Chatter Is Not Conversation

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. - George Bernard Shaw


And never lacks companionship.


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Opinion?

When I ask you for your opinion I'm not asking you for the right answer. I'm asking you for your opinion. - Seth Godin


Don't count on everyone to feel this way. Too often people ask for an opinion but what they really want is what they think is the right answer.


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Men Go Mad In Herds

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one. - Charles Mackay


This is why it is easier for the huckster to lead them astray than the rational to set them right.


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Watch What You Say, Or Not

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard


I know.


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Hiring Criterea

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. - Henry Ford

So much for capitalism being bigoted.

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Wind It Up, Don't Wind Down

You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. - Bonnie Prudden

Remember this when you are of an age when you start to lose your memory.

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Lessons of History

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. - Charles A. Beard


Charley: The bee is not a thief - it is a trader.


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50-50 Deals

There are some men who, in a fifty-fifty proposition, insist on getting the hyphen, too. - Dr. Laurence J. Peter


For that reason, among others, avoid 50-50 deals.


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Keep Your Head Up

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground. - James H. Boren


....and not possible to see your vision of the future from there either.


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The Prize

Great sex is the prize, not the substance of a good marriage. - Dr. Laura Schlessinger


Forest Gump would have been more precise had he said "Life is like a box of "Cracker Jacks."


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The Times, They are a'Changin

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. - Andy Warhol


Sometimes it is not that things change, it's that your perspective changes.


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Establish a Reputation

There are two ways of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter. - Charles Caleb Colton


......whether you want it to or not.


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Weakness of Superstition

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. - Ann Radcliffe


Learn that line between superstition and a simple lack of knowledge.


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Not For Sale

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty. - Leo Rosten


There are a few things which cannot be bought, sold, traded, borrowed, lent, stolen or given away. List them and I think you will find they are the most important things in life.


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Good Partners

A good horse and a good rider are only so in mutual trust. - H.M.E


Same with an employer and employee, marriage, or any other partnership.


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100% Informed

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. - Thomas A. Edison


But then again, Tom, we know more than anything else which is 100% of what is known.


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Getting Rid of the Squeak

The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. - Vic Gold


Be careful how annoying your squeak is.


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Pay Attention!

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. - Ronnie D. Laing


Hey, who wants to get bored with the same old thing? It is exciting!


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