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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
Walter Lord on birthday

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.
Otis Blackwell on birthday

And I was very shy as a kid if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.
Cody Horn on birthday

I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.
Jesse Plemons on birthday

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain on business

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
Albert Einstein on business

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell on business

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie on business

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Abraham Lincoln on business

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
Sam Walton on business

The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius on business

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain on business

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
Winston Churchill on business

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Steve Jobs on business

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin on business

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill on business

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
Khalil Gibran on business

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
Niccolo Machiavelli on business

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
Thomas A. Edison on business

All lasting business is built on friendship.
Alfred A. Montapert on business