Professional Mastery Quotes

#1. Seward appreciated the honest and open way that Stanton lied; it was the hallmark of the truly great lawyer, and demonstrated a professional mastery not unlike his own.

Gore Vidal

#2. I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

Trey Anastasio

#3. Every temptation is an examination; it is either you pass or fail

Osunsakin Adewale

#4. Death is a softer thing by far than tyranny.

Aeschylus

#5. The ignoring of differences is the most fatal mistake in politics or industry or international life: every difference that is swept up into a bigger conception feeds and enriches society; every difference which is ignored feeds on society and eventually corrupts it.

Mary Parker Follett

#6. We have got this Damocles' sword of Standard and Poor's hanging over us, with the commitment they have made to review Britain's credit rating in the summer of 2010 after the general election. Everybody in Britain has a vital interest in ensuring that the triple A credit rating agency is maintained.

Philip Hammond

#7. I don't know how to write love letters.

Frida Kahlo

#8. Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms

Alexandre Dumas

#9. We never leave a man behind and as Death Adders we always take care of our own. -Reilly Campbell

J.J. Snow

#10. Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Mary Wortley Montagu

#11. It is good to be loved, even though it will not last.

E. Lockhart

#12. The only result of a horse race which historians can tell us with absolute confidence is one that has already been run.

Eric Hobsbawm

#13. I was so anxious to do what is right that I forgot to do what is right.

Jane Austen

#14. Note to businesspersons and salespersons: "Be professional" does not mean "be a robot." Just be friendly and act like a real person. Cool?

Richie Norton