"You will never get rich working for someone else." My dad, probably many dads. He was a super salesman and started his own sales and distributorship company. He was a real type A workaholic. His business eventually failed, which he blamed on Reganomics and a slightly corrupt SBA. He recovered nicely working as a salesman for someone else, but died leaving little inheritance. He also was a Navy Reservist serving for 18.5 years as an electrician and Chief Petty Officer, He was never called to active service, but I am flying the flag.
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Quite some years ago, my twelvish year old daughter and I caught the musical loosely based on her life on TV. We agreed that, while it's got some good songs, if you take the songs away it's an awful play.
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In the south, the phrase is usually , “Thank you sooooo much.”
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Yup, preceded by some sort of missed opportunity or painful incident.
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| ~William Shakespeare |
"Of what use is it for a man to win a thousand battles if he is not able to win against himself and his own corrupt passions?"
-Bl. (soon to be St.) Carlo Acutis
-Bl. (soon to be St.) Carlo Acutis
"Joy is in the ears that hear, not in the mouth that speaks."
- Steven R. Donaldson
- Steven R. Donaldson
"It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life." |
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"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." |
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"The cheapest way to do something is to do it right the first time no matter how much it costs. The fastest way to do something is to do it right the first time, no matter how long it takes." — Dr. L. J. Hart-Smith
I had these quotes on the bookcase over my desk at Boeing for many years. Too bad those in charge didn't listen to him and still aren't listening as far as I can tell from outside.
edited: I muffed the second quote when I posted this the other day. No idea why....but it's corrected now. Also added quotation marks.
I had these quotes on the bookcase over my desk at Boeing for many years. Too bad those in charge didn't listen to him and still aren't listening as far as I can tell from outside.
edited: I muffed the second quote when I posted this the other day. No idea why....but it's corrected now. Also added quotation marks.
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good one
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I forgot to mention: in my head, H. L. Menken looks and sounds like Gene Kelly. Some of you will understand why.
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