I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. — Harriet Martineau
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. — Baron de Montesquieu
Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost. — Ellen DeGeneres
The great thing about taking big chances when you’re younger is you have less to lose, and you don’t know as much. So you take big swings. — Amy Poehler
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. — Voltaire
The basis of optimism is sheer terror. — Oscar Wilde
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. — Adelle Davis
I sometimes think, would I drink the milk from the breast of a woman I don’t know? No. So I think, why would I drink it from a cow? — Devon Aoki
Even the gods love jokes. — Plato
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. — Peter Drucker
There is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking – the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting – that does not apply to the turkey breast, which is, really, a convenience of food… A turkey without seasonal angst is like a baseball game without a national anthem, a winter without snow, a birthday party without candles. — Laurie Colwin
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. — Mark Twain
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men — the other 999 follow women. — Groucho Marx
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. — Harold Geneen
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. — Napoleon Hill
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. — Franklin P. Adams
Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can’t are both right. — Henry Ford
