Quotes by Unknown, Source

"Being free of pretence does not mean you are in touch with the truth. Sincerity is not proof."

Unknown, Source on truth   

"There is merit in the attempt, and a whole lot accomplished along the way."

Unknown, Source on trying   

"The best angle from which to approach a problem is the Try-angle."

Unknown, Source on trying   

"As a result of trying to solve the big problems we face in life, many of us end up sacrificing individual relationships by doing things that we may consider as being small or insignificant at the time. This reminds us of the George and Gracie routine where George asks Gracie, How do you cook a pot roast? She replied, I put both a big pot roast and a small pot roast in the oven. When the small one is burnt, the big one is done just right!"

Unknown, Source on trying   

"Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders."

Unknown, Source on twentieth century   

"The early twenties when we drank wood alcohol and every day in every way grew better and better, and there was a first abortive shortening of the skirts, and girls all looked alike in sweater dresses, and people you didn't want to know said Yes, we have no bananas, and it seemed only a question of a few years before the older people would step aside and let the world be run by those who saw things as they were -- and it all seems rosy and romantic to us who were young then, because we will never feel quite so intensely about our surroundings any more."

Unknown, Source on twentieth century   

"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request."

Unknown, Source on understanding   

"The key to understanding others is to first understand yourself"

Unknown, Source on understanding
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"UNDERSTANDING does not necessarily mean AGREEMENT."

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"Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot."

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"A period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need."

Unknown, Source on vacation   

"The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation."

Unknown, Source on vacation   

"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."

Unknown, Source on value   

"People should know what you stand for. They should also know what you won't stand for."

Unknown, Source on value   

"Victory is a political fiction."

Unknown, Source on victory   

"The victor belongs to the spoils."

Unknown, Source on victory   

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"Non violence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence."

Unknown, Source on violence   

"Temperance and labor are the two best virtues. Labor whets the appetite, temperance curbs it."

Unknown, Source on virtue   

"Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes."

Unknown, Source on vision
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"Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

Unknown, Source on vision
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"To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest."

Unknown, Source on vision
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"The man with vision always goes ahead of the man with visions."

Unknown, Source on vision   

"The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do."

Unknown, Source on vision   

"Three levels of organizational vision: 1. The Do-able 2. The Conceivable 3. The Previously Unthinkable."

Unknown, Source on vision
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"Dwell in though upon the Grandest, And the Grandest you shall see; Fix your mind upon the Highest, And the Highest you shall be."

Unknown, Source on vision   

"When it comes to spotting a blonde hair on a man's coat, every wife has 20-20 vision."

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"Better to aim at a star than shoot down a well; you'll hit higher."

Unknown, Source on vision   

"Of all natural forces, vitality is the incommunicable one. Vitality never takes. You have it or you haven't it, like health or brown eyes or a baritone voice."

Unknown, Source on vitality   

"Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them."

Unknown, Source on vocabulary   

"Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice."

Unknown, Source on vocabulary   

"Don't worry if your job is small and your rewards few. Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you."

Unknown, Source on vocation   

"No matter whom you vote for, the Government always gets in."

Unknown, Source on voting   

"In times of stress and strain, people will vote."

Unknown, Source on voting   

"When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance."

Unknown, Source on voting   

"Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy."

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"Try to eliminate the word SHOULD from your vocabulary. And try doing so without replacing it with OUGHT or YOU BETTER."

Unknown, Source on want
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"Getting anything changes it from being desirable to just being taken for granted."

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"War -- what a waist of time. It's all about great achievements for the very few but hideous losses for the very many."

Unknown, Source on war   

"The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas."

Unknown, Source on waste   

"A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune."

Unknown, Source on wealth   

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