Arnold Glasow

Arnold H. Glasow (1905-1997) was a comedian. Verified Glasow's Gloombusters (1995) 978-0-964-67780-7 Attributed A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee. A good father lives so he is a credit to his children. A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad. A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Beware of those who laugh at nothing or at everything. Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied. Improvement begins with I. In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are. It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. It's only by the hard blows of adverse fortune that character is tooled. Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to. Make your life a mission, not an intermission. Many people who have the gift of gab don't know how to wrap it up. No need to fear the ill wind when your haystacks are tied down. Nothing lasts forever, not even your troubles. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach. Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. The average vacation is one-tenth playing — nine-tenths paying. The best bet is to bet on yourself. The best thing you can spend on your kids is time. The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude. The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it. What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions. category:people