The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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Page 91
... manager : " I've had my eye on you , Jones , and I see you are a hard worker . You put in long hours , you are ambitious , and you are rapidly learning the business . " Jones : " Thank you , sir . " Sales manager : " So I am obliged to ...
... manager : " I've had my eye on you , Jones , and I see you are a hard worker . You put in long hours , you are ambitious , and you are rapidly learning the business . " Jones : " Thank you , sir . " Sales manager : " So I am obliged to ...
Page 140
... manager found a sad - eyed farmer leaving a hall where his candidate was making a bid for votes . " Are you just going in ? " the campaign manager asked diplomati- cally . " I hear the candidate for Congress is making a great speech ...
... manager found a sad - eyed farmer leaving a hall where his candidate was making a bid for votes . " Are you just going in ? " the campaign manager asked diplomati- cally . " I hear the candidate for Congress is making a great speech ...
Page 270
... manager , without reduc- ing the necessity for sound current earnings . There was a time when the manager felt that if his stockholders were happy and if his customers were not going over to his competi- tors , he was satisfying his ...
... manager , without reduc- ing the necessity for sound current earnings . There was a time when the manager felt that if his stockholders were happy and if his customers were not going over to his competi- tors , he was satisfying his ...
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Abraham Lincoln ain't Ambrose Bierce American asked believe better Blessed called child Christ Christian dollars Don Herold earth economic Elbert Hubbard eyes faith farmer father fellow freedom George give glory H. L. Mencken hand happy hath heart heaven Henry David Thoreau Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Herbert human Jesus John John Greenleaf Whittier Johnny keep Kin Hubbard live look Lord man's Mark Twain Matt mind mother nation never night Oscar Wilde peace person political Prochnow Prov Ralph Waldo Emerson replied rich Robert Samuel Johnson Shakespeare soul spirit story Sunshine Magazine sure talk teacher tell thee things Thomas Thou shalt thought tion told tomorrow unto Walter Trohan wife William Winston Churchill wise woman words young