George Horace Lorimer
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George Horace Lorimer
George Horace Lorimerwas an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. During his editorial reign, the Post rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million. He is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of American writers, e.g. Jack London...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
CountryUnited States of America
leadership money smart
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
differences facts delivery
There's a vast difference between having a carload of miscellaneous facts sloshing around loose in your head and getting all mixed up in transit, and carrying the same assortment properly boxed and crated for convenient handling and immediate delivery.
long appearance deceiving
Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.
money men thinking
When a man makes a specialty of knowing how some other fellow ought to spend his money, he usually thinks in millions and works for hundreds.
mistake eggs rotten
When you make a mistake, don't make a second one -- keeping it to yourself. Own up. The time to sort out rotten eggs is at the nest. The deeper you hide them in the case the longer they stay in circulation, and the worse impression they make when they finally come to the breakfast table.
apples office tree
When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples.
knowledge clubs meat
What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.
enemy world way
The easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.
lesson-learned muzzle lessons
A lesson learned at the muzzle has the virtue of never being forgotten.
procrastination putting-things-off impossible
Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
office enemy should
A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.
buying-things forget good-things
Having money and buying things with money is a good thing. But also do not forget to check occasionally to lose if you do not buy anything with money or not
love-is few-words sometimes
When love is full grown it has few words, and sometimes it growls them out.
dog games rabbits
Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness among those to whom he's pulled himself up. Between them he's likely to be subjected to a lot of petty annoyances. But he's in the fix of a dog with fleas who's chasing a rabbit -- if he stops to snap at the tickling on his tail, he's going to lose his game dinner.