James H. Boren quotes

“When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder..”
-- James H. Boren

Source : In 'New York Times' 8 November 1970, p. 45

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“I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.”
-- James H. Boren

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“It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.”
-- James H. Boren

Source : James H. Boren (1982). “Fuzzify!: Borenwords and strategies for bureaucratic success”, Epm Pubns Inc

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“Most educators would continue to lecture on navigation while the ship is going down.”
-- James H. Boren

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“One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.”

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

“With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.”

“Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.”

“Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.”

Source : Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.21

“The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.”

“This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not.”

“Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there's no one else to turn to / you can call on each other / and count on each other ... / because each other / is all you have.”

“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.”

“I have never had much trouble simultaneously entertaining diametrically opposed propositions, and welcome the possibility that this is not because I have one mind and am out of it, but because I have lots of them, all beavering away on their own.”