GREAT QUOTES / 7
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. -- Oscar Wilde
"We are the people our parents warned us about." - Jimmy Buffet
Few people at the beginning of the 19th century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted - John Kenneth Galbraith
Our whole social system rests upon the fictitious belief that nobody is forced to do what he does, but that he likes to do. This replacement of overt by anonymous authority finds its expression in all areas of life: Force is camouflaged by consent; the consent is brought about by methods of mass suggestion.- Erich Fromm
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition - Timothy Leary
"Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience." - Elizabeth Bowen
"We must make sure that workers have a voice in administering and managing their pensions-that means workers get a seat at the table."-Governor Howard Dean
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw
What you do is of little significance. But it is very important that you do it - Gandhi
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week - George Bernard Shaw
"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. " - Earl Warren
"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Corrupted by wealth & power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They've got a set of Republican waiters on one side & a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no matter which set of waiters brings you the dish, the legislative grub is all prepared in the same Wall Street kitchen. - Huey Long
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be - Kurt Vonnegut
What is primarily secret is what is a secret and what isn’t; that is perhaps the actual state secret. — Hans Magnus Enzensberger
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." - Beverly Sills
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