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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
- Baltasar Gracian
- You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.
- Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
- I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
- Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography, 1977
- To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.
- C. Kent Wright
- I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.
- Alice Koller, An Unknown Woman, 1982
- Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.
- Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
- Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands.
- The Book of the Dead, The Address to the Gods, 1700-1000 B.C.
- When someone is giving you their theology, their God words, you should listen hard and be very gentle. The time to deliver your God words is when you are asked.
- Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-25-05
- Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
- Doug Larson
- Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.
- Bern Williams
- I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you're prepared for it.
- Denzel Washington (1954 - )
- If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.
- John Cleese (1939 - )
- I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
- Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)
- The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.
- David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 04-10-04
- Fish and visitors smell in three days.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736
- All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
- Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
- George Burns (1896 - 1996)
- Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
- Aimee Mullins, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
- Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.
- Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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