Business Quotes Challenge

 

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“What divides people is less a difference in ideas than a likeness in pretensions.”

This early 19^th Century poet/songwriter, known as “the first superstar of French popular music,” was sent to jail for satirizing Parisians in power, where he penned some of his greatest hits was Pierre-Jean de Beranger.

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“…Pensive poets do painful vigils keep,   Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep.”

This rueful comeuppance to writers was penned by the renown 17^th century English poet and satirist who translated Homer.  Have you read his poem: The Rape of the Lock?   – Alexander Pope

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   “We have taken luxuries and made them necessities.”   This pen-wielding Mississippi riverboat pilot used his wry wit and characters like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer to embarrass humanity a little and laugh at itself a lot.  Mark Twain. 

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“When at last we are sure you’ve been properly pilled,  Then a few paper forms must be properly filled,

So that you and your heirs may be properly billed.” This slyly poetic author and cartoonist was Theodore Seuss Geisel(Dr. Seuss). 

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“Inflation is like sin.  Every government denounces it, and every government practices it.”  This Scottish Economist, author of Money Talks, admirably guided the UK through the mid 20^th century and with prudent compassion set up the humanitarian relief fund for the post-WWII, starving German people was Sir Frederick Leith-Ross. 

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“Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.”  This Victorian-era poet and novelist, authored the scandalous (for Victorians) novel The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, which depicts the foolishness of trying to separate men from the fair sex. was George Meredith. 

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   “The only difference between a rut and a grave are   the dimensions.”  This Pulitzer-Prize winning American Novelist grew up in the shambled-plantation environs of post-Civil War Virginia, living under, as she put it, “the iron vein of Presbyterianism.” From here, her fertile pen produced In This Our Life, The Deliverance, and 18 other novels. – Ellen Glasgow

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“I always make it a point of business ethics to never   tell a lie unless I think I can get away with it.”

Hint:  No, not spoken by a former U.S. President.  Instead, this Australian novelist, filmmaker, and avid lepidopterist, penned and set to screen his Wake in Fright and Killer Koala trilogy was Kenneth Cook. 

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“Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who will get the blame.”

  Considered one of the 20^th century’s greatest intellectuals, this English-born philosopher, mathematician and linguist went to prision for his pacifism in World War I, yet claimed war with Nazi Germany was, “the lesser of two evils.” was Bertrand Russell. 

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“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see  themselves.” was Abraham Lincoln. 

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“Every man suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.” was F. Scott Fitzgterald. 

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“Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.”

This American author knew as well as any man the differences and similarities of mice and men.was John Steinbeck    

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“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

This 17^th century mathematician made more marvels out of a falling apple than Steve Jobs and his entire team.  (He was also the first one to prove what goes up must come down.) was  Isaac Newton.

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  “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature my  mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night     with the other.”

 This 19^th Century Russian, better known for his pen than his scalpel, took up writing to pay his med school tuition, thus delighting theatergoers with The Seagull, Three Sisters, Cherry Orchard  and many short stories was Anton Chekhov.

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 “In Oklahoma, we trying to build a university our  football team can be proud of.”

 This longest-serving president of Oklahoma University (1943-1968) was renowned for his sharp wit and collegiate edifice complex was George L. Cross. 

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“Thinking is the h* * *ardest work there is, which is probably the  reason so few people engage in it.”

This automobile manufacturer offered his car to buyers in any color they wanted, so long as it was black was Henry Ford.

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“Yes, I’ve married a few people I shouldn’t have, but then again, haven’t we all.”

 This gorgeous American actress married five times, and became “nearly engaged” to countless sports and cinema stars. Along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, she was considered one of one of “The Three M’s of Hollywood” and at age 91 she’s still got “it.”

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“I have a theory that the truth is never told between the nine-to-five hours.”

This counterculture journalist founded the Gonzo Movement and penned such gems as Hell’s Angels, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.    – Hunter S. Thompson

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“A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.”    This grandson of an American Vice President of the same name, was himself twice the Democratic nominee for President but never elected, loosing the second time to the many folks sporting buttons “I Like Ike.”  was  Adlai Stevenson.

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Beauty is worse than wine.  It intoxicates both the holder and the beholder.” – Aldous Huxley

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“My inexperienced friend, take it for granted that they all tell the truth – about each other.” ] P.T. Barnum

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“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Because calling the tail a leg doesn’t make it one.” Honest Abe Lincoln

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“Ain’t we got all the fools in town on our side, and ain’t that a majority in any town?” – Mark Twain 

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The problem with success is that the formula for it is the same as the formula for ulcers.

Laurence J. Peter –  This Canadian born educator, author, and psychologist is famous for the management principle that bears his last name – or is it his first?

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They talk of the dignity of labor.  Bosh.  The dignity is in leisure.

This hard laboring 19^th century author spun a whale of a tale that sent Ahab to the bottom and left Ishmael all alone – Herman Melville. 

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“To his dog, every man is a Napolean.  Hence the continued popularity of dogs.”

Aldous Huxley,  this Eaton and Oxford-graduate author turned a mirror on his generation with Brave New World and Island.

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“Fashion is a despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.”

Ambrose Bierce, the  author of The Devil’s Dictionary, proclaimed himself to be a cynic, because he insisted on seeing things as they were, rather than as he would like them to be.

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when  you have forgotten your aim.”

George Santayana,   Author of The Life of Reason – Phases of Human Progress, this 20^th century Spanish philosopher coined the truism, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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“I cheat my boys every chance I get.  I want to make ‘em sharp.  I trade with the boys and skin ‘em and I just beat ‘em every time I can.”

These heartfelt words came from the doting father of the equally ruthless oil tycoon who became America’s first billionaire,  William A. Rockefeller.

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“In the military, they give medals to people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive.  In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.”

  Simon Sinek, Dubbed “The Unshakeable Optimist,” this London-born visionary speaker and author penned Start with Why? and invented the Golden Circle Concept. 

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“True Terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your   high school class is running the country.”

Hint:  This prophetically satiric author injected his unique brand of gallows humor into Player Piano, Slaughter House Five, Welcome to the Monkey House, and many other masterpiece novels.  – Kurt Vonnegut 

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“The thermometer of success is merely the jealously of the  malcontents.”

Hint:  This oddly mustachioed, surrealistically revolutionary artist best defined his work with the saying “ I don’t do drugs – I am drugs.” was Salvador Dali

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“Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.”

Hint:  This recently late and greatly lamented legendary baseball announcer told the Dodgers story for 67 years. He was brought into the game by Red Barber who saw this Irish lad as “an appealing young green pea.” – Vin Scully 

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“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”

Hint: This noted American poet knew which path to take in the woods on a snowy eve, and why good fences make good neighbors. – Robert Frost

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“Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.”

Hint: This 19^th century French novelist and playwright wrote from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. every morning to produce such satirical gems as La Comedie Humaine and Les Splendeurs et Miseries de Courtisanes.  – Honore de Balzac

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“People have got to learn, if they don’t have cookies in the jar, they can’t eat cookies.”

Hint: Spreading the gospel of fiscal common sense, this renowned TV and Podcast host and author has been touted by fans as “a one-woman financial advice powerhouse.”  – Suze Orman 

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“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.”

Hint: This father of Science Fiction authored The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, envisioned the world wide web and won the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.   – Herbert George (H.G.) Wells

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“The silliest woman in the world can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.”

 Rudyard Kipling was the India-born son of the glorious British Empire penned the poem Gunga Din, The Jungle Book, and The Just So Stories. 

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“Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean that politics will not take an interest in you.”

Noted in 435 B.C. as “The First Citizen of Athens,” this general and political leader helped lead the young democracy through wars and greedy authoritarian perils from within, into Athens’ Golden Age was Pericles. 

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“A lie can travel half way round the world before the truth can put its shoes on.”

 This mid-19th century British Baptist preacher held audiences spellbound in the the New Park Street Chapel and truly knew how to belt out a hymn – and a hymnal.  Charles Spurgeon

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“The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.” This petroleum industrialist lived by the success creed of “rise early, work late, and strike oil.”  John Paul Getty

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“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”   This recently deceased American wit was known as “the last humorous conservative.”
– P.J. O’Rourke

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“If a man does not keep pace with his fellows, perhaps it is because he marches to the beat of a different drummer.”

This son of a highly successful pencil maker traveled widely in Concord, MA, and found serenity in Walden Pond was Henry David Thoreau.

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“The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.”

 This Chief of the Hunkpapa Latoka tribe had a vision about the warriors of his nation swarming over the troops of General George Custer. It proved true.  – Sitting Bull

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Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characteristics of the other, is capable ore the highest reaches of human endeavor.

This existentialist French philosopher, novelist, and playwright was Jean-Paul Sartre .

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“The Internet is the Viagra of big business.”

 This revolutionary CEO of General Electric, caused such disruptive re-structuring within the firm that he was labeled “Neutron Jack” by his employees was Jack Welch. 

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“I must be a mermaid, Rango.  I have no fear of  depths and a great fear of shallow living.”

 This literary giant who led a “bohemian lifestyle” in Paris with author Henry Miller, wrote markedly insightful short stories, but was best known for her 16-volume personal journal, all but the last five of which are published in expurgated form.was Anais Nin.

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“It’s too bad all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs or cutting hair.”

This wry, cigar-smoking comedian who hit the big gigs with his wife Gracie, could sing, alas, as well as Jack Benny played the violin was George Burns.

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“Get action.  Seize the moment.  Man was never intended to become an oyster.”

 The one U.S. President who is most likely to stand on his “Bully Pulpit,” shake his fist and make this pronouncement, you’ll know this quote’s author.   – Teddy Roosevelt

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“If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone,   they’d never marry.”

This stabbingly insightful short story writer, who authored “The Gift of the Magi” and other gems, suggested married couples should “ injects a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.” was William Henry Porter – aka O. Henry

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“The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this:  If  Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune.  But if   someone were to drag him out again, that would be a calamity.”

This gentleman led the Conservatives, and twice was elected Prime Minister.  – Benjamin Disraeli

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“I have never made but one prayer, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.  And God granted it.”

 This French Enlightenment philosopher, author, and noted wit penned the still popular, thought-sparking novel Candide.

         – Volatire.

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“Progress is man’s inability to complicate simplicity.”

 This Norwegian adventurer and anthropolgist sailed his Kon-Tiki raft 8000 miles across the Pacific in an effort to prove possible contacts between ancient peoples of South America and Polynesia.   – Thor Heyerdahl

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“The illegal we do immediately.  The unconstitutional takes a little longer.”

This former Secretary of State and multi-decade political advisor at age 93 has just come out with another new book.  Henry Kissinger 

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“If progress means going forward, what does Congress mean?”

Those words were spoken by  Paul Harvey the legendary radio announcer who invariably ended his social commentary show with a prolonged pause – and then “Good Day!”

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“People who enjoy meetings should never be in charge of anything.”

Those words were spoken by Thomas Sowell, the noted American Economist who was born in North Carolina, grew up in Harlem, was mentored by Milton Friedman, and thus influenced has come up with some of the most original and accurate theories on socioeconomics.

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“The key to being a good manager is to keep the people who hate me away from the ones who are still undecided.”

Those words were spoken by the enigmatic, language-contorting manager of the New York Yankees, Casey Stengel.

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“Men are more easily governed through their vices,  than through their virtues.”

Those words were spoken by Napoleon Bonaparte. While Julius Caesar has a salad named after him, this brilliant French leader has a pastry named after him.  Vive la vices.

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“All people fear change…but in time they will come to accept their silicon masters.”

Those words were spoken by Bill Gates. 

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“When I die, I hope to go to Heaven – whatever  the Hell that is.”

Those words were spoken by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged this Russian-born American writer was famed as the founder of Objectivism. – Ayn Rand

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Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Those words were spoken by Peter Benchley. 

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“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t – and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

Those words were spoken by Robert Frost. 

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“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”

Those words were spoken by the legendary story teller also was the first to actually say, “United we stand, divided we fall.”  – Aesop

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“If I wait for genius to come, it just doesn’t arrive.”

Those words were written for Mr. James Bond by Ian Fleming. 

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“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

Those words were spoken by none other than John Wooden, who led the UCLA Bruins to 10 national championships in 12 years.

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“I don’t exercise.  If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Joan Rivers. 

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“Power is like being a lady – if you have to tell people you are,  you aren’t.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the Prime Minister of England, she was; and she had it – in spades. Margaret Thatcher.

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“A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay for it.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Alexis de Tocqueville

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“Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Robert Browning.

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“It’s easy enough to titter when the stew is smokin’ hot.  But hit’s mighty hard to giggle when dey’s nothin’ in the pot.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Spike Milligan.

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“One-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the U.S. Attorney general  Robert Kennedy

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“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order to learn how to do it.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the artist who pioneered cubism, knew very well how to paint, and taught himself the art of self-promotion so well that the artist transformed into icon.  – Pablo Picasso

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“First they ignore you – then they laugh at you – then they fight you – Then you win.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the most successful non-violent revolutionary –  giant among men – – Mahatma Ghandi

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“Immaturity is the inability to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another.”

And I guess the converse must be true…

Those words were spoken by none other than the very original thinker & brilliant Philosopher – Immanuel Kant.

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“I have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.”

Those words were spoken by none other than Galileo Galilei.

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“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck – but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the hilarious, Oscar-winning comedian, Mr. Steve Wright.  

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“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance   that we can solve them.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the ultimate guru of Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov

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“If it comes to the decision between having a government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I find myself fully in favor of the latter.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the founding father and great champion of democracy and believer in the power of the people – Mr. Thomas Jefferson.

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“Let your words be a little wild – they ought to be – for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking.”

Those words were spoken by none other than the revolutionary British economist -–  John Maynard Keynes  

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“Don’t confuse fame with success.  Madonna is one, Helen Keller is the other.”

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than Emma Bombeck.

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 “I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it.  If people are disillusions by that remark, I can’t help it.  It’s the truth.”

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than Charlie Chaplin. 

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“Private property began the instant some person had a mind of his own.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than  E.E. Cummings

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“Reality is the primary cause of stress for those in touch with it.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than Lily Tomlin.

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“When an actor comes to me on the set and asks, ‘but what’s my motivation?,’  I say, ‘Your salary.’”

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than the TV and movie director who brought murder back into our homes, where, he felt, it belongs.

– Alfred Hitchcock.

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“When in doubt, mumble;  When in trouble, delegate; and when in charge, ponder.”

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than the author of How to be a Sincere Phoney – Mr. James H. Boren

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“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”

Author: Those words were spoken by one of Boxing’s greatest champions, Muhammad Ali.

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“Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only  after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that   some fellow, by mere chance, holds onto it!”

Author: Those words were spoken by the “King of the Wild Frontier” , Davy Crockett.

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“A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.”

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than the American psychologist, Abraham Maslow.

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“The most indespensible ingredient to home cooking: is…Love for those you are cooking for.” 

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than the alluring movie star who inspired a great many appetites all on her own – Ms. Sophia Loren.

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“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders.  But they have never failed to imitate them.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by James Baldwin , novelist, playwright, poet, and social activist.

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“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by William Makepeace Thackery

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“I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building.  I felt better right away.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the controversial, counter-culture comedian authored Brain Droppings, and made millions laugh over his routine: “The Seven Dirty Words that are keeping us from winning the war.  – George Carlin

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“We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashioned way.  We pay it back.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by  Lee Iacocca

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“It is wisest to see things from a boy’s point of view.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the tenacious British Army officer retired to found the Boy Scout movement in 1910, aiming to “bring boys’ spirits to light.” Robert Baden-Powel

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“A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a  medieval study hall.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the famed Green Bay Packers football coach admitted to a slight bias in the offering of this quote.   Vince Lombardi

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 “Common sense is the set of prejudices acquired by  age eighteen.”

Author: Those words were spoken by the inventor of the world’s best known formula: E=mc2, by age 15, had read Immanuel Kant and written On the investigation of the state of ether in a magnetic field.   Albert Einstein

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“Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that once it is  competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by author and editor Isaac Asimov

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“If future generations are to remember us with more gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just miracles of technology.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the 36^th President and legendary lawmaker pushed through the Civil Rights act – Mr. Lyndon Johnson.

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“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the American President who saw us through the Civil War believed that war, like conversation, should be completed “with malice towards none.” Abraham Lincoln

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“Why doesn’t the fellow who says, ‘I’m no speechmaker,’ let it go at that, instead of giving us a demonstration?”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Kin Hubbard

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 “Self-made men tend to be a little too proud of the job.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Josh Billings

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“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than Razor-tongued journalist of America’s politics and well-foibled culture – Mr P.J. O’Rourke.   

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“Washington D.C. is a city of southern efficiency and northern charm.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by  John F. Kennedy 

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“There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man.  But it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Helen Rowland,  This New York Times Journalist wrote a column “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl” and the wittily truth-laden book “A Guide to Men.”

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“Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Author:  Those words were spoken by this Pennsylvania-born, wildly best-selling novelist of suspense thrillers penned “Demon Seed” and “The Key to Midnight.”. Dean Kootz. 

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“Maturity comes when you have the first real good laugh at yourself.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by “The First Lady of the American Theatre”, Ethel Barrymore

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“Women have always been the guardians of wisdom and humanity which makes them natural, but usually secret rulers.  The time has come for them to rule openly, but together with and not against men.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by the Polish-born psychotherapist wrote the groundbreaking 1977 book “Bisexuality.”  Dr. Charlotte Wolff

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“The bitterness of poor service remains long after the elation of low prices is forgotten.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Ben Franklin 

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“Credit cards are like snakes – handle ‘em long enough and one  of them will bite you.”

Author: Those words were spoken by Elizabeth Warren 

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“The chief value of money is that one lives in a world in which  it is overestimated.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by H.L. Mencken

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“The only difference between death and taxes is that death  doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Will Rogers.

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“Humanity is the virtue of a woman. Generosity is the virtue of    a man.”

Author: Those words were spoken by Adam Smith. 

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“Your words surround you like fog and make you hard to see.”

Author:  Those words were spoken by Blackbeard. 

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The chief value of money is that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than Razor-tongued journalist and social crktic – Henry Louis – that is HL Mencken    

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Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials.  All of us need something scary to over come.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than poetess, critic, and author of the Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood. 

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A leader is best when people barely know he exists.  When his work is done and his aim fulfilled, they will say, “We did it ourselves”

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than The great, and recently late New Yorker Magazine cartoonist – Mr. Don Fardon.

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Honesty is the best Policy – OK – Now, What’s the second best policy?

Author:   Hint: Born 2 and a half millennia ago, this leadership-and-life directing Chinese philosphpher  and his Tao Te Ching addressed the same problems we seek to solve today  – Laozi (Lao –Tsuh)

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If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, very little would get done.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than Amerian singer, comedian and columnist  – Henry Rollins

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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the master of England’s literati in the 18^th century – the Scot jibbing – Dr. Samuel Johnson.

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A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. 

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the grumpily New England Poet who recommended we take the road less traveled – Mr. Robert Frost.

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A Committee is a group that keeps minutes and looses hours. 

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than early Television master of one-liners – Mr. Milton Berle – who dragged joyously across the screen as Uncle Milty.

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Discourage litigation…Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.  As a peacemaker, the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man…There will still be business enough. 

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than a  wisecracking attorney – our rail-splitting 16^th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln – who seized the opportunity to be one very good man.

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The ideal intern is committed, creative, organized, ambitious, independent and able to crack a smile whether meeting a celebrity or folding socks.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the 35-year-old founder of Glossier who herself began as a Vogue Intern.  Ms. Emily Weiss. 

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Those who believe they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.  

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the prophetic author of Brave New World – Aldous Huxley. 

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  Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.  

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the legendary fashion designer who made women round the world look even better – Mr. Oleg Cassini.  

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A litigant is a businessman about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. 

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the sardonically sage author of the Devil’s Dictionary – Mr. Ambrose Bierce. 

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He isn’t a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than Cleveland’s wise witted publisher and author of “The business of Life” – Mr. William Feather.

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Anyone can be a millionaire – but to be a billionaire, you need an astrologer…

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than America’s either first or second billionaire – Mr. John Pierpont Morgan – see his library in NYC

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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance may be educated, and drunkenness sobered…Ah but stupid lasts forever.  

Author: Those words were spoken by none other than the insightful Ancient Greek playwright and sage – Aristophanes – Read his Lysistrata, o ye ladies.

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If you use a philosophy education well, you can get in the door of any industry you please.  Industries are the blossoms on the tree and philosophy is the trunk that holds it all together.

Author:  Those words were spoken by none other than the insightful poet, business essayist and founder of Killospher Apparell – – Criss Jami – Christopher James Gilbert

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