A large ocean liner

A large ocean liner
A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out
  

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Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.
Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.
You make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?
Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.
Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.
Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.