Quotes by American/USA authors (page 66)

"Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'"

"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another"

George Washington, President

"Nothing will work unless you do"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Get off your butt and join the Marines!"

John Wayne, Actor

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"

George Washington, President

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves"

George Washington, President

"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure"

George Washington, President

"The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery"

George Washington, President

"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected"

George Washington, President

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master"

George Washington, President

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence"

George Washington, President

"There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"The future has a way of arriving unannounced"

George Will, Journalist

"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace"

Paul Theroux, Novelist

"Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter"

George Will, Journalist

"In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"I saw a bank that said "24 Hour Banking," but I don't have that much time"

Steven Wright, Comedian

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

Steven Wright, Comedian

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

"Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

"Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

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