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Posted on November 4, 2021November 3, 2021

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”—Cyril Northcote Parkinson, British author of “Parkinson’s Law,” 1909 to 1993

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

“The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age.”—Lewis Mumford, American historian, 1895-1990

Posted on August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”—Alan Kay, American computer graphics designer, 1940-

Posted on August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”—Bernard Baruch, American financier, 1870-1965

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

“The public don’t know what they want; it’s my job to tell them.”—Alec Issigonis, British automotive designer, 1906-1988

Posted on August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

“Nothing is so well fortified that money cannot capture it.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on August 6, 2021August 7, 2021

“Success is an accident—well placed.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

Posted on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

“I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.”—Cyrus Ching, American labor union mediator, 1876-1967

Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021

“People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.”—Anatole France, French man-of-letters, 1844-1924

Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

“If you don’t bring Paris with you, you won’t find it there.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

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