In guarding their fortune men are often closefisted, yet, when it comes to the matter of wasting time, in the case of the one thing in which it is right to be miserly, they show themselves most prodigal.

- Seneca, from "On the shortness of life"

"Free range," "cage free," "natural" and "organic" are nearly meaningless when it comes to animal welfare.

Turkeys have been so genetically modified they are incapable of natural reproduction.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

In 2008 the number of people with a net worth of US$1 million or more in China overtook the number of people with a net worth of US$1 million or more in Britain.

To gain something we have to give something up.

Watching "Tsotsi" (2005) and reading "Disgrace" (by J.M. Coetzee) are probably bad ways to prepare for a trip to South Africa.

According to the US Census Bureau, the average commute time in the US is 25.5 minutes.

For people who work in New York City, it's 36.9 minutes - the second highest average in the country.

Mine happens to be the US average. If the subway system here in NY was better, it'd be shorter.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization of researchers, patients and health-care facilities, 20% of Americans reported getting six hours of sleep or less in 2009, compared to 13% in 2001. Similarly, 28% of Americans reported getting eight hours of sleep or more in 2009 compared to 38% in 2001. These findings, based on a telephone survey of 1,000 Americans, echo concerns about the economy as well, where about one in six (16%) reported that their weekly sleep was being disturbed due to financial concerns.

Someone's job title is "Manager of Strategic Projects". I think that's a bit gratuitous. Shouldn't they just be "Project Manager"?

What project at any good company is unstrategic? Is there ever a "Manger of Unstrategic Projects"? Everything a company does must be aligned to their strategy.