Wise sayings and such...

absent

specki ((hugs))

People...Sir David Nicholson

'There are three sorts of people in this world; those who make things happen, those who watch things happening, and those who don't know what is happening.'

and George Burns...

'Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are too busy driving taxi-cabs or cutting hair.'

Philosophy...William shakespeare

'There was never yet a philosopher that could endure toothache patiently.'

I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand

This was often repeated to us when I was a student teacher in training and it made a great impression on me. I've used and applied it to various situations ever since - when teaching all ages ranging from infants to adults, and now when interacting with 3 year old GD. I may not always have said it out loud but it's application and use has always worked.

purple that's one of my favourites too.

Diplomacy...David Frost

'Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.'

When one door closes, another one shuts.
Absentfather

Love that one, absent!

The spelling may not be right, but my personal motto is "Semper nen faecebes, sole profundum variat"

Wicked woman phoenix but so true!

Some years ago I met a wonderful retired Colonel, who told me of another phrase, unfortunately I no longer have the Latin version (things always sound so erudite in Latin) but it translated as :

"When you have them by the balls, their hearts and mind will follow"

phoenix on both posts!

George W Bush - not known for his wise words, once said the following:
"The trouble with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'"
Those of us who live in France and who are at the mercy of French artisans, will accept the bizarre wisdom of that statement.

Be curious
Not judgmental.

Walt Whitman

All women become like their mothers, that is their tragedy. No man does, that's his (Oscar Wilde)

More Oscar Wilde

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train

I can resist everything except temptation

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early or be respectable

Prince Phillip

When a man opens the car door for his wife, its either a new car or a new wife.

All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury

Like the second! Very true!

Management Consultancy...Anonymous
'A management consultant is someone who tells management what it already knows but packages it differently.'

Litigation...Frank McKinney Hubbard 3
'Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of the lawyers.'