A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
No depression in Los Angeles - 1933
Depression? We have no depression in Los Angeles; but I will admit that we are having the worst boom in many years.
quote by the president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce when he was asked how the depression had hit Los Angeles, January 1933
quote by the president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce when he was asked how the depression had hit Los Angeles, January 1933
Scary questions
If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
quote by Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction
quote by Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction
Optimist & pessimist
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
quote by James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926
quote by James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926
The art of communication
Put it before them briefly so they will read it,
clearly so they will appreciate it,
picturesquely so they will remember it
and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
quote by Joseph Pulitzer, Editor
clearly so they will appreciate it,
picturesquely so they will remember it
and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
quote by Joseph Pulitzer, Editor
Optimist & pessimist
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.
The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
quote by Gil Stern
The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
quote by Gil Stern
A hammer and a nail
If all you have is a hammer in the toolbox, everything looks like a nail.
quote by Bernard Baruch
quote by Bernard Baruch
Branding / rebranding
Hanging a sign on a cow that says ‘I am a horse’ does not make it a horse.
Unknown
Unknown
Impossible situations
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
quote by Charles R. Swindoll, American Writer
quote by Charles R. Swindoll, American Writer
ISO 9000
With ISO 9000 you can still have terrible processes and products.
You can certify a manufacturer that makes life jackets out of concrete…
quote by Richard Buetow, Motorola
You can certify a manufacturer that makes life jackets out of concrete…
quote by Richard Buetow, Motorola
Not enough time ?
Don't say you don't have enough time.
You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
Life's Little Instruction Book, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
Life's Little Instruction Book, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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