The George Washington University
School of Business: Tourism & Hospitality Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quotes

  • If the axe is dull and one does not sharpen the blade, he must use more strength.  But wisdom brings success”

~ The Holy Bible, Ecclesiastes, Chapter 10, verse 10.

 

  • “Is there a short answer for building trust in the workplace? Yes, very short: Say what you mean and do what you say.”

~ Jack and Suzy Welch in Business Week, August 14, 2006

 

  • “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.  Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.


 ~ Colin Powell, MBA ’71, Former Secretary of State

 

  • “There are always those who say legislation can’t solve the problem.  There is a half-truth involved here.  It is true that legislation cannot solve the whole problem.  It can solve some of the problem.  It may be true that morality can’t be legislated, but behavior can be regulated.” 


~ Dr. Martin Luther King, sermon at St. Paul’s Church, Cleveland Heights, OH, May 14, 1963

 

  • “In questions of science, the author of a thousand books is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” 


~  Galileo Galilei(1613), "Letters on Sunspots", translated by S. Drak(1957), in Ideas and Opinions of Galileo,Doubleday

 

  • "Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."


     ~ Horace, Roman lyric poet of first century B.C

 

  • "What is a committee?  A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary."


     ~ Richard Harkness, The New York Times, 1960

 

  • "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."


     ~ William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910)

 

  • “It is worth remembering that theory without evidence is, in the end, just speculation.” 


~  S. E Masten (2002), American Economic Review, v. 92, p. 428

 

  • "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it, and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid.  She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more."

       
~ Mark Twain, American writer and humorist

 

  • “The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.”


~ Peter Drucker, Managing in a Time of Great Change 9 (1995), p. 250

 

  • “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”


~ Samuel Johnson, English author and lexicographer (1709-1784)

 

  • "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts: for support rather than illumination."


~ Andrew Lang, Scots poet, novelist and literary critic (1844-1912)

 

  • “No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.”


~ Charles Steinmetz, U.S. inventor (1865-1923)

 

  • “Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.”


 ~ Anonymous 2004