(Teddy) Roosevelt’s Law
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Capone’s Law
Al Capone
You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.
Irving’s Acute Observation
Washington Irving
A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
Ito’s Rules
Lance A. Ito
Rule 1. Be cautious, careful and when in doubt keep your mouth shut.
Rule 2. When tempted to say something, take a deep breath and refer to Rule 1.
Rosten’s Other Laws
Leo Rosten
1. Thinking is harder work than hard work.
2. The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.
3. Most people confuse complexity with profundity; an opaque prose with deep meaning. But the greatest ideas have been expressed clearly.
4. Most men never mature; they simply grow taller (quoted in Saturday Review April 4th 1970).
Boultbee’s Criterion
Arthur H. Boultbee
If the converse of a statement is absurd the original statement is an insult to the intelligence and should never have been said.
Dunne’s Law
John Gregory Dunne
The territory behind rhetoric is too often mined with equivocation.
Durant’s Discovery
Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and a clever thing to say.
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