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Paranoia
 
Even paranoids have enemies.
- Tom Clancy
Only the paranoid survive.
- Andrew S. Grove (President of Intel Corporation)

Pessimism
 
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday
- Woody Allen
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Philanthropy

You must give time to your fellow men - even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
- Albert Schweitzer

Planning
 
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous
 
You got to be careful if you don't know where your'e going, because you might not get there.
- Yogi Berra

Problem Solving
 
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Purpose

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
- Washington Irving

Put Downs
 
Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
- Groucho Marx
In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
- Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)