"Before you give advice, that is to say advice which you have not been asked to give, it is well to put to yourself two questions - namely, what is your motive for giving it, and what is it likely to be worth? If these questions were always asked, and honestly answered, there would be less advice given."

-- John William Mackail

#Trust Quotes #Two Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Treat everyone on the organization with respect and dignity whether it be the janitor or the president.”

Source : Richard Moran (2009). “Nuts, Bolts and Jolts”, p.211, iUniverse
“Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within, not to the noisy babel without. Most of us possess discriminating reasoning powers. Can we use them or must we be fed by others like babes?”
“When done well, software is invisible.”

Source : "Inventor of C++ reflects on 25 years of the programming language". Interview with Micahel Calore, www.wired.co.uk. October 15, 2010.
“Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget.”

Source : "Maverick mayor: 'Eco-architecture not ego-architecture!'". Interview with Zara Bilgrami, edition.cnn.com. June 06, 2008.
“The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life. We have almost lost track of them.”
“If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.”
“Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't been my experience.”
“Eddie Izzard is doing his show in French... Will he be able to fake ad-lib as well in other languages? He's been speaking French for a while now, but he's talking about doing his act in German. Haven't the German people suffered enough?”

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