Business Wit & WisdomBeard Books, 2005 - 316 pages Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world. |
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... William Davis, who said “The kind of humor I like is the kind that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.” As a result of this belief that quotes and stories, used wisely, are an important ingredient to effectively ...
... William Davis, who said “The kind of humor I like is the kind that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.” As a result of this belief that quotes and stories, used wisely, are an important ingredient to effectively ...
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... William Shakespeare ( 1564–1616 ) The Good Lord only gave men so many hormones , and if others want to waste theirs growing hair that's up to them . — Senator John Glenn Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a 13 RICHARD S. ZERA ...
... William Shakespeare ( 1564–1616 ) The Good Lord only gave men so many hormones , and if others want to waste theirs growing hair that's up to them . — Senator John Glenn Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a 13 RICHARD S. ZERA ...
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... William Channing Ability will enable a man to get to the top , but character is the only thing that keeps him from falling off . Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent . Most talents are , to some extent , a gift ...
... William Channing Ability will enable a man to get to the top , but character is the only thing that keeps him from falling off . Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent . Most talents are , to some extent , a gift ...
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... William Wharton , Tidings ( Henry Holt & Co. ) The squeaky wheel may get the most oil , but it's also the first to be replaced . —Marilyn Vos Savant , Of Course I'm for Monogamy ( St. Martin's ) Before you criticize someone , walk a ...
... William Wharton , Tidings ( Henry Holt & Co. ) The squeaky wheel may get the most oil , but it's also the first to be replaced . —Marilyn Vos Savant , Of Course I'm for Monogamy ( St. Martin's ) Before you criticize someone , walk a ...
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... William. Now, gentlemen, listen slowly. For your information, I would like to ask a question. Include me out. Don't talk to me when I'm interrupting. I may not always be right, ... but I'm never wrong. COMMUNICATION. –. VERBAL. (see. also.
... William. Now, gentlemen, listen slowly. For your information, I would like to ask a question. Include me out. Don't talk to me when I'm interrupting. I may not always be right, ... but I'm never wrong. COMMUNICATION. –. VERBAL. (see. also.
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Page 196 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here ?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where ' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,
Page 191 - Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Page 254 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Page 220 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can ; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Page 75 - We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well ; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.
Page 129 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 256 - I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand.
Page 210 - The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread'.
Page 95 - Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. "That is very fine. Yes, I must wager; but I may perhaps wager too much.