Business Wit & WisdomBeard Books, 2005 - 316 pages Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world. |
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... asked about the bald spots on top . Seeing my positive reaction to his first response , the barber quickly responded , “ That means you're a great lover . ” Noting my ear - to - ear smile at his ability to size up my strengths so well ...
... asked about the bald spots on top . Seeing my positive reaction to his first response , the barber quickly responded , “ That means you're a great lover . ” Noting my ear - to - ear smile at his ability to size up my strengths so well ...
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... asked one of the astronauts if he had been nervous while strapped in his seat before being launched into space. “Well,” said the astronaut, “of course I was. Who wouldn't be? There I was, sitting on a phenomenally complex rocket ...
... asked one of the astronauts if he had been nervous while strapped in his seat before being launched into space. “Well,” said the astronaut, “of course I was. Who wouldn't be? There I was, sitting on a phenomenally complex rocket ...
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... asked , “ Say , mister – how many names does that mule have ? ” “ Just one his name is Pete . ” “ Then why do you call out Herb , Bill , and the rest ? ” “ It's like this , ” explained the farmer . “ If “ Ol ' Pete knew he was doing all ...
... asked , “ Say , mister – how many names does that mule have ? ” “ Just one his name is Pete . ” “ Then why do you call out Herb , Bill , and the rest ? ” “ It's like this , ” explained the farmer . “ If “ Ol ' Pete knew he was doing all ...
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... asked Bob to come by each day and take care of her prized cat . She called from her hotel the next night and asked how the cat was , to which Bob curtly responded , “ Oh , your cat's dead . ” Helen was aghast at the news and shouted ...
... asked Bob to come by each day and take care of her prized cat . She called from her hotel the next night and asked how the cat was , to which Bob curtly responded , “ Oh , your cat's dead . ” Helen was aghast at the news and shouted ...
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... asked , “ Need some help ? ” “ I sure do – how does this thing work ? ” he replied . The secretary took the report and fed it into the shredder . The management trainee watched carefully , and when all of the pages had been fed in , he ...
... asked , “ Need some help ? ” “ I sure do – how does this thing work ? ” he replied . The secretary took the report and fed it into the shredder . The management trainee watched carefully , and when all of the pages had been fed in , he ...
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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.