Andrew Carnegie? Barnard Alderson? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: Business titan and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie stated that one person cannot build a great enterprise alone. Also, one person should never demand all the credit. Would you please help me to find the precise quotation and a citation? Reply from Quote Investigator: In 1899 the “St. …
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Quote Origin: Immense Power Is Acquired by Assuring Yourself in Your Secret Reveries That You Were Born To Control Affairs
Andrew Carnegie? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: U.S. business titan and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie apparently placed great value on psychological techniques such as envisioning success and using affirmations. He believed that one could obtain “immense power” via “secret reveries”. Would you please help me to find a citation? Reply from Quote Investigator: In 1885 Andrew …
Quote Origin: He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave
Lord Byron? William Drummond? Marguerite Gardiner? Andrew Carnegie? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: My favorite quotation is a brilliant tripartite observation about rationality. Here are two versions: (1) Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. (2) He, who will not reason, is a …
Quote Origin: Put All Your Eggs in One Basket, and Then Watch That Basket
Mark Twain? Andrew Carnegie? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Proverbial wisdom tells us never to put all our eggs in one basket, but an inversion of that advice has been ascribed to the renowned humorist Mark Twain and the business titan Andrew Carnegie. Who should receive credit? Reply from Quote Investigator: On June 23, 1885 …
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Quote Origin: It Rolls Off My Back Like a Duck
Samuel Goldwyn? George Oppenheimer? Ellenor Stoothoff? Andrew Carnegie? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The phrase “like water off a duck’s back” is a well-known idiom that refers to an incident or a comment having little or no effect on a person. Here is a comically garbled version of the expression: It rolls off my back …
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Quote Origin: War Does Not Determine Who Is Right — Only Who Is Left
Bertrand Russell? Frank P. Hobgood? Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre? Reader’s Digest? Montreal Star? Andrew Carnegie? Winston Churchill? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: A piquant slogan has been used by pacifists and peace activists for decades. Here are two variants: The first saying is often attributed to the philosopher and social thinker Bertrand Russell, but I …
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