Cytaty

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Commencement address, June 11, 1962, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

It suggests heeding the advice of the Rolling Stones: "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you can get what you need."

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it"- Michelangelo

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose." - Lyndon B. Johnson

“The only constant is change.” Heraclitus circa 470 BC

"A good analyst with a poor model can still get a good result. A poor analyst is unlikely to get a good result even with a good model." From which I'd go on to say that although, it's important not to believe our own hubris about how good our models are, the adage that 'a poor craftsman blames his tools' is still are relevant as it ever was.

Don’t like your answers? Change your questions.

Don’t like your results? Change your focus.

It must be recognised that Compliance is an Assurance function in the same way as Internal Audit. Risk is a Leadership function and can drive a business to greater profitability.

Risk is like fire: If controlled it will help you; if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.

Theodore Roosevelt