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Tag Tag Preparedness
For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

Quotes

“But I must drop one word of caution; for, next to cowardice and treachery, overconfidence, leading to neglect or slothfulness, is the worst of martial crimes.”

Winston Churchill · Give us the tools, 1941 · Primary source

“He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.”

Ian Fleming · Casino Royale, 1953 · Primary source

“Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

“Our game is recognize a big idea when it comes along, when one doesn’t come along very often. Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

“In technology, whatever can be done will be done.”

Andrew S. Grove · Only the Paranoid Survive, 1996 · Primary source

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