Friday, March 07, 2008
Today's Quotations
Anita Loos
On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
Bertrand Russell
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Rita Mae Brown
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
A. E. Houseman
The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
Warren Bennis
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
Benjamin Disraeli
It is well-known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
William Shakespeare
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
Bertrand Russell
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
David McCullough
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Clive Staples Lewis
The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.
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Mail & Guardian Online - ... construction projects where electricity provision needs to be obtained from Eskom in advance would be delayed. "All those developments that have already applied and have quotations ...
¶ 12:04 AM
Quotations:
Anita Loos
On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
Bertrand Russell
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Rita Mae Brown
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
A. E. Houseman
The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
Warren Bennis
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
Benjamin Disraeli
It is well-known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
William Shakespeare
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
Bertrand Russell
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
David McCullough
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Clive Staples Lewis
The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.
More Quotations
Stock & fund quotes
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:30:00 GMT
ninemsn - Day traders should never be confused with day trippers … while most days they may have a one-way ticket, it might not always be a winning one. So what is a day trader and what ...
Right priorities: Motivational book asks: What would you do if you had ...
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:24:00 GMT
Carroll County Times - The preponderance of religious imagery and Bible quotations makes the book seem particularly aimed toward a Christian market. But Shook said "One Month to Live" is not solely for ...
SA building projects may face power delay
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:10:00 GMT
Mail & Guardian Online - ... construction projects where electricity provision needs to be obtained from Eskom in advance would be delayed. "All those developments that have already applied and have quotations ...
¶ 12:04 AM
