Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar quotes
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“Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.”
-- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron DewarSource : Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949). Usually attributed to Dewar, but it should be noted that the line "mind like parachute - only function when open!" appears in the 1936 film Charlie Chan at the Circus (screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan).
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“Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation.”
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“Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation.”
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“The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.”
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“Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.”
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“No wife can endure a gambling husband-unless he is a steady winner.”
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“The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.”
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“Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.”
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“A philosopher is a man who can look at an empty glass with a smile.”
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“Ability without enthusiasm is like a rifle without a bullet.”
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“We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled.”
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“If you get to the top on your own, who'll take the picture?”
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“Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.”
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“Don't question your wife's judgment; look who she married.”
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“Of two evils, choose the more interesting.”
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“Respectability is the state of never being caught doing anything which gives you pleasure.”
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“Making a mistake is also an achievement.”
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“Keep advertising and advertising will keep you.”
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“Life is a one-way street and you're not coming back.”
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“The further you are from a problem, the smaller it gets.”
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“A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.”
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“The pause is a part of the walk.”
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“Yesterday's success belongs to yesterday.”
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“Fish stimulates the brain, but fishing stimulates the imagination.”
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“A husband should tell his wife everything that he is sure she will find out, and before anyone else does.”
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“We should not say how's business, but where is business”
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