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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: british
Birth: September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773

Topics

Learning You Strike Out Wear Watch

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

Joy Thought Doing Done Return Well

Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.

Queen Hands Long Way Bus Going

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

Business Creativity Go Hand Always

I don't do shows. I don't have reviews. I'm not putting the clothes on every celebrity so that by the time they reach the store the customers are sick of seeing them.

Time Sick Reach Clothes Seeing

Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations.

Mind Book View Point Of View New

I remember, often, when you tell people you're doing a book about board games, they think you're totally nuts. And that might be warranted. But I feel like if we can't get the story of Monopoly right... what hope is there for anything else?

Hope People Book Story Think Doing

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

Team Down Teammates My Own Two Own

We're all living in some state of illusion, even if modestly.

Illusion Living Even State Some

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

World Professional Know Nothing More

When I go down to the bodega and grab a BLT, I throw on my sweatpants and sweatshirt.

Down Go Throw Grab

I like to think I set aspirational but reasonable goals and encourage my team to achieve them.

Goals Team Think Achieve Encourage

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

Time Government Want Christmas Pay

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