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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, ...

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about students

John Kerry says we didn't have any allies in this war. What's he say to Tony Blair? What's he say to Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland? You can't expect to build an alliance when you denigrate the contributions of those who are serving.

Quote by George W. Bush about war, contentment

A friendship founded on business is better than a...

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about friendship, affair

Competition is a sin.

Competition is a sin.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about competition, sin

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about opinion, good, good luck

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to...

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about leadership, people, work, good, good luck

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about opinion, disaster, chance

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in...

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about money, blood, commerce

The most important thing for a young man is to establish...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

Quote by John Davison Rockefeller about people, prestige, character, things, man

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Quote by John Maxwell about leadership

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last....

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Quote by Lord Acton about man, people, things

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration...

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

Quote by Lord Acton about advertising, justice, secret, nothing, things

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I...

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Quote by Lord Acton about money, artists, things

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, ...

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

Quote by Lord Acton about disaster, nothing

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Quote by Lord Acton about writing

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is...

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Quote by Lord Acton about end, liberty

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Quote by Lord Acton about day, contentment, end, nothing

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Quote by Lord Acton about elections, teaching, tests, faith, public, good, good luck

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but...

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Quote by Lord Acton about eternity, fall, change, moral

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Quote by Lord Acton about power, absolute

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