"The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping stone in the pathway of the strong." Thomas Carlyle

"Hurry is the weakness of fools." Baltasar Gracian

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." Goethe

Today's image: The Atomic Explosion and Mushroom Fallout at Sunset by Stuck in Customs. Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

"...the essential skill of the next fifty years: crisis management." Joshua Cooper Ramo has written a thought-provoking book that deserves your attention. The Age of the Unthinkable. Why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what we can do about it. Good read. Amazon info, here.

Bonus: Connect the dots and you'll enjoy reading The Pretence of Knowledge, the Nobel Prize lecture by Friedrich August von Hayek here.

Have a wonderful weekend. See you next week in a brand new show.

"Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else than can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process." F. Scott Fitzgerald

"A wise man gets more out of his enemies than a fool gets out of his friends." Baltasar Gracian

"That which you vividly imagine, sincerely believe, ardently desire and enthusiastically act upon will inevitably come to pass." William R. Lucas

Today's image: Not Lost in New York by Stuck in Customs. Great shot. Thanks for sharing.

Ran out of Tuesday. Did catch some of the new CBS Radio player (beta) via AOL. Congrats and cheers to those involved. Back tomorrow.