Nigel Rees Quotes

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.

Nigel Rees

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 5, 1944

Topics

WorkJobProcessEndWorkplacePeak

It's hard to say if something is worth the wait, because how the hell do any of us know?

Jimmy Iovine

WaitHellWorthKnowSayHard

TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all.

John Mica

StrongTransportationSecurityMore

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

Matt Ridley

WritingEnoughCareerLuckyMeans

I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.

Dick Van Dyke

LifeBusinessMeLuckBookSaid

As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.

Demian Bichir

TimeSpeakYoungActorEnglishAny

Internally, we have so many different parts, both positive and negative. And if you force them together, a spark comes out.

Arca

PositiveTogetherNegativeSparkYou

The appreciation between Bayern and I has always been there, from both sides. I know what I have at this club, and I always say that.

Arjen Robben

AppreciationKnowSaySidesClub

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

Antonia Fraser

InterestingFindMoreRealFiction

Cyprus had developed its financial center over three decades ago by having double taxation treaties with a number of countries: the Soviet Union, for example. That means if profits are booked and earned and taxed in Cyprus, they are not taxed again in the other country.

Athanasios Orphanides

FinancialCountryThreeOverDouble

All the people in Korea are cheering me like I'm a gold medalist or something, so I have a responsibility to my country.

Psy

ResponsibilityPeopleMeGoldLike

The parts of a film should be in proportion to the whole, and a long film pasted together out of quick little scenes makes me dizzy.

Peter Finch

TogetherMeLongQuickOutLittle

Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the world.

Peter Jackson

PeopleWorldSeeingOutFilmAlmost

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