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It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.

It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford (2014). “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win”, p.150, IT Revolution

Thus the labour of a manufacture adds, generally, to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his masters profits. The labour of a menial servant, on the contrary, adds to the value of nothing.

Adam Smith (2007). “The Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: With an introduction by Jonathan B. Wight, University of Richmond”, p.311, Harriman House Limited

The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.

Adam Smith (2010). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.477, Cosimo, Inc.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

Abraham Lincoln, Carl Schurz, Joseph Hodges Choate, Noah Brooks, Stephen Arnold Douglas (1862). “The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: 1858-1862”, p.289