Richard J. Needham

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

“A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist.”

“A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.”

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.”

“Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.”

“Man has been endowed with reason, with which he earns his living; and with emotions, by which he lives.”

“You are what you are and where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”

“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that was causing you to drink in the first place.”

“I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.”

“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.”

“The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.”

“Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.”

“The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there's only one other choice.”

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”

“Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.”

“Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.”

“Life is a long lesson in humility.”