Quotes About Compound

There is a strange, mineral scent in the air. As soon as we enter the compound surrounded by al the granite walls, the day turns colorless, shadowless. It's neither warm nor cold, though we shiver in our coats.

However, by early 2014 one conclusion had gained considerable traction across partisan lines: The attacks could have been prevented. That is, if only the State Department had taken appropriate steps to improve security at the Compound in response to numerous warnings and incidents during the months prior. That conclusion featured prominently in a bipartisan report by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

you can simply buy wonderful companies at reasonable prices, and let those companies compound cash over long periods of time. Surprisingly, there aren't all that many money managers who follow this strategy, even though it's the one used by some of the world's most successful investors. (Warren Buffett is the best-known.)

We also follow Peter Perla's insistence, in his The Art of Wargaming (1990), on using the contracted compound "wargaming" (not "war gaming") to represent the form's characteristic synthesis of topical simulation and ludic play.

When you catch bugs early, you also get fewer compound bugs. Compound bugs are two separate bugs that interact: you trip going downstairs, and when you reach for the handrail it comes off in your hand.

I'd never read anything like these texts, which taught me that literature demands concentration but pays you back in compound interest.

We stayed with Jock's aunt and uncle, in their compound below the posh Malabar Hill. Jock's parents and two of his three brothers were there, having come to see if I was up to snuff. I wanted to have a long look at them all, too—the new family I'd won, as if in a lottery. On