Flirting with Disaster

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To grow faster than one is able to manage is flirting with disaster. – An Wang

The British created a civil service job in 1803 calling for a man to stand on the Cliffs of Dover with a spyglass. He was supposed to ring a bell if he saw Napoleon coming. The job was abolished in 1945. – Robert Townsend

The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss. – Diane Ravitch

There’s no way you can have consistent success without players. No one can win without material. But not everyone can win with material. – John Wooden

If I had learned to type, I never would have made the brigadier general. – Elizabeth P. Hoisington

There may be luck in getting a job but there’s no luck in keeping it. – J. Ogden Armour

Everybody looks good on paper. – John Y. Brown

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