The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war the spokesman said 'Yes.'

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes we'd profit from them.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.