Quote of the day: Learning from History

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher

“…Studying history is necessary to avoid repeating past mistakes. This saying comes from the writings of George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries…“

Quote of the day: Sailing and life

The Gods do not deduct from man’s alloted span those hours spent in sailing.
Ancient Phoenician Proverb

getting ready to travel far-far away and all around this planet…

Quote of the day: What women really want in bed

Men are always asking what women want in bed.
The answer is breakfast.
Kathy Lette in The Times

Time: The Ides of March

Tomorrow is the 15th of March that in the old Roman calendar like in May, July and October were called the Ides, the days which were sacred to Jupiter.

Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music Cry “Caesar!” Speak. Caesar is [...]

Quote of the day: The World and Experts

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done.

Peter Ustinov

Quote of the day: Internet and Society

The Internet is a mirror of the population that uses it - in reference to the proliferation of fraud, social abuse, and other online crimes.
If you stand in front of a mirror and you don’t like what you see, it does not help to fix the mirror…
Google Inc.’s vice president and Turing Award winner [...]

Second Life: Best quote on what it is

We documented some background information on Second Life a few weeks ago. Now Robert Scoble has provided us with the best definition from an interview he has done last week at LIFT show in Geneva:
He was interviewing Sister Judith Zoebelein, who manages the Vatican’s Web site and asked her:
“… do you think we’ll soon go [...]

Quote of the day: UN and Nations

This quote is attributed to Carlos Romulo former president of the UN General Assembly:

“…If there is a problem between a weak nation and another weak nation and the UN takes action, the problem disappears.
If there is a problem between a strong nation and a weak nation and the UN takes action, the weak nation [...]

Life: Why people are leaving organizations

We have seen quite some discussions on blogs around the last days about why people are leaving organizations.The main reasons mentioned where “Immediate boss”, “grass is greener…”, “unhappiness at the workplace” but there was one key point also mentioned which has often the biggest impact for the organizations (particular for it’s future):
Talented men leave. Dead [...]

Quote of the day: 20061017

If there is not enough left for everybody it will always be the poor that have to pay….