Sunday, August 30, 2009

Children's Book Author Wisdom

I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. - Robert McCloskey

Friday, August 28, 2009

Journalist Wisdom

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. - Anatole France

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Social Writer Wisdom

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer

Thursday, August 20, 2009

English Playwright Wisdom

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. - W. Somerset Maugham

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Journalistic Wisdom

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. - Shana Alexander

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Fabled Wisdom

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. - Aesop

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Revolutionary Wisdom

A lie told often enough becomes the truth. - Lenin

Friday, August 14, 2009

Bullying Wisdom

A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats. - Marie De France

Bullying in the Workplace in Canada

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

French Nobel and Writer Wisdom

To be deceived by our enemies or betrayed by our friends is insupportable; yet by ourselves we are often content to be so treated. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Counterculture Wisdom

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. - Kahlil Gibran

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Charolattes Web Wisdom

People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust. - E. B. White

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Real Live Wisdom

Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect. - Real Live Preacher

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

TV Maven Wisdom

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. - Oprah Winfrey