Mr. Aggarwal

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. – Jack London

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. – Aneurin Bevan

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. – Isaac Asimov

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. – Lucille Ball

A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation. – Bertrand Russell

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction. – EF Schumacher

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. – William Hazlitt

What does this tell us?  I guess this guy would vote for the BCS system in college football to stay.

I will also say that I have noticed this to be true about blog posts, corporate America, and celebrities.

George Burns is attributed with the following quote:

“Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.”

Many of us know the legacy of George Burns (I hope all of us do).  He was a famous actor who lived to 100 years of age (1886-1996) — and I can’t remember ever seeing him without a cigar in his hand.

The thing that provoked me about his quote, however was its content, but also the date in which he died.  It might have been absurd to think one could make money in bed when he said this, but in today’s technology and Internet age, anyone would quickly recall someone they know (or have heard of) who makes a ton of money working “out of their bed” either as a virtual employee/contractor for a business, one who makes money with the web all day (with their own revenue-generating site, a web-based application, etc), or as an online day-trader.

George Burns saw a lot of things in his 100 year life, but even he might surprised at where we have gotten with technology and people being able to “make money in bed” without having to seriously sacrifice moral values.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. – Flannery O’Connor

These days an income is something you can’t live without–or within. – Tom Wilson

My mind is my own church. – Thomas Paine

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. – Abraham Lincoln

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt

You help me and vica versa. – Colleague of Ashok Aggarwal

…when I heard this, I though to myself ‘that’s a neat trick’: just say “vice versa” wrong (“vica versa”) and you no longer have to recipriocate.