Promptly Quotes
98 Promptly quotes by 89 unique authors
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The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may…
— John A. Lejeune
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Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.
— Mary Kay Ash
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I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance, and it teaches…
— Denton Cooley
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Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the…
— Tom Peters
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When a honeybee dies it releases a death pheromone, a characteristic odour that signals the survivors to remove it from the hive. The corpse is…
— Carl Sagan
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I promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied together by a string of characters and time.
— Mahbod Seraji
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Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.
— Napoleon Hill
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Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly - right now.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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Promptly peerless, hitherto peerless and hence peerless.
— Bret Hart
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'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later, the president's party…
— Bobby Jindal
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If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was promptly drummed out of us in first grade.
— Peter McWilliams
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Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories…
— Fernando Pessoa
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Once a reporter stood in front of a fire as it consumed a house and then he turned to see the homeowners and their little…
— Barbara Johnson
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If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material…
— John Yudkin
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. . . it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two other reasons. One…
— Milton Friedman
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The Oldfields of the future are beyond hearing; they are shut up in the factories and the workshops, leading a rackety and mechanical existence, to…
— Beverley Nichols
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Twenty miles on, we have spotted a roadside sign: 'CHAINSAW CARVED MUSHROOMS'. Troubles promptly forgotten, Stuart falls to gawping at the road ahead. What could…
— Alexander Masters
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Business is business, that is, you must do everything promptly; delay and shuffling won't do.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing…
— Charlie Munger
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The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be…
— Arthur Goldberg
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
— Sallust
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At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated.…
— Arthur Gordon Webster
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A discussion between Haldane and a friend began to take a predictable turn. The friend said with a sigh, 'It's no use going on. I…
— John B. S. Haldane
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Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite.…
— Ward Cunningham
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If your news must be bad, tell it soberly and promptly.
— Henry Howarth Bashford
Who Wrote These Promptly Quotes
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