Moralizing on the Condition of the Handkerchief Business

Image by x-ray delta one via FlickrSo long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer. – Lorna May Harris




A small business man is any businessman who cannot afford to have a full-time representative in Washington D.C. – anonymous



Business will be better or worse. – Calvin Coolidge



American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism. – Herbert Hoover



Breakfast first, business next. – William Makepeace Thackeray



He would not blow his nose without moralizing on conditions in the handkerchief business. – Cyril Connolly



Thank heaven for the military industrial complex. Its ultimate aim is peace in our time. – Barry Goldwater

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Don’t Set a (Goldman Sachs) Fox to Watching Your Chickens

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It is a fine thing to be honest but it is also very important to be right. – Winston Churchill

No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future. – Ian E. Wilson

If two friends ask you to be judge in a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept, because you will gain one friend. – Saint Augustine

You don’t set a fox to watching the chickens just because he has a lot of experience in the hen house. – Harry S. Truman

It is only in our decisions that we are important. – Jean-Paul Sartre

Please find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear “on the other hand... – Herbert Hoover

Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you. – Calvin Coolidge

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A Closed Mouth Gathers No Feet

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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thoughts. – Sir William Osler

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway

A closed mouth gathers no feet. – anonymous

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. – Josh Billings

I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say. – Calvin Coolidge

Known for his quick tongue and flamboyant phrases, American boxing champion Muhammad Ali always seems to have the last word in any conversation. So when a flight attendant instructed him to fasten his seat belt, Ali quipped, “Superman don’t need no seat belt.” To which the flight attendant replied, “Superman don’t need no airplane either.” – Louis E. Boone

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. – Voltaire

The Worst Advice You Can Give Some People

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To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. – Benjamin Franklin

I think the American public wants a solemn ass as president. And I think I’ll go along with them. – Calvin Coolidge

I don’t chew people out. I remind them of their heritage, and who their parents were, and whether or not their parents were married, and a few things of that nature. – Donald Regan

If you let conditions stop you from working, they’ll always stop you. – James T. Farrell

Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer. – Norwegian proverb

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. –Bertrand Russel

“Be yourself” is the worst advice you can give some people. – Tom Masson