Quotes by Henry S. Haskins

Henry S. Haskins

Henry S. Haskins

American stockbroker and man of letters

Lived from: 1875 - 1957

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

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  • Discontent follows ambition like a shadow.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 135
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  • Academic questions are interlopers in a world where so few of the real ones have been answered.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 94
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  • Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
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  • If we exiled our sins, our virtues would get lonely without their old sparring partners.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940)
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  • It is only an uncivilized world that would worship civilization.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 22
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  • Man is liberated from his illusions to make room for a fresh set.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 92
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  • Many of us are impersonations of what we know we ought to be.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 82
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  • Normal is the wrong name often used for average.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 135
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  • People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
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  • Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940)
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  • Symbols have a trick of stealing the show away from the thing they stand for.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p.96
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  • The deadliest contagion is majority opinion.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 107
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  • The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.
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  • Thoughts left unsaid are never wasted.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940)
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  • We condemn a sin before we have even tried it.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 134
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  • We should train our desires to show the way to our dreams.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 101
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  • What lies behind us and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 120
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  • When study becomes labor, we had better change the subject-matter as quickly as possible.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940) p. 35
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry S. Haskins?

The two most famous quotes from Henry S. Haskins are:

  • "Discontent follows ambition like a shadow."
  • "Academic questions are interlopers in a world where so few of the real ones have been answered."

When did Henry S. Haskins live?

Henry S. Haskins was born in 1875 and died in the year 1957.