If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other persons point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.
A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
- Topic: Awareness, Humor, Reputation
- Location: Grand Teton National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The question, 'Who ought to be boss?' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tenor in a quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money to do more for the betterment of life.
History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.
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