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Focus on Language

Sayings

1. Freedom is like the air we breathe. We can’t see it, or smell it, or hear it, but if we lost it, we’d suffocate.

2. The tallest trees catch the most wind.

3. A person’s hair and teeth are just about his best friends, but even the best of friends occasionally fall out.

4. You can guess what the person stands for...when he falls for something.

5. The coward dies many times, the hero only once.

6. The world consists of takers and givers. The takers may eat better, but givers may sleep better.

7. There are only two types of people who complain against taxes...men and women.

8. If you want to kill time, why not try working it to death.

9. Experience is what prevents you from making the same mistake again right away.

10. A bit of common sense would eliminate many divorces…and many marriages, too.

11. A happy marriage is a union of two good forgivers.

12. The most important thing a father can do to his children is...to love their mother.

13. A father is a man who expects his son to be as good as he meant to be.

14. Children are a great comfort in your old age, and they can help you reach it faster, too.

15. Sending youngsters to college educates parents too, teaches them how to do without a lot of things.

16. By the time you can afford children, you have grandchildren.

17. The best thing about the good old days is...that we were young.

18. The best way to lose weight is to eat all you want...of everything you don’t like.

19. Advice is what a person asks for...when he wants you to agree with him.

20. A pessimist is a person who...when given the choice between two evils selects both of them.

21. The wrong man is always in the wrong place at the right moment.

22. People never complain about their parachute not having opened.

23. Nobody objects to how you say if you say it in few words.

24. A budget is a method of worrying before you spend as well as afterward.

25. Most of the people spend the best part of their lives accumulating money.

26. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.

27. Modesty and money don’t go well together.

28. Many people want to eat at the government table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.

29. People who live well, seldom complain about their role in life.

30. When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

31. The amount of average sleep for a person is 5 minutes more.

By Vladimir Pavlov,
Moscow State Academy of Business Administration