George Ritzer (1940) American sociologist
Source: Globalization - A Basic Text (2010), Chapter 1, Global Liquids, Flows, and Structures, p. 6
Variant: There is no one alive who
is Youer than You!
Source: Happy Birthday to You!
George Ritzer (1940) American sociologist
Source: Globalization - A Basic Text (2010), Chapter 1, Global Liquids, Flows, and Structures, p. 6
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Alexander Pope, Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727), Published in Swift's Miscellanies (1727)
Misattributed
Variant: A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Gordon Strachan (1957) Scottish footballer and manager
Metro Article http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/756336-gordon-strachans-greatest-quotes 22nd October, 2009
Gracie Allen (1902–1964) American actress and comedienne
Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 1 : Government jobs pay big money
Tom Watson (1874–1956) American businessman
Attributed to Watson in: William G. Dickerson (1995) In search of the ultimate practice. p. 19.
“You are stronger than you seem,
Braver than you believe,
and smarter than you think you are.”
A.A. Milne book Winnie-the-Pooh
Variant: You are braver than you believe,
Stronger than you seem,
And smarter than you think(:
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.”
August Spies (1855–1887) American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor
Cited in: Kenneth G. Alfers (1993) America's second century: readings in United States history since 1877. p. 43
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified