-- Geoffrey F. Abert
The most important thing about having goals is having one.
-- Lord Acton
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely
-- Douglas Adams
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
--Franklin P. Adams
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love
just makes the ride worthwhile.
-- Henry Adams
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education
-- John Quincy Adams
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the
dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
-- Scott Adams
I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do
things, you can only de-motivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower
but to remove obstacles.
-- John Akers
Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you
respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.
– Herm Albright
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people to make it worth the effort.
-- M.H. Alderson
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
-- Fred Allen
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself
up there.
-- Woody Allen
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some
pretty good questions.
Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.
Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man
and the right woman.
The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is
going to make fun of you.
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
-- Henri-Frederic Amiel
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for
talent is genius.
-- Mario Andretti
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
-- Marcel Archard
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
-- Aristotle
Anyone can become angry--that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to
the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is
not easy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
-- Dick Armey
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
-- Neil Armstrong
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
-- Marykay Ash
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
-- Isaac Asimov
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us
who do.
-- Marcus Aurelius
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a
vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
