“Could you make it less literal and more obvious?”

        — Unknown, from Clients From Hell

“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.”

        — Max L. Forman

“Failing organisations are usually over-managed and under-led.”

        — Warren G. Bennis

“When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.”

        — Erma Bombeck

“Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Supidity is the same. And that’s why life is hard.”

        — Jeremy Goldberg

“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.”

        — Alex Carey

“I’m toying with the idea of becoming a useful member of society.”

        — Wally from Dilbert, by Scott Adams