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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Rediscovering CFOs' Role

The Economist's article on the role of CFOs in this difficult environment.

Quotes I Like

天下熙熙，皆為利來；天下攘攘，皆為利往. 司馬遷

Don't just do something, sit there.

投資沒有聖經或秘訣，只須避免抱有賭博心態。John Mauldin

「懶是一時的，有了本領，隨時可以拿出來用；惰是永久的，今天沒本領，明天還是沒本領。所以懶的人，燕居夷如，平心靜氣……惰的人卻蓬首垢面，眼思夢想……。」~邵洵美〈懶頌〉

戰戰兢兢，即生時不忘地獄；坦坦蕩蕩，雖逆境亦暢天懷. ~曾國藩

為有才華翻蘊藉，每從樸實見風流；為學深知書有味，觀心澄覺寶生光。

"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears." John Vance Cheney

勿以善小而不為

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald

「觀過去如夢，觀現在如電，觀未來如雲」

"Art must take reality by surprise. " Francoise Sagan

"無為方能無不為"

"There is a theory that the invention of the credit card ruined capitalism, by breaking the link between effort and reward." The Economist

說來真邪門，人老了，時間明明無多，卻偏偏更有耐性等。興許那是緣於，假如你等得夠認真，任何時間都可聽到滴滴答答這種時間的聲音。游清源

「了便能好，好就是了；若是不了，便不能好；若定要好，就必須了」

「歷史不是任何人創造出來的，你不能創造歷史，也看不見歷史，正像你看不到野草的生長一樣。」《齊瓦哥醫生》quoted 托爾斯泰

行百里者，半於九十

"Governments must shake off the delusion that full recovery is just a matter of pushing buttons……What governments ought to do is “stimulate” an innovative economy, not endless roads, wind energy and other building projects." Edmund S. Phelps: The Road to Prosperity and Sound Markets

「拍去了一些什麼／拍出了一些什麼／日出日落／生死浮沉／小弟弟拍着皮球」戴天

"The dollar is our currency but your problem." - John Connolly, then-U.S. Secretary of Treasury, told his counterparts in Europe in 1971

愛情就像鬼，相信的人多，見過的人少

“Perhaps the major lesson of the Vietnam war”, said Sir Robert Thompson, “is: do not rely on the United States as an ally.”

"History should be the instrument of self-criticism, not self-congratulation." Simon Schama

「我們都是小時候進了電影院，跟一群人一起喜怒哀樂，但是我們可能慢慢的會追求愈來愈多……。」 ──陳國富

"The United States is incredibly fortunate that the dollar enjoys this special status...... [Yet] I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely." Robert Zoellick

"If you're worried that lions are eating too many zebras, you don't say to the lions, 'You're eating too many zebras.' You have to build a fence around the lions. They're not going to build it."

- Judge Richard A. Posner in "A Failure Of Capitalism."

所謂真正的知識份子，是自己的知識貢獻給知識比他低的人，而不是反過來利用知識，去掠奪知識比他不足的人。--吳念真

「我跑步，只是跑着。原則上是在空白中跑步，也許是為了獲得空白而跑步。」——村上春樹《當我談跑步時，我談些什麼》

“We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.” Leszek Kolakowski

discretion is the better part of valour.

歐陽修的《朋黨論》云：「君子與君子以同道為朋，小人與小人以同利為朋。」

且樂生前一杯酒，何須身後千載名

“I think that my conceptual framework, which basically emphasises the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions … I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.” George Soros

"These days on the Balance Sheets of Financial Institutions, nothing is right on the left columns and nothing is left on the right columns."

貧賤是苦境，能善處者自樂；富貴是樂境，不善處者更苦

一位禪師在插秧時體會到，「退步原來是向前」。水田裏插秧是退後的。張立

台灣人慣說, 人生海海. 海是要渡的, 但最重要還是跟誰一起浮沉. 馬家輝

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."

"Recessions uncover what auditors do not." The Economist

"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone." Benjamin Franklin

問世間，情是何物，不過一物治一物

"To see the first light of dawn, stay up all night." Michael Moore on CNN

只見褲兒短，不覺兒長大

美國就抓兩樣東西，一曰槍，一曰美元，用此來統治世界。其他的諸如民主、自由，「衍生工具」而已。張立

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