I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

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A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back....

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back....

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of...

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of...

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No...

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No...

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you...

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you...

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it...

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it...

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness...

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness...

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to...

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to...

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made...

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made...