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QUOTABLE
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman. David M. Ogilvy
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.Winston Churchill
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. David Letterman
If you want fewer rascals in the world, don’t be a rascal. Mark Twain
Be grateful your work is difficult and demanding. If anyone could do it, there'd be no need for you. unknown
Some people never tire of climbing a tree to catch a fish. They return with deadwood that keeps the fire burning and hope no one notices there are no fish to fry. Glenn Caleval, variation on Chinese Proverb
An argument prepared in reason can only reach a mind in reason. As the mind of man is frequently unreasonable, it is often reached only through passions or madness. Nine Lavelac
Restrain yourself to small logics for small minds. Conserve the complex for those who can hear it. Nine Lavelac
On dealing with the devil: If you don’t give him shelter, he’ll have no place to hide. Hoyt Axton
What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. Richard Harkness
I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run. Babe Ruth
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W. C. Fields
It is not a waste of one's time to study how others have wasted theirs. unidentified professor (Hebert?)
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. John Cage
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. George Carlin
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Ronald Reagan
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. Bertrand Russell
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. Rita Mae Brown
The mind of hubris is a random dam in the sewers; all bits and pieces of detritus storing raw waste, but valued as treasures of wisdom. Also known as 'personnel management. Nine Lavelac
Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something. Thomas Edison
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Sir Winston Churchill
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard
The crowd can proclaim God made the sun go dark; it is still an eclipse. Nine Lavelac
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland
Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. Lee Simonson
The point of the civil rights movement is not that it was necessary. It is that it was possible. Glenn Caleval
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice. George Jackson
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. Arthur Schopenhauer
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar. Donald Foster
On average people are idiots; not that they are born that way, they just prefer it. Nine Lavelac
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban
You pay more for things than you need to, not because you are forced to but because you are too simple or too lazy to do otherwise. Nine Lavelac
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian
If you hit a wall, tear it down. If you can't tear it down, climb over it. If you can't climb over it, then hike around it. If you can't get around it, then paint it. Yes, your last resort faced with an unconquerable wall, is paint the thing. You are never without choice. Nine Lavelac
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
Complete madness is only achieved with complete understanding. Nine Lavelac
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Seneca
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Michael Crichton
Why do I have so little regard for the mind of the masses? I was my parents eighth child -- and they were unremarkable. Nine Lavelac
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. William Safire
Surveys? If fifty of fifty-one men say the sky is green, they may all be watching fireworks with one man blind, but it's more likely they're lying. Nine Lavelac
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. Abraham Lincoln
People are just fragile, even the monsters in the dark. How am I to hate the monsters more than I despise the cowards? The monsters were made; the cowards can't learn. And if you are neither monster nor coward then you are comfortable. You I can hate. Nine Lavelac
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. Frank Leahy
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult. Samuel Johnson
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Laurence J. Peter
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. Niels Bohr
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. Louis L'Amour
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say. Tom Stoppard
Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Winston Churchill
Who says organization, says oligarchy. Robert Michels
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Joseph Heller
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. Barbara Tober
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. Albert Einstein
Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with. (So work to be compared with your betters) Bob Wells
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Steven Weinberg
Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the money to do it right. Kurt Herbert Alder
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