the mud.

- Irish Proverb

금은 진흙 속에서 빛난다.

- 아일랜드속담

Beauty, Irish Proverb


The three most beautiful sight: a potato garden in bloom, a ship in sail, a woman after the birth of her child.

- Irish Proverb

보기에 가장 아름다운 세 가지는 꽃이 핀 감자 밭, 돛 달고 가는 배, 아기를 낳은 여자다.

- 아일랜드속담

Travel, Paul Theroux


Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.

- Paul Theroux

여행은 되돌아 보았을 때에만 매력적이다.

- 폴 서룩스

Past, The Lion King


Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it. or learn from it

- The Lion King

그래, 과거는 아플수 있지, 하지만 너는 그것으로부터 도망칠수도 있고, 배울 수도 있어.

- 영화 라이언 킹 중에서

Money, Groucho Marx


Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.

- Groucho Marx

돈이 있으면 하기 싫어하는 일로부터 해방되지. 나는 거의 모든 일을 하기 싫어하니까, 돈은 유용한 거야.

- 그루초 마르크스