(1175 quotes found)
“When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.”
W. Edwards Deming
“Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores”
W. H. Auden
“In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.”
Yakov Smirnoff
“To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they”
Ben Okri
““Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.””
Carlos Castaneda
“You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.”
Lou Holtz
“To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.”
Bill Maher
“My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down -- but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.”
Willie Nelson
“Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.”
Christian Dior
