The No Man's Land Between Two Stools

Image via WikipediaDo you have trouble making up your mind? Well – yes and no. – Herbert V. Prochnow




I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes, to make it up. – Mark Twain



Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind. – William Somerset Maugham



There are men who would even be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.



It’s no good saying, “Hold it” to a moment of real life. – Lord Snowdon



When we are not sure we are alive. – Graham Greene



Between two stools one falls to the ground. – proverb

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A Refuge from the Miseries of Life

Image by MookieLuv via FlickrTo acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. – W. Somerset Maugham




A library is thought in cold storage. – Herbert Samuel



The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. – Joseph Joubert



Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. – John Whitherspoon



Readers are of two sorts: one who carefully goes through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him. – Douglas Jerrold



He picked something valuable out of everything he read. – Pliny the Younger



The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries. – Rene Descartes

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Looking for Permanecy in a Time of Change

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(Referring to England) This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish in Great Britain at the same time. – Aneurin Bevan

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. – Edmund G. Brown

People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons. – Zig Zigler

Anything new, anything worth doing, can’t be recognized. People just don’t have that much vision. – Pablo Picasso

In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change. – John Naisbitt

Like all weak men, he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind. – William Somerset Maugham

A bad reference is as hard to find as a good employee. – Robert Half

Doing Nothing Makes You Tired

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Production is the goose that lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. – George Humphrey

The most popular labor-saving device today is still a husband with money. – Joey Adams

Energy is beauty – a Ferrari with an empty tank doesn’t run. – Elsa Paretti

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it. – Somerset Maugham

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon

When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. – Pablo Picasso

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. – Robert Frost

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The Perfect Expression of Scorn

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Is sex dirty? Only if it’s done right. – Woody Allen

Bernard Shaw is an excellent man; he has not an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him. – Oscar Wilde

Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. – Samuel Johnson

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. – George Bernard Shaw

Sin is geographical. – Bertrand Russell

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. – George Bernard Shaw

I don’t think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards. – W. Somerset Maugham

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. - Denis Diderot

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