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- Jane Wagner They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. - Andy Warhol The sports page records people's accomplishments; The front page nothing but their failures. - Jutice Earl Warren Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. - Karl Wallenda. Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. - Sam Walton High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? - H. M. Warner (1881-1958), founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927 Character is power. - Booker T. Washington There are two ways of exerting one's strength, one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington A government is like fire: a handy servant, but a dangerous master. - George Washington Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. - George Washington I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests. - George Washington The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. - Martha Washington I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. - Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, 1943 Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? - Thomas J. Watson All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. - Thomas J. Watson Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. - Thomas J. Watson If you want to succeed, double your failure rate. - Thomas J. Watson Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. - J.C. Watts It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - Earl Weaver Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. - H. G. Wells (1866-1946) I passionately hate the idea of being "with it" I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. - Orson Welles Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. - John Wesley A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. - Jessamyn West When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. - Mae West (1892-1980) He who hesitates is a damned fool. - Mae West Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. - Mae West Sex is an emotion in motion. - Mae West Too much of a good thing is wonderful. - Mae West This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. - Western Union internal memo, 1876 Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it. - Katherine Whitehorn Did thee ever one single time have thy bank book balance and thy own check book book balance agree exactly? - Hannah Whitall, in a letter to her sister, 1885 Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. - Dennis Wholey I am not young enough to know everything. - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. - Oscar Wilde A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. - Oscar Wilde It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. - Oscar Wilde The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde No man is rich enough to buy back his past. - Oscar Wilde We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. - Oscar Wilde A cynic is a person who knows the prize of everything and the value of nothing. - Oscar Wilde The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. - Oscar Wilde A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world. - Oscar Wilde The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. - Oscar Wilde I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. - Oscar Wilde Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes. - Oscar Wilde Nothing is so aggravating than calmness. - Oscar Wilde The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. - George Will Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion, it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is continually being offered, and by the manner of his choosing you may fairly measure him. - Ben Ames Williams Andy [Kaufman] made himself the premise and the rest of the world the punchline. - Robin Williams Make voyages! Attempt them...there's nothing else. - Tennessee Williams History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they've managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, Reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic. - Walter Williams Only the winners decide what were war crimes. - Gary Wills If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. - Earl Wilson Boy, the things I do for England. - Charles Windsor, Prince of England, on eating snake meat My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. - Oprah Winfrey You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. - John Wooden It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. - John Wooden It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden You can be a victor without having victims. - Harriet Woods The truth is more important than the facts. - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. - Frank Lloyd Wright Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world, and beyond its world, a heaven. - Frank Lloyd Wright The thing you really believe in always happens... and the belief in a thing makes it happen. - Frank Lloyd Wright I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it. - Steven Wright If we found out that we all had five minutes to live, every phone line in the world would be tied up with people calling other people to stumble about how much they love them. So don't wait until we only have five minutes to live - do it now. - Trisha Wright There is only one nature - the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole. - Bill Wulf |