We are told we should always speak well of the dead. But wouldn’t that sometimes be hypocrisy? The writer did not hesitate to criticize [American Woolen Co. head] William M. Wood during his life and now feels that his tragic death, by suicide, contains a lesson for at least a few of America’s large employers. When infirmity overtook him, he [attempted] works of repentance, but it was too late.... The writer knows that too many men of vast affairs are blind to the realities, the worthwhile things of life, and do not acquire a correct perspective until they feel themselves slipping toward the grave.
- B.C. Forbes
http://thoughts.forbes.com/thoughts/b-c-forbes
Where, Tim Peter
Before you know where you’re going, it’s important to know where we are now."
- Tim Peter, president of Tim Peter & Associates and an HNN columnist (December 2014)
Alien life, Eric Idle
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space...
...'cos there's bugger-all down here on Earth
- Eric Idle, "Galaxy Song", Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
...'cos there's bugger-all down here on Earth
- Eric Idle, "Galaxy Song", Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Customer, Samuel Moore Walton
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
- Samuel Moore Walton
보스는 단 한 사람이다. 바로 고객이다. 고객은 기업 회장부터 말단 직원까지 모두 해고할 능력이 있다. 이는 고객이 다른 곳에서 돈을 써 돈을 벌지 못하는 기업의 일자리를 모두 없앨 수 있다는 얘기다.
- 샘 월튼 (Samuel Moore Walton) 기업인
세계적인 유통기업 월마트의 창립자 샘 월튼(1918~1992)은 항상 고객을 최우선으로 여기는 것으로 유명하다.
전 세계 월마트 매장에는 직원들이 외치는 이른바 ‘월마트 구호’가 있다. “월마트! 누가 최고죠? 고객이요.” 조지 부시 전 대통령 부부가 월마트를 방문했을 때 직원들이 월튼을 향해 이 구호를 외쳤고 당시 대통령 부부와 취재진이 모두 놀랐다는 일화가 있다.
미주리대학교에서 경제학을 전공한 월튼은 대학 졸업 후 군대에 입대했다가 헬린 월튼과 결혼했다. 그는 제대후 자신이 모은 돈과 장인에게 빌린 돈을 합친 2만5000달러로 아칸소 주(州) 뉴포트에서 월마트 전신인 벤 플랭클린 잡화점을 열었다.
월튼은 상품 공급자를 직접 만나 싼 가격으로 물건을 구입하는 영업 전략을 폈다. 이에 따라 그는 2년 만에 장인에게 빌린 돈을 다 갚고 1962년에는 16개 체인점과 월마트 1호점을 개장했다.
월마트는 아시아와 유럽, 아프리카 등 세계 곳곳으로 판매망을 넓혀 전 세계 직원 숫자만 210만명이 넘는다. 매출액 기준으로 상위권을 달리는 유통기업으로 자리매김했다.
월튼은 이같은 공로로 1992년 3월 부시 대통령으로부터 미국 시민 최고 영예의 상 ‘자유의 메달’을 받았다. 혈액암으로 투병중이던 그는 1992년 4월 74세를 일기로 타계했다.
Absence, Thomas Haynes Bayly
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- Thomas Haynes Bayly, Isle of Beauty.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Absence
- Thomas Haynes Bayly, Isle of Beauty.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Absence
Business, B. C. Forbes (1880-1954)
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
- B. C. Forbes (1880-1954)
- B. C. Forbes (1880-1954)
Genius, Robert G. Ingersoll
In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.
- Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)
- Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)
Computer, Konrad Zuse
Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.
Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
- Konrad Zuse
Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
- Konrad Zuse
Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
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Mystery, Jorge Luis Borges
I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.
- Jorge Luis Borges, "Unworthy", In Praise of Darkness (1969), tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)
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- Jorge Luis Borges, "Unworthy", In Praise of Darkness (1969), tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)
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Peace, Aung San Suu Kyi
Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
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~ Aung San Suu Kyi
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peace
Sorrow, Philip James Bailey
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
- Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Home.
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- Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Home.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sorrow
Temptation, Al Gore
Our founders were insightful students of human nature. They feared the abuse of power because they understood that every human being has not only "better angels" in his nature, but also an innate vulnerability to temptation — especially the temptation to abuse power over others.
- Al Gore, Address at New York University (25 May 2004) Full text online
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- Al Gore, Address at New York University (25 May 2004) Full text online
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Temptation
Love, Matt Groening
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
- Matt Groening, Love is Hell
- Matt Groening, Love is Hell
Love, William Adama
Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is. Thoughts…
- Commander William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos), Battlestar Galactica, The Farm
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Charity
Passion
Compassion
- Commander William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos), Battlestar Galactica, The Farm
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Charity
Passion
Compassion
Government, James Mill
Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those principles of human nature which imply that government is at all necessary, imply that those persons will make use of them to defeat the very end for which government exists.
~ James Mill
Happiness, Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids (1998) by Joseph A. Michelli, p. 88.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Happiness
- Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids (1998) by Joseph A. Michelli, p. 88.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Happiness
Science, Stephen Jay Gould
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
- Stephen Jay Gould
과학에서 '사실'이란 '잠정적 승인을 보류하는 것이 잘못일 정도로 확정되었음'을 의미할 뿐입니다. 나는 사과가 내일부터 솟아오르기 시작할 수도 있다고 생각하지만, 물리학 수업시간에 그 가능성에 대해 동일한 시간을 할애할 만한 가치는 없습니다.
- 스티븐 제이 굴드
Language, William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.
- William Shakespeare
이름이란 게 무슨 소용인가? 장미꽃은 다른 이름으로 불리워져도 똑같이 향기로울 게 아닌가?
- 윌리엄 셰익스피어
Money, Western Proverb
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
- Western Proverb
돈은 좋은 하인이지만, 나쁜 주인이다.
- 서양속담
돈이 사람을 따라야지, 사람이 돈을 따르면 안된다.
Health, Western Proverb
Anybody who thinks money is everything has never been sick.
- Western Proverb
돈이 전부라고 생각하는 이는 앓아보지 않은 사람이다.
- 서양속담
Money, Mike Tatum
The more you chase money, the harder it is to catch it.
- Mike Tatum
돈은 좇을수록 손에 쥐기 힘들어진다.
- 마이크 테이텀
Men and Women, Western Proverb
One hair of a woman draws more than a bellrope.
- Western Proverb
여자의 머리칼 한 올은 종을 매단 밧줄보다 강력하다.
- 서양속담
매력이 크다
Travel, French Proverb
Who wishes to travel far spares his steed.
- French Proverb
멀리 여행하기를 바라는 자는 그의 말[馬]을 아낀다.
- 프랑스속담
Traveler, George Santayana
Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel.
- George Santayana
길을 떠나기 전, 여행자는 여행에서 달성할 목적과 동기를 가지고 있어야 한다.
- 조지 산타야나
Life, Clifton Fadiman
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
- Clifton Fadiman
여행을 할 때는 여행하고 있는 국가가 너에게 편의를 제공하기 위해 설계된 것이 아니라는 점을 기억하라. 그 나라는 자국민들이 편안하게 살도록 설계되었다.
- 클리프턴 패디먼
Kindness, Malaysian saying
One can pay back the loan of gold,but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malaysian saying
금을 빌린 빚은 갚을 수 있지만, 친절의 빚은 영원히 갚지 못하고 죽는다.
- 말레이시아속담
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Money, Western Proverb
The best use of money is to pay debts.
- Western Proverb
돈을 쓰는 가장 좋은 방법은 빚을 갚는 것이다.
- 서양속담
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