Top 100 Mackay Quotes
#1. My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan.
S.A. Tawks
#2. Dave Mackay was the kind of footballer that legends are built around. He was simply the greatest - tough as teak on the pitch and a real gentleman off it.
Alex Salmond
#3. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, LL. D.
Kurt Vonnegut
#4. The world ceased to exist.
She was not a gunn, and he was not a MacKay. They were man and woman. Her thoughts spun. Her emotions whirled...
Victoria Roberts
#5. Oddly enough, it was Prudence he studied beneath his lashes, not MacKay. The words he spoke came straight from his heart. No. Because she felt ashamed. Because she felt dirty. After the things he did to her, she could never feel worthy of someone as fine as you.
Teresa Medeiros
#6. Take heed, Miss Mackay, you're too young to be practicing such a talent for flirtation. Someday, some poor soul may fight back.
Heather Graham
#7. Mackay had just failed to tip the coat-check girl and was now blinking and working his arms into a too-small trench coat; he looked like a seagull trying to lift up out of an oil spill.
Isabel Fonseca
#8. A water birth was all she could think about apart from getting away from her husband, Mackay, the knight in shining armour who had proved to be a metal-plated misogynist.
Stuart Wakefield
#9. But watch where you step, I don't want any clues trampled on.' 'I will trample on your soft and delicate bits if you patronize me again,' said Penny. I looked at MacKay. 'It's true. She would.
Simon R. Green
#10. I'm letting ye court my sister. Give me your word that ye will nae tell anyone what ye saw, especially Anna."
Ceana shifted from foot to foot.
"What did ye see anyway?"
His eyes grew amused.l
"I didnae witness ye lock lips with the MacKay man, if that's what ye're asking.
Victoria Roberts
#11. After four hundred and ninety-three years of teleporting from one place to another, Angus Mackay still felt an urge to peek under his kilt to ensure everything had arrived in fine working condition. There were some areas where a man, vampire or not, would hate to find himself shortchanged.
Kerrelyn Sparks
#12. I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.
Andrew Tan
#13. Ye are different, Emma. I doona need ye in order to survive. But surviving is no' the same as living. Or the same as feeling human again. I am alive when I'm with you. Ye feed my soul. (Angus MacKay)
Kerrelyn Sparks
#14. Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
Harvey MacKay
#15. Hello, Miss Mackay. It's been a while, hasn't it? But then, a man never knows quite when he'll run into you, eh, Kiernan?
Heather Graham
#16. To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.
Harvey MacKay
#17. But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young children, because that will help to explain why society is becoming more violent.
Hugh Mackay
#18. The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.
Harvey MacKay
#19. A student of life considers the world a classroom.
Harvey MacKay
#20. Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes. Resolve to learn something new every day. Because every 24 hours, you have the opportunity to have the best day of your company's life.
Harvey MacKay
#21. Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Harvey MacKay
#22. Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.
Charles Mackay
#23. If you have no destination, you'll never get there.
Harvey MacKay
#24. Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters.
Hugh Mackay
#25. Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.
Harvey MacKay
#26. Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Harvey MacKay
#27. Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.
Harvey MacKay
#28. Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
Harvey MacKay
#29. Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour.
Alexander Murdoch Mackay
#30. We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.
David Mackay
#32. You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen-not just money, but respect.
Harvey MacKay
#33. No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration.
Harvey MacKay
#34. If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!
Harvey MacKay
#35. To have known the best, and to have known it for the best, is success in life.
John William Mackay
#36. The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.
Hugh Mackay
#37. A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.
Harvey MacKay
#38. The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience.
Hugh Mackay
#39. Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.
Harvey MacKay
#41. It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.
Harvey MacKay
#42. You don't have to know everything as long as you know people who know the things you don't
Harvey MacKay
#43. I've always hankered after going into space and walking on the moon and Mars. I did want to be an astronaut, and had there been a manned space flight programme in the U.K., I would have been knocking on the door.
David Mackay
#44. But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.
Hugh Mackay
#45. The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
David J. C. MacKay
#46. If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
Harvey MacKay
#47. The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.
Harvey MacKay
#48. Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.
Harvey MacKay
#49. No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
Harvey MacKay
#50. As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.
Harvey MacKay
#51. Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.
Hugh Mackay
#52. Friends are made by many acts ... and lost by only one.
Harvey MacKay
#53. Solving climate change is a complex topic, but in a single crude brush-stroke, here is the solution: the price of carbon dioxide must be such that people stop burning coal without capture.
David J. C. MacKay
#54. Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.
Harvey MacKay
#55. The first few glasses of beer were a revelation; they flushed my veins with happiness; they washed away all cares and shyness and worries. I remember thinking to myself, If I could have two pints of beer every afternoon, life would be a great happiness.
George Mackay Brown
#56. By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
Harvey MacKay
#57. On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other.
Hugh Mackay
#58. As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly.
Harvey MacKay
#59. Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed or not, and refrain from saying 'I told you so.'
Harvey MacKay
#60. Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Harvey MacKay
#61. Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.
Harvey MacKay
#62. If you don't take care of yourself, you can't be at your best.
Bo Sanchez
#63. Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.
Hugh Mackay
#65. Truth ... and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent wait, I am no prophet - I but calculate.
Charles Mackay
#66. It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.
Hugh Mackay
#67. You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.
Harvey MacKay
#68. There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it."
Harvey MacKay
#69. Many persons grow insensibly attached to that which gives them a great deal of trouble, as a mother often loves her sick and ever-ailing child better than her more healthy offspring.
Charles Mackay
#70. Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
Harvey MacKay
#71. There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
Harvey MacKay
#72. Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.
Harvey MacKay
#73. If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.
Harvey MacKay
#74. Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.
Eric Mackay
#75. Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
Harvey MacKay
#76. If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
Harvey MacKay
#77. Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point: in today's culture, finely honed literacy skills are simply not as important as they once were.
Hugh Mackay
#78. Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
Harvey MacKay
#79. Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
Harvey MacKay
#80. Our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
Harvey MacKay
#81. You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.
Harvey MacKay
#82. It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Harvey MacKay
#83. There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.
Charles Mackay
#84. Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
Harvey MacKay
#85. When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.
Harvey MacKay
#86. If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
Harvey MacKay
#87. I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.
David Mackay
#88. Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent.
Harvey MacKay
#89. The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.
Harvey MacKay
#90. In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.
David Mackay
#91. You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. People who feel like they're being listened to feel accepted and appreciated. They feel like they're being taken seriously and what they say really matters.
Harvey MacKay
#92. I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.
Harvey MacKay
#94. For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
Harvey MacKay
#95. The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.
Harvey MacKay
#96. The service leaders hire one out of 50 applicants, sometimes one out of 100, but they're very, very careful. You can't afford not to be extremely choosy when you hire.
Harvey MacKay
#97. It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
Harvey MacKay
#98. I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.
Peter MacKay
#99. Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.
Harvey MacKay
#100. Make your decisions with your heart, and you'll end up with heart disease.
Harvey MacKay
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