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Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...

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John Stuart Mill: That which seems...

John Stuart Mill: That which seems...

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the...

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Joseph A Schumpeter: The question that...

Joseph A Schumpeter: The question that...

The question that is so clearly in many potential parents' minds: Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish...

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James Goldsmith: The first time...

James Goldsmith: The first time...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I...

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Chauncey Depew: The government of...

Chauncey Depew: The government of...

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

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David Sarnoff: Freedom is the...

David Sarnoff: Freedom is the...

Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.

Source: Electronics...

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Sylvia Porter: The average family...

Sylvia Porter: The average family...

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the...

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John Fletcher: Man is his...

John Fletcher: Man is his...

Man is his own star; and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man
Commands all light, all influence,...

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George Bernard Shaw: No question is...

George Bernard Shaw: No question is...

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

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Katharine Graham: To love what...

Katharine Graham: To love what...

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

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John D Rockefeller, Jr: A friendship founded...

John D Rockefeller, Jr: A friendship founded...

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

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J Paul Getty: Getting results through...

J Paul Getty: Getting results through...

Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.

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J Paul Getty: Going to work...

J Paul Getty: Going to work...

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: The Inevitability of...

Beatrice Potter Webb: The Inevitability of...

The Inevitability of Gradualness.

Source: Presidential Address, British Labour...

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Robert Collier: A single idea...

Robert Collier: A single idea...

A single idea -- the sudden flash of a thought -- may be worth a million dollars.

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Robert Collier: All riches have...

Robert Collier: All riches have...

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas -- not money.

Source: In ...

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Robert Collier: Every contrivance of...

Robert Collier: Every contrivance of...

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and...

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Stanislaw Lec: Intelligence, in diapers,...

Stanislaw Lec: Intelligence, in diapers,...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it...

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J B Priestley: A loving wife...

J B Priestley: A loving wife...

A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticising and trying to improve...

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George Herbert: A great ship...

George Herbert: A great ship...

A great ship asks deep water.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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