Ideas pull the trigger, but ...

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
 Don Marquis

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
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
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Quotes from the same author

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
 Don Marquis
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.
 Don Marquis
From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself
 Don Marquis
Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.
 Don Marquis
A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.
 Don Marquis