Business Wit & WisdomBeard Books, 2005 - 316 Seiten Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world. |
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... Persons of any walk or stage of life can enjoy wit and wisdom in a form that can briefly and ingeniously express a thought or idea. Whether it's a humorous story or a poignant quote, the epigrams and witticisms included can be both ...
... Persons of any walk or stage of life can enjoy wit and wisdom in a form that can briefly and ingeniously express a thought or idea. Whether it's a humorous story or a poignant quote, the epigrams and witticisms included can be both ...
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... person's advice to make him feel good – just ask for it . —Laurence J. Peter Advice from an old carpenter : measure twice and saw once . To profit from good advice requires as much wisdom as to give it . When we ask for advice , we are ...
... person's advice to make him feel good – just ask for it . —Laurence J. Peter Advice from an old carpenter : measure twice and saw once . To profit from good advice requires as much wisdom as to give it . When we ask for advice , we are ...
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... person to die . ... ATHEISM An atheist's most embarrassing moment is when he feels profoundly thankful for something , but can't think of anyone to thank for it . An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support . —Bishop ...
... person to die . ... ATHEISM An atheist's most embarrassing moment is when he feels profoundly thankful for something , but can't think of anyone to thank for it . An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support . —Bishop ...
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... person who writes the advertising is not the same person who lends you the money . A banker is a person who is willing to make a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it . —Herbert V. Prochnow Remember that ...
... person who writes the advertising is not the same person who lends you the money . A banker is a person who is willing to make a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it . —Herbert V. Prochnow Remember that ...
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... person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough . —Josh Billings Can you imagine anybody wanting to look this way for real ? —Dolly Parton I have everything I had twenty years go , only it's all a little bit lower . —Gypsy ...
... person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough . —Josh Billings Can you imagine anybody wanting to look this way for real ? —Dolly Parton I have everything I had twenty years go , only it's all a little bit lower . —Gypsy ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Lincoln Albert Einstein Ambrose Bierce asked believe Benjamin Franklin better Blaise Pascal Charles Christian church conscience courage Devil's Dictionary everything faith father feel fool Francois friends G.K. Chesterton Gandhi George Bernard Shaw give H.L. Mencken happiness human humor idea ignorance Johann Wolfgang John F Josh Billings keep Kennedy kids Kin Hubbard live look Lord man's Mark Twain Marriage married mind minister mistake moral mother Napoleon Bonaparte never Oliver Wendell Holmes Oscar Wilde person Peter politician Politics problem proverb Publius Syrus quip quote Ralph Waldo Emerson religion remember replied Robert Frost Rochefoucauld Rogers Roosevelt Samuel Johnson someone success talk tell There's thing thought truth virtue Voltaire walk wife William Winston Churchill wisdom wise Wolfgang Von Goethe woman women words wrong young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 196 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here ?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where ' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,
Seite 191 - Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Seite 254 - Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Seite 220 - I do the very best I know how — the very best I can ; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Seite 75 - We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well ; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more.
Seite 129 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Seite 256 - I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand.
Seite 210 - The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread'.
Seite 95 - Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. "That is very fine. Yes, I must wager; but I may perhaps wager too much.