James Randolph Adams Quotes
The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
Quotes to Explore
-
In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
-
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
-
Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
-
Life does not owe me a shred.
-
People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
-
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
-
An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
-
I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
-
Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
-
The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
-
Life is too short to blend in.
-
Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
-
After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
-
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
-
We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
-
I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
-
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
-
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
-
Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.
-
I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons.
-
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
-
There were very strict social conventions, and you adhered to it, and I think it gave you a lot of character. When a man said something, he meant it. He wasn't kidding around. There were no jokes involved. Nobody was in the mood to joke unless you hit a guy with a baseball bat.
-
The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
