There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

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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.

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...

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...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

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.

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.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

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...

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

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...

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard...

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard...

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...

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

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

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

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...

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...

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.

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...