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Quote of the Month
Published January 26, 2007, at 12:41 am by tomglocer
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This is one of my all time favorite quote. In fact I use it under the signature on all my emails. “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job wait until you hire an amateur.”- Red Adair
Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. -Albert Einstein-
Everything should be made as simple as possible but not one bit simpler Albert Einstein
As a Jordanian I like this quote by George Burns: When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick
We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill
Intelligence is not the ability to store information but to know where to find it. — Albert Einstein
I do not agree with what you have to say but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire
Roman proverb: “Quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem!” or translated into English “Whatever you do may you do it prudently and look to the end!”
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T.S. Eliot
Intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time –F. Scott Fitzgerald
…first get the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. –Jim Collins http://www.jimcollins.com
You are never a loser until you quit trying Mike Ditka former Football (American) coach of the Chicago Bears.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. — Samuel Johnson “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana “Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I shall not put!” –Winston Churchill “One of greatest tragedies in life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.” — Ben Franklin “If you’re being chased by a police dog try not to go through a tunnel then on to a little see-saw then jump through a hoop of fire. They’re trained for that.” — Anon
Gregg Amonette (ex-SVP of Multex) once said to me “The best form of revenge is a signed contract”.
Good fast cheap – pick any two (Used as a sig by an ex-TIBCo exec forgotten his name. I have found it to be a great way of quickly drilling down to the core tradeoffs made in projects.)
Got Space? Kumomo.com we are raising fund to build schools in Cambodia under a Kumomo Tree Charity Project. http://www.kumomo.com/kumomo-tree/
They say the greatest businesspeople surround themselves with people that are smarter than themselves.
In God we TRUST rest is all data….
You say a prayer in your religion and I will say a prayer as I know it. Together we will say this prayer and it will be something beautiful to God Mother Teresa
Life isn’t a matter of milestones but of moments. Rose Kennedy
I keep six honest serving-men They taught me all I knew; Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling
In America everything’s about who’s number one today – Bruce Springsteen
Martin Said: For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you have a fight with a customer and you win…you lose….you lose the customer –Ray Kroc founder of the McDonald’s empire [and having worked there in high school college and law school i learned he was right—and i’ve found that his comment is just as true in the news and information business as it is with selling hamburgers]
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You pile up enough tomorrows and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don’t know about you but I’d like to make today worth remembering. Harold Hill The Music Man
Life goes on. It always does. Till it doesnt. unknown source
Love is when the heart loses its mind. In a civilization when love is gone we turn to justice and when justice is gone we turn to power and when power is gone we turn to violence. Opportunity is often inconvenient. Think well of yourself. The subconscious can’t take a joke. Look to their positive intent especially when they appear to have none.
What matters most is how you see yourself. ~Unknown (Hallmark card) At the end of the world you are not what you are born but what you have it in yourself to be. ~ Kingdom of Heaven (Movie)
I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. A dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Nothing we do changes the past but everything we do changes the future.
If you’re going through hell keep going. Winston Churchill
From what we get we can make a living; what we give however makes a life. -Arthur Ashe –
All leaders should remember that people dont leave businesses they dont leave organisations they dont leave teams. People leave people. – Simon McSorley –
Hi Tom This is one of my all time favourite. “Money can’t solve all of your problems but No Money can cause lot of problems” My mentor who got me in to the IT Industry in late 80’s when PC’s were just getting popular used to have it in his desk and I never can forget this wordings. As a side note contrast to the above with less than 20 $ salary a month (at current 50 Indian Rupess a $) I had more fun than a decent six figure $ base now though !! – Sai CSS Corp NY USA
This is one of my favourite quote: “Luck is what happiness when preparedness meets opportunity”….. Subramanya Mysore ThomsonReuters- BLR
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. – Peter Drucker
Pick battles big enough to matter small enough to win “The finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace”
There is only winning and misery – Pat Riley
Only one man ever understood me and he didn’t understand me. –Hegel (1770-1831) “I am part of all that I have met.” –Tennyson (1809-1892) “We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.” –Vonnegut (1922-2007)
if i hadn’t seen such riches i could live with being poor – James (band) I don’t like this band but this lyric is class.
Do it today. bcoz tomorrow it might be illegal.
Champions don’t have an expiry date.