Everything Business Lines

• Everything is always done for the wrong reasons.
• Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.
• Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
• Everything takes longer than you think.
• Everything tastes more or less like chicken.
• Everything worthwhile is mandatory, prohibited, or taxed.
• Everything you know is wrong, but you can be straightened out.
• Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible.
• Exceptions always outnumber rules.

MLB Member Quotes

• "It was too bad I wasn't a second baseman; then I'd probably have seen a lot more of my husband." - Karolyn Rose, ex-wife of Pete Rose, 1981
• "It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden, you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations." - Vida Blue, 1971
• "I watch a lot of baseball on the radio." - Gerald Ford, 1978
• "It's a beautiful day for a night game." - Announcer Frankie Frisch
• "The most important things in life are good friends and a strong bull pen." - Pitcher Bob Lemon, 1981
• "Well, that kind of puts a damper on another Yankees win." - Announcer Phil Rizzuto, after a news bulletin reporting the death of Pope Paul VI, 1978.
• "They brought me up with the Brooklyn Dodgers, which at time was in Brooklyn." - Casey Stengel, 1962
• "I won't play for a penny less than $1500." - Honus Wagner, turning down an offer of $2000.

Ten Business One Liners

• The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.
• The longer the title the less important the job.
• The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on.
• The meek shall inherit the earth, but only after we're done with it.
• The meek shall inherit the earth, but not it's mineral rights.
• The moment for calm and rational discussion is past; now is the time for senseless bickering.
• The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs.
• The more directives you issue to solve a problem, the worse it gets.
• The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher probability of its success.
• The more things change, the more they stay insane.