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Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first...

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

Quote by Winston Churchill about drinking

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away.

Quote by Bill Gates about money, thinking, life

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to...

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

Quote by Paula Abdul

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

Quote by Richard Bach about good, good luck

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more...

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about nothing, people

That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.

Quote by Douglas Adams about pleasure, life

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about nation, people

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about criticism, peace, time

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Quote by George W. Bush about worry, tragedy, courage, country

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.

Quote by Michael Chabon

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

Quote by Geena Davis about haven

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is...

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Quote by Winston Churchill

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Quote by Charles Dickens about joy, pain, nothing

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and...

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, events

Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a...

Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a cocktail hour.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, beginning

The person at the meeting or discussion who is right will...

The person at the meeting or discussion who is right will be the person who is not listened and will later be blamed for coming up with the bad idea.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, people, idea, bad luck, rightness, bad

A meeting's length will be directly proportional to the...

A meeting's length will be directly proportional to the boredom the speaker produces.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, boredom

If the instructor is late and does not meet the...

If the instructor is late and does not meet the principal, the instructor is late to the faculty meeting.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education

Mandatory meetings are always scheduled after you've had...

Mandatory meetings are always scheduled after you've had the night from hell and just want to go home to bed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, hell, night, home

The first time you’re running real late is the first time...

The first time you’re running real late is the first time the safety meeting will actually start on time.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, safety, time, real estate

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