Business Wit & WisdomBeard Books, 2005 - 316 pages Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world. |
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... humorous items included are in the vein suggested by 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 ...
... humorous items included are in the vein suggested by 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 ...
Page vii
... humorous items in the sections on “family” or “children” or “aging” can work as an ice-breaker, humorous digression, or ... humor, as descriptors of CEO's or senior managers, or of some aspects of the organization itself. A Woody Allen ...
... humorous items in the sections on “family” or “children” or “aging” can work as an ice-breaker, humorous digression, or ... humor, as descriptors of CEO's or senior managers, or of some aspects of the organization itself. A Woody Allen ...
Page ix
... humor about management can either be directed at higher management (which can be risky), or humor directed at oneself. In the latter case, it is obviously important to demonstrate a sense of humor as well as to identify with non ...
... humor about management can either be directed at higher management (which can be risky), or humor directed at oneself. In the latter case, it is obviously important to demonstrate a sense of humor as well as to identify with non ...
Page x
... humor is always quite popular in virtually any setting, perhaps due to the nature of our politicians. It is important for the speaker to recognize, however, that it is also an excellent way to alienate a portion of your audience if not ...
... humor is always quite popular in virtually any setting, perhaps due to the nature of our politicians. It is important for the speaker to recognize, however, that it is also an excellent way to alienate a portion of your audience if not ...
Page xi
... humor is not limited to Republican versus Democrat . You may want to either pick your quips to be “ party neutral ” , or at least insure that you balance comments regarding two different sides . The sides may be conservative versus ...
... humor is not limited to Republican versus Democrat . You may want to either pick your quips to be “ party neutral ” , or at least insure that you balance comments regarding two different sides . The sides may be conservative versus ...
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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.