Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

One thing that previous practice doesn't always make perfect: Marriage.

When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.

Are you not justified in feeling inferior, when you seek to cover it up with arrogance and insolence?

When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters weren't helped one iota by a manufactured quotation attributed to Union's president, Fred Hartley, alleging his amazement at the publicity for the loss of a few birds.... Fred Hartley never said what the press reported, as the transcript and the Senate committee members definitely established. But I don't suppose the truth will ever catch up with the more colorful falsehood.

When profit is unshared, it's less likely to grow greater.

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.