"Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship."

-- Dave Barry

#Guy Quotes #Literature Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.”
“Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed - now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down...”
“Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.”
“God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it.”
“... a compensation is something which does not quite compensate ...”

Source : Frances Parkinson Keyes (1968). “Dinner at Antoine's”
“I would tell startups to just keep your head down, keep building. Your contingency plan, if you have one, should be because you are still spending more than you make and you still don't have a line of sight for that J curve. That is the most important contingency. Because otherwise you are betraying that equation to your cofounders, to your investors, to your employees and to your customers.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“Paint the entire ship? Id rather eat my cigar!”
“All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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