Saturday, July 29, 2006

Quotes...by yours truly!

1. After traversing the "same" path for years, it's amazing how school friends part ways to find "unique" roads to their ultimate destination

2. It's amazing how money is mistaken to be "the end" rather than "the means to an end"

3. It's amazing how people sacrifice long term, sustainable benefits for short term, fleeting gains

4. The stock market is the biggest casino in the world - The house always wins!

5. The stock market is a zero-sum game: Every trade has a winner and a loser

6. Management mantra #1: Over promising and under delivering is the worst thing one can do

7. There are 24-hour ATM's in India that are open from 8 a.m to 8 p.m!

8. We have become slaves of technology: It has started controlling the world

9. War, rule-breaking and corruption can never be eradicated: Money and power are here to stay

10. The number of rule breakers is directly proportional to the number of rules

11. Man is the penultimate component of the food chain. It eats everything, including itself.

12. Often I have heard: "What can one individual do to change the system?"; "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em". If everyone thought that way, nothing would ever change.

13. Are superstitions limited by geographical boundaries? Do Indian superstitions apply to people residing in India or to Indians all over the world?

14. Competition is a necessity: Without it, there can be no innovation

15. Eradication of poverty can only be done through education: People need to be given the tool to earn money, rather than the money itself (aids/grants)

16. Often, we treat the symptom, not the cause

17. Every person in this world is a hero and a wonder, containing tremendous amount of energy and potential

18. Everything in this world, whether animate or inanimate, has a life cycle

2 comments:

Shreeja said...

really nice...
they echo ur thots beautifully..

Tartrazina said...

Heya! Got here via Orkut... talk about "unique" roads, hehe!