"I don't know how to write a business plan, but I can tell you how to read them: we start at the back and if the numbers are big, we look at the front and see what kind of business it is."
- Tom Perkins

old salt

"Sailing is like standing in a cold shower tearing up $100 bills."

- Commodore of a Michigan yacht club

Image source here.

The Maltese Falcon, 1941

Mr. Gutman:

You're a close-mouthed man?

Sam Spade:

No, I like to talk.

Mr. Gutman:

Better and better. I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.

John Huston's complete screenplay adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel here.

Silicon Valley's Tom Perkins named his sailboat, the world's largest, The Maltese Falcon, which is now for sale for 150 million euros.