Quotations Weblog

Hugh Elliott has done it again. Since I last told you about Hugh Elliot and his weblog, Standing Room Only, I have added several quotations to our collection. I just added another:

This quote came from this entry on Standing Room Only:

• STANDING ROOM ONLY – Left To My Own Devices

Here are a few other deep thoughts from Hugh’s weblog that have been added recently:

If you enjoy these quotes, you should read Standing Room Only. Hugh updates his weblog regularly and it’s a joy to read:

• STANDING ROOM ONLY

You can read all of Hugh’s quotations here:

• Hugh Elliott Quotes – The Quotations Page

When Carl Durrenburger read the USA Today interview with Bill Swanson about his “Unwritten Rules” of business, he recognized something. He recognized some of the rules from a book he had read long ago called, The Unwritten Laws of Engineering. Unfortunately, Bill had claimed those rules as his own instead of giving credit to the original author, W. J. King.

Carl immediately wrote a letter to USA Today, informing them of the error:

• Incidents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

“Mr. Swanson has plagiarized from the little-known book “The Unwritten Laws of Engineering” by W.J. King, trying to pass off others’ work as his own. Perhaps there is a new rule he needs to swallow about taking credit for other people’s work. Or perhaps this sort of thing has been his recipe for success in corporate America and, for him, stepping on the genius of others is business as usual.”

So many of us have personal credos that we read in a book or heard in a movie. After years of repeating the phrases to ourselves, we forget where they came from originally and they become one with us. That’s why The Quotations Page is here. We help you remember where you got those wonderful little quotations in the first place. We keep you honest.

Making W. J. King’s laws part of your life is admirable. Forgetting where you got them is forgiveable. Claiming them as your own is just sloppy.

Update 05-04-06: CNN finally caught on to this story. See it here:

• Raytheon board throws the book at CEO; may cost him $1M – May. 4, 2006

We’re going to be busy with other commitments for the next two weeks, so we probably won’t be posting here. While we are gone, please enjoy these entries from our past:

• Quotations Weblog » Archive » The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

• Quotations Weblog » Archive » Sacred Idleness

• Quotations Weblog » Archive » My Favorite Quotations: Oprah Winfrey

• Quotations Weblog » Archive » Something Positive Quotations

• Quotations Weblog » Archive » My favorite quotations: Douglas Adams

Read one of these every other day and that should last you until we return. Don’t forget, the Quotes of the Day and Motivational Quotes of the Day are still updated every day.

See you in May!

Scientists have uncovered yet another link in the human evolution chain.

• CNN.com – Fossil connects human evolution dots – Apr 12, 2006

“We just found the chain of evolution, the continuity through time,” study co-author and Ethiopian anthropologist Berhane Asfaw said in a phone interview from Addis Ababa. “One form evolved to another. This is evidence of evolution in one place through time.”

In Missouri, Sarah and Kris Everson told the media that they had given birth to four boys and two girls on March 8th, but the authorities have revealed that it was just an elaborate fraud.

• CNN.com – Case of the imaginary sextuplets solved – Apr 12, 2006

Kind-hearted people jumped to their rescue:

Those who heard the Eversons’ sad story of tight finances set up a Web site to solicit contributions — including a van, washer and dryer, cash and gift certificates. A real estate agent was even working to find the family new housing.

Why would they even wish it on themselves?