Fear mongering is a lousy profession, one that ought to be regulated, if not banned. I’m more in favor of hope mongering. 2010 is the year that the world will change. In fact, every year is that year, but this is the only time we’ll get to change the world this time.
We are grateful to our customers for making Kindle the most gifted item ever in our history.
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. On Amazon’s peak day, Dec. 14, 2009, customers ordered over 9.5 million items worldwide, which is a record-breaking 110 items per second.
Source: phx.corporate-ir.net
Coffee is the second most widely traded commodity in the world, after oil.
Fact.
The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money.
Margaret Thatcher
We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.
William Arthur Ward
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: fuckyeahhappy
Did you ever hear the story about the small hardware store that experienced the unfortunate development of a national-chain hardware store opening up next door to it? After a period of dismay, it changed its name to “Main Entrance” and lived happily ever after.
Guy Kawasaki
Source: holykaw.alltop.com
Frankly, I think people are still just trying to catch up with the first iPhone 2 years ago.
Apple COO, Tim Cook -
Apple Crushes Recession by Selling More Macs and iPhones Than Ever Before
Source: Gizmodo
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
The history of humanity is one damn thing after another.
Winston Churchill
In an era of mobile devices, instant connectivity, and automated mailing lists and notifications, it is all too easy for people to contact us. As a consequence, we live our lives just trying to keep our heads above water. Our ability to prioritize and control our focus is crippled by an unyielding flow of incoming communication: email, texts, tweets, facebook messages, phone calls, and so on (and on).
Scott Belsky - via
Source: the99percent.com
Land grabs ‘best thing’ that ever happened to Zimbabwe
Source: news24.com
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