Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

About Don Marquis

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Donald Robert Perry Marquis ( MAR-kwis; July 29, 1878 – December 29, 1937) was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, Archy being a supposed author of humorous verse. During...

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Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?

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Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

—Rita Mae Brown

Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

—Malcolm Gladwell

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

—Malcolm Gladwell

It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

—Katharine Butler Hathaway

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct.

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