Quotes for the Week

Quote of the Week #1. "The fact that you can do something awesome with $15 million does not mean that you could do something super-awesome with $150 million." – Megan McArdle, discussing the problem of scaling, particularly in public education. Read it, now. (November 14 The Atlantic.com)

Quote of the Week #2. "There's an awful lot to be said about not being in the bubble. In the bubble, your world is aides and speeches, and you're not living a real life, and it's very hard to understand how real people feel about things. I've yet to find a single person, from a busboy to a janitor to a middle manager to a partner in a law firm to a CEO, who wants to give Sacramento disposable income. Not one human being." – former California Gov. Gray Davis, the latest in a series of retired career politicians who finally learn about life on the other side of government. November 15 Sacramento Bee)