Thursday, October 9, 2008

Mark Twain

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

5 comments:

Sunil Kapoor said...

Subhash, some birthday quotes:

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln

“The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.”
Oscar Wilde

“It takes a long time to grow young.” Pablo Picasso

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”
Robert Frost

“The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.” Pope Paul VI

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
Pope Paul VI

I plan to post them on AB's blog.

Sunil Kapoor (sunilkapoor1010@yahoo.com)

Sunil Kapoor said...

Subhash, Perhaps you have read these already. Just thought I would share them with you.

New Terms for the 2008 market

CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.

CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.

BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry.

VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.

P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

BROKER -- What my broker has made me.

STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.

STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.

FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use

Sunil Kapoor said...

"The United States has developed a new weapon that destroys people but it leaves buildings standing. It's called the stock market."
Jay Leno

gilga said...

Hahaha... Sunil, I liked how Jay leno has got it right!

""The United States has developed a new weapon that destroys people but it leaves buildings standing. It's called the stock market."
Jay Leno

It's terrible about the stock market, effected everyone badly in India too. I suppose it'll pick up from Feb? Hope so.

Sunil Kapoor said...

Yes gilga, I thought it was really funny when I heard Jay Leno say it on "The Tonight Show". Humor is such a special thing - if we don't laugh we might cry. This credit crisis has hit stock markets all over the world. I think we are close to the bottom though and the market will now recover. However, it might take many years to return to the lofty levels of 2007.