--- title: "1 Acumen Quotes By Warren St. John" description: "1 Acumen quotes by Warren St. John. Plus more from Warren St. John and more Acumen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/warren-st-john-55368_acumen_to-its-devotees-the-bowtie-suggests-icon_2135966.jpg" --- > [To its devotees the bowtie suggests iconoclasm of an Old World sort, a fusty adherence to a contrarian point of view. The bowtie hints at intellectualism, real or feigned, and sometimes suggests technical acumen, perhaps because it is so hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/to-its-devotees-the-bowtie-suggests-iconoclasm-of-an-old-world-sort-a/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/warren-st-john-55368_acumen_to-its-devotees-the-bowtie-suggests-icon_2135966.jpg) ## Other authors on Acumen ## More by Warren St. John > [“Luma had always told them they had to shake off bad calls. In all her years of coaching, she liked to say, she’d never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/luma-had-always-told-them-they-had-to-shake-off-bad-calls-in-all-her/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) > [Everything in the world starts small and then becomes bigger—except bad things. They start big, and then get smaller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/everything-in-the-world-starts-small-and-then-becomes-bigger-except/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) > [“No one person can do everything . . . but we can all do something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/no-one-person-can-do-everything-but-we-can-all-do-something/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) > [To its devotees the bowtie suggests iconoclasm of an Old World sort, a fusty adherence to a contrarian point of view. The bowtie hints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/to-its-devotees-the-bowtie-suggests-iconoclasm-of-an-old-world-sort-a/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) > [The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-st-john/the-thing-i-got-to-thinking-about-he-said-is-what-are-the-conditions/) [Warren St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-st-john/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acumen/warren-st-john/#itemlist", "name": "1 Acumen Quotes By Warren St. John", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To its devotees the bowtie suggests iconoclasm of an Old World sort, a fusty adherence to a contrarian point of view. 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