Tracing Quotations
William Wrigley Jr.? Ezra Pound? Henry Ford? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: Constructive debate about future plans is essential in a responsive and vibrant company. Here are three versions of a popular business adage: When two men in a business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. When two men in business always agree, one …
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Henry Ford? Virgil? John Dryden? John Herbert Phillips? Del Howard? Harlowe B. Andrews? Norman Vincent Peale? Mary Kay Ash? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: An aphorism highlighting the power of positive thinking and warning about the danger of negative thinking has often been attributed to automotive titan Henry Ford. Here are four versions: Did Ford …
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Henry Ford? Edward Menge? Lewis Mumford? Sedgewick Seti? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The preeminent automotive industrialist Henry Ford is credited with a saying that has become very popular in the business literature. Here are two versions: But I can find no good evidence that Ford ever said this. It’s a great line, and I …
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