Andrew Carnegie Quotes

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Andrew Carnegie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919

Topics

WorkHatWorldEnergyPersonMore

I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

Joel Osteen

GodPersonalityMeYouKnowAlways

In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.

John Malkovich

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Actors come in, and they have their own take on things, and you have to adjust on the fly to make sure everything still works structurally and dramatically.

John Requa

FlyYouEverythingAdjustOwnTake

Most employees want to be involved in a successful business and most employees are happy for people running successful businesses to be paid a reasonable wage and a market rate for it, provided they understand the reason. What they hate most of all is pay for failure.

Stuart Rose

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I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair, and it's the same.

Steven Wright

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I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.

Sigourney Weaver

GoodBrotherWorldProblemsThought

It was amazing for me to play a character opposite Benedict Cumberbatch - he's someone who I've looked up to for years - and the idea that I would work with him and then become friends with him was an amazing experience.

Tom Holland

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My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.

Robert B. Laughlin

EducationMotherTogetherSchoolFar

We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.

Rodney Dangerfield

MarriageTogetherSleepDinnerDoing

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

Roy Blunt

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The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack Iraq. Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, they're all lining up.

Jay Leno

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Look for rash guards that come treated, for further sun protection, and never forget your hat!

Christie Brinkley

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