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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Thomas Edison quotes
Edison, Thomas A. (1847 – 1931), US inventor I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything. If … Continue reading
Clarence Darrow quotes
Darrow, Clarence (1857 – 1938), US defence lawyer The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to … Continue reading
Leonardo da Vinci quotes
da Vinci, Leonardo (1452 – 1519), Italian engineer, painter & sculptor Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind. Intellectual passion dries out … Continue reading
Albert Camus quotes
Camus, Albert (1913 – 1960), French existentialist author & philosopher In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. A sub-clerk in … Continue reading
Riddles 8
1. What happens to a refrigerator when you pull its plug? 2. Where is the ocean deepest? 3. On what side of a school does an oak tree grow traditionally? 4. What do you call a person who doesn’t have … Continue reading
Richard Bach quotes
Bach, Richard (b. 1936), American writer Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing it is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know it. If you don’t have problems, you will never be the … Continue reading
Chapter 4. The Trading Profit and Loss Account (TPLA)
What is a trading profit and loss account? Unlike the balance sheet, which was discussed briefly in the previous chapter and which will be looked at in more detail in the following chapter, the trading profit and loss account measures … Continue reading
Lord Acton quotes
Acton, Lord (1834 – 1902), English Catholic historian, politician, and writer Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites The issue which has swept … Continue reading
Puzzles 8
1. A fish weighs three quarters of a fish plus three quarters of a pound. How many pounds does the fish weigh? 2. A man is trying to take a fox, a rabbit and a bag of carrots to the … Continue reading
Riddles 7
1. Bob Pickup has won the strongest man contest for the last two years running and yet there is one thing that weighs virtually nothing, which even Bob finds impossible to hold for more than a couple of minutes. What … Continue reading