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

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Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

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...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

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.

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

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.

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...

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...

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

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

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

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

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

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

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

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.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...