Jakobsson Quotes & Sayings

If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve bracchia across (over twenty-five feet) and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any height without sustaining injury. [His concept of the parachute.] — Leonardo Da Vinci

Analysts recommendations may not produce good results. In part this is due to the pressure placed on these analysts to recommend frequently rather than wisely. — Seth Klarman

Bureaucratic categories and organizational boxes do more than simply separate relevant from irrelevant information. They also produce the social optics that policymakers and bureaucrats use to see the world. Before policymakers can act, they first must come to create a definition and understanding of the situation, and that understanding is mediated by how the institution is organized to think. ...How organizations categorize and carve up the world has a profound impact on how policymakers see the world. — Michael Barnett

But I'm afraid to begin composing in order to be understood by the imaginary someone, I'm afraid to start to "make" a meaning, with the same tame madness that till yesterday was my healthy way of fitting into a system. Will I need the courage to use an unprotected heart and keep talking to the nothing and the no one? as a child thinks about the nothing. And run the risk of being crushed by chance. — Clarice Lispector

Always take a chance on better, even if it seems threatening. — Ed Catmull

Keep your eyes on the price when spending, don't regret later to find that you have nothing for tomorrow. — Auliq Ice

As soon as you close your eyes, the adventure of sleep begins."

-from "A Man Asleep — Georges Perec

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. — William Griffith Wilson