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Jules Asner: Bad aftertaste
“You’ve got loves of your life and breakups of your life, that kind of thing. They leave a mark. It stays with you, a bad aftertaste.” —Jules Asner.
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James D Haviland: Feeling good
“If it feels good, do it. If it doesn’t feel good, do it anyway. It will feel good when it is over with.” —James D. Haviland.
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Charles G Ross: Importance of a statement
“Never characterize the importance of a statement in advance.” —Charles G. Ross.
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Dr. Donald J Rosato: Sane people taking medicine
“The world is full of sane people taking medicine to enable them to cope with all the insane ones who should be using medications but refuse to do so.” —Dr. Donald J. Rosato.
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Eric Sevareid: Chief cause of problems
“The chief cause of problems is solutions.” —Eric Sevareid.
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Ann Landers: What we deserve
“Some of us should be thankful that we don’t get what we deserve.” —Ann Landers.
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Roy Slous: Stuck with it
“If you do a job too well, you’ll get stuck with it.” —Roy Slous.
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Robert H Thomas: Someone won’t like it
“No matter how well you do something, someone won’t like it.” —Robert H. Thomas.
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Edward Karl: Until you’re the boss
“You always think the boss is a son of a bitch until you’re the boss.” —Edward Karl.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Flaw in human character
“Another flaw in human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” —Kurt Vonnegut
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Michael Harris: More character
“Never wear a hat that has more character than you do.” —Michael Harris.
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Warner & Swasey Company Ad: Large shadows
“When small men begin to cast large shadows, it is a sure sign the sun is setting.” —From a Warner & Swasey Company ad.
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Richard Bernstein: Accomplishing the task
“One begins to lose interest in any given task and slacks off just as one is beginning to get somewhere in accomplishing the task.” —Richard Bernstein.
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W C Bennett: Point of no return
“1) Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living. 2) Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed.” —W.C. Bennett.
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Henry Fonda: Keep your mouth shut
“When you’re up to your nose in sh*t, keep your mouth shut.” —Movie character Jack Beauregard, played by Henry Fonda.
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Margaret Halsey: Crucial disadvantage
“The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o’clock.” —Margaret Halsey.
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Russell Baker: Insists on it
“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.” —Russell Baker.
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Rozanne Weissman: Approval
“Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.” —Rozanne Weissman.
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Jim Amis: Don’t trust yourself too completely
“You can’t believe anyone but yourself, and don’t trust yourself too completely.” —Jim Amis.
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Don Alt: Wrong child
“A parent will always worry about the wrong child.” —Don Alt.
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Patrick J Allen: Inversely proportional
“The strength of one’s opinion on any matter in controversy is inversely proportional to the amount of knowledge that the person has on that subject.” —Patrick J. Allen.
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Saul Alinsky: Favors granted
“Favors granted always become defined as rights.” —Saul Alinsky.
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Mark Albrecht: Troublesome correspondence
“Troublesome correspondence that is postponed long enough will eventually become irrelevant.” —Mark Albrecht.
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Gustavo N Agrait: Rumors
“A rumor will travel fastest to the place where it will cause the most harm.” —Gustavo N. Agrait.
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James Abourezk: Allies will do you in
“Don’t worry about your enemies; it’s your allies who will do you in.” —James Abourezk.
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C Northcote Parkinson: Work expands
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” —C. Northcote Parkinson.
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James Burnham: No problem
“If there’s no alternative, there’s no problem.”—James Burnham.
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Elliot Zais: Capacity to blush
“As long as you retain the capacity to blush, your immortal soul is in no particular danger.” —Elliot Zais.
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Leonard Lauder: Experience
“When a person with experience meets the person with money, the person with the experience will get the money. And the person with the money will get the experience.” —Leonard Lauder.
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A H Weiler: Nothing is impossible
“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.” —A.H. Weiler.
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Peter Gabriel: Healthy
“Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.” —Peter Gabriel.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Advice
“If you want people to like you, do not give them advice. Ask them for advice.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Anna Pavlova: Work transforms
“God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.” —Anna Pavlova.
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Tammy Baldwin: Scientific process
“In my grandfather’s lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.” —Tammy Baldwin.
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Mira Sorvino: Worst betrayal
“The worst betrayal is from those you never thought could betray you.” —Mira Sorvino.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Trust
“Trust those who are greedy for money a thousand times more than those who are greedy for credentials.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Bob Iger: Optimism
“What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.” —Bob Iger
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Ashton Kutcher: Can’t sit still
“I don’t believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can’t sit still.”—Ashton Kutcher.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Idiots
‘Behavioral economics can be summarized as follows: “humans are idiots”. My message: “Maybe, but behavioral economists are most certainly idiots”.‘ —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Alice Walker: Thank you
“Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” —Alice Walker.
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Howard Marks: Cyclicality
“The basic reason for the cyclicality in our world is the involvement of humans. Mechanical things can go in a straight line. Time moves ahead continuously. So can a machine when it’s adequately powered. But processes in fields like history and economics involve people, and when people are involved, the results are variable and cyclical.”—Howard…
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Jules Verne: Wear out by being read
“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.” —Jules Verne.
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Simon Sinek: Expend energy
“Instead of expending energy to fit into the group, it’s better to expend energy to find the group in which we fit.” —Simon Sinek.
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Michael Pollan: Schizoid quality
“There’s a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pig — an animal easily as intelligent as a dog — that becomes the…
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Christopher Marlowe: Where both deliberate
“Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?” —Christopher Marlowe.
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Simon Sinek: Marketing the solution
“Greatness doesn’t start with a market opportunity, it starts with a problem that needs solving. The opportunity comes from marketing the solution.”—Simon Sinek.
