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• If you don't strike oil in twenty minutes, stop boring. -- Andrew Carnegie, on public speaking
• Drilling for oil is boring.
• A short speech is often a good speech and certainly has the advantage of being much less able to be a bad speech than a long speech.
  A long speech is often a bad speech precisely because it was not a short speech....
• The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
  -- Sir George Jessel...
• Marriage is a mistake every man should make. -- George Jessel
• If you anticipate bus delays by leaving your house thirty minutes early, your bus will arrive as soon as you reach the bus stop or when you light up a cigarette, whichever comes first.
  -- John Corcora...
• The first three minutes of your life can be dangerous ... The last three can be pretty dodgy too!
• So what you do is do the best you can, express the genuine concern you feel for the environment.
  .. but not take irresponsible action to guard against incidents of this nature....