“Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.” - Warren Buffett Sept. 4, 1991 congressional testimony about Salomon Inc,
Brigantine* Tired of talking and arguing And love tired eyes ... In the far blue sea of Filibusters The brigantine raises the sails ... Captain, weathered like rocks, Went out to sea, without waiting for us. Raise your glasses just to wave goodbye to him With a gold and tart wine. We drink for the rampageous, for the rebellious, For those who despise pennie's worth of comfort. It winds in the wind "Jolly Roger" Flint people sing a little song. And in trouble, and in joy, and in grief, Just a little squint of the eye - In the far blue sea of Filibusters Brigantine raises the sails. Song to poems by Pavel Kogan,
" Ostrovitjsnka" - female islander. My posture, is simple My home is penniless. Because I'm an islander From distant islands! I live - and need to no one! You entered - and I will not sleep at night. To warm someone else's dinner - I will burn my home down! You glance at me and become an acquittance, You enter - and you can stay! Simple are our laws: Written in our blood. Will lure moon from the sky To our palms - if we need it! And if you left - it would be as if you have never been, And I was never been too. I look at the knife trail: Will it heal before Until the next first stranger, Who will say: "Drink."
"He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You had that flower in you hand Ah, what then? Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The best time to take a risk is the moment you think about it, because if you sit & analyze it, you'll always conclude it's a stupid idea.” - Barbara Corcoran