"Being called a sophisticated snake oil salesman was a low point in my personal career."

-- Martin Gilbert

#Sophisticated Quotes #Salesman Quotes

“While watching the New Orleans Saints on television, I got angry and punched my bed, and then my remote control flew up and hit me in the head. My girlfriend didn`t stop laughing for an hour.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, Pascal, Fermat, Wallis, and Barrow. It was Newton's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled him to construct almost at once a complete calculus.”

Source : W. W. Rouse Ball (2012). “A Short Account of the History of Mathematics”, p.347, Courier Corporation
“I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. ... Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose.”
“Have people that listen to you and that you listen to. Helping other people is an amazing means of getting out of yourself, being available to people who are in pain or need help, being connected.”
“There are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places that you love with your mind- the places that you love with both are called 'libraries'”
“America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world.”
“The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.”
“Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like crap.”

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