Wednesday, March 18, 2009

"Y aquí es donde aparece Junius Pierpont Morgan. J.P. Morgan, el más grande y expeditivo financista de la historia. A Morgan se le ocurrió que si compraba montones de compañías diferentes dentro de una misma industria y las obligaba a trabajar juntas y no unas contra otras, podría expulsar del mercado a la competencia. De esa manera, ¡uno más uno es igual a tres! ¡Sí! Su idea, entonces, consistió en construir algo grande que dominara un mercado, y vernderlo por más de lo que pagaba por cada elemento. Hizo eso con US Steel. Después de que Carnegie se la vendió, Morgan se limitó a comprar toda la competencia".

- Pat en Mr. China de Tim Clissold
"Si no entras a la guarida del tigre,
¿cómo te apoderarás de sus cachorros?"

- Proverbio de la dinastía Han (202 a.C.-220 d.C.):
"Quien no arriesga, no gana"

Sunday, March 08, 2009

"Blinded in one eye; can't hardly hear. I get twitches and shakes out of nowhere; always losing my line of thought. But you know what? God keeps reminding me I'm lucky to be alive.
[sniffles]"

- Ted Manson as Mr. Daws in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

- Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss."

- Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button