"Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for"
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site.
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
— Aristotle
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
— Lord Acton
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When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my…
— Glenn Beck
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Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
— Richard Branson
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The most important thing is God's blessing and if you believe in God and you believe in yourself, you have…
— Mohamed Al-Fayed
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I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a…
— Herman Cain
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We as voters, have long hoped that we would get a businessman instead of a politician in order to help…
— Herman Cain
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Great businessmen are creators.
— Eric Cantona
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A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and…
— Steve Allen
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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
— Winston Churchill
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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
— John Cleese
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