“One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard goes something like this: If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it.” (Scott Adams, quoted in The Week) “Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time.” (Richard Carlson) “The real problems faced by mankind will only be solved …
Al’s Quotes & Quips for March “Don’t mistake activity with achievement.” (John Wooden, quoted in The Wall Street Journal) “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” (Leonardo daVinci, quoted in Forbes.com) “Comparison is the thief of joy.” (Theodore Roosevelt, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com) “People will pay more to be entertained than educated.” (Johnny Carson, quoted in United Press …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for February “The trouble with opportunity is that it is more recognizable going than when it is coming.” “Absolute passion cannot be understood by a third party.” (Soren Kierkegaard, quoted in The Boston Globe) “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for January “No matter how young you may make yourself look on the outside, you are still the same age on the inside.” “The face of a child can say it all. Especially the mouth part of the face.” (Jack Handey, quoted in TheAtlantic.com) “A society grows great when old men …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for December “Life is like a coin. You can spend it anyway you like, but you can only spend it once.” (Missionary Lillian Dickson, quoted in the Associated Press) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” (John Quincy Adams, …
Al’s Quotes and Quips for November “In my many years I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” (John Adams, quoted in WashingtonPost.com) Amen, to that! [AH] “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” (Tom Clancy, …