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- no.24
- We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong. - Bill Vaughan, journalist, (1915-1977)
- no.23
- If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. -Robert X. Cringely, journalist ((1953- )
- no.22
- One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -A. A. Milne, author (1882-1956).
- no.21
- No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you will see why. -Mignon McLaughlin, journalist, author (1913-1983)
- no.20
- If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. -Catherine Aird, British author, (1930- )
- no.19
- Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. -Doug Larson, writer and editor (1926-2017)
- no.18
- No word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. -Mark Twain, writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer (1835-1910)
- no.17
- If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. -Bill Lyon, educator (1865-1943)
- no.16
- I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. -John Cleese (1939- )
- no.15
- The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -George Jessel, actor (1898-1981)
- no.14
- If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z; X is work, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut. -Albert Einstein, physicist, (1879-1955)
- no.13
- When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything. -Eric Satie, composer, pianist (1866-1925)
- no.12
- Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law. -Japanese Proverb
- no.11
- To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. -George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist (1863-1952)
- no.10
- He was a bold man who first swallowed an oyster. -King James I (1566-1625)
- no.9
- I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. -Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
- no.8
- Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. -George Carlin, comedian, actor, author, and social critic (1937-2008)
- no.7
- It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. -Laurence J. Peter, educator, writer (1919-1988)
- no.6
- Fine words butter no parsnips. -English Proverb
- no.5
- An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. -Laurence J. Peter, educator, writer (1919-1988)
- no.4
- Only the pure in heart can make a good soup." -Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (1770-1827)
- no.3
- Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. -Slovenian Proverb
- no.2
- Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. -Groucho Marx, comedian (1890-1977)
- no.1
- Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. -Chinese Proverb