A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday...

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday...

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

There is nothing wrong with change...if it is in the right direction.

There is nothing wrong with change...if it is in the right direction.

If your attack is going too well, youre walking into an ambush.

If your attack is going too well, youre walking into an ambush.