I will try to follow the advice that a university president once gave a
prospective commencement speaker. "Think of yourself as the body at
an Irish wake" he said. "They need you in order to have the party,
but no one expects you to say very much."
Anthony Lake , national security advisor, at University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, Graduation 1995
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y
is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. - Life's Little Treasure Book, on wisdom
If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed
Kate Halverson
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Mother Teresa
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever.
Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again.
Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take
my advice.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position
falls, your ego goes with it.
Colin Powell
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Aesop
Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Change before you have to.
Jack Welch
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Francis Bacon
Count your age with friends but not with years.
Anonymous
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Brendan Hills
Don't anthropomorphize computers -- they hate it.
Anonymous
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Don't look back - something might be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
Don't stay in bed....unless you can make money in bed.
George Burns
Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over
30."
Anonymous
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches.
The Duchess of Windsor when asked what is the secret of a long and happy
life
For best results: wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with
warm iron. For not so good results: drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry
on roofrack.
Laundry instructions on a shirt made by HEET (Korea)
For the love of God, folks, don't do this at home.
David Letterman , CBS Late Show, demonstrating the Donut-o-pult, 1995
Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.
John Murray
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and
how little we think of the other person.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never
learn anything from history.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
