Showing posts with label F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Widespread Corporation Premature Ejaculation

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His quest for something new each month leads to widespread corporate premature ejaculation. – Robert Townsend




An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea. – Oscar Wilde



An idea which is six years ahead of its time is a bad idea. – George Lois



When I have an idea, I have no pencil. – anonymous



The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody. – F. Scott Fitzgerald



An idea is something that usually comes like a fireman – too late. – Jewish saying



I didn’t get my ideas from Mao, Lenin or Ho. I got my ideas from the Lone Ranger. – Jerry Rubin

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Burst the Cocoon and Become a Butterfly

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Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have. – Jean-Paul Sartre

There is at bottom only one problem in the world and this is its name. How does one get into the open? How does one burst the cocoon and become a butterfly? – Thomas Mann

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha

Every calling is great when greatly pursued. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. – Charles Schwab

We work to become, not to acquire. – Elbert Hubbard

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley


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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Every Law is an Infraction of Lliberty

Shaw's revolving hut, where he wrote Pygmalion...Image via Wikipedia

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost

The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle, complimentary way the she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before. – F. Scott Fitzgerald (How romantic he was)

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietsche

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. – H.L. Mencken

Every law is an infraction of liberty. – Jeremy Bentham

Lawsuit, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. – Ambrose Bierce

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw



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