Clerks in downtown hotels were said to be asking guests whether they wished the room for sleeping or … - John Kenneth Galbraith

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I bought an electric-powered chain saw with a plug-in cord so if I run away fast enough, you can only chase me so far.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Clerks in downtown hotels were said to be asking guests whether they wished the room for sleeping or jumping. Two men jumped hand-in-hand from a high window in the Ritz. They had a joint account.

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Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

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