“The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the bu...” — Ambrose Bierce Quote

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

I came up in this industry at a time where you had to be a journalist. You had to break stories. You had to break news to elevate your career, to get to a certain point and a certain level in this business, before you even had the license to give your opinion, especially if you were a black man.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

I believe our philosophy of conscious capitalism will eventually be widely adopted primarily because it is a better way to do business, and it creates more total value in the world for all of its stakeholders.