J. Ogden Armour famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Brain #Direct
There may be luck in getting a good job-but there's no luck in keeping it.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Jobs #Luck #May
Whoever admits that he is too busy to improve his methods, has acknowledged himself to be at the end of his rope. And that is always the saddest predicament which any one can get into.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Failure #Rope #Busy
Anybody can be a halfway man, but the one who rises above this class is the one who keeps everlastingly pushing.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Men #Class #Pushing
The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Marriage #Daughter #Mother
Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.
-- J. Ogden Armour

#Men #Silence #Mouths

Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
What a loverâ€™s heart knows let no manâ€™s brain dispute.
That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show.
When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.
When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.
I would like to direct.
Music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
And I certainly intend to direct someday.
I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.

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