 | John Carrington - 2003 - 344 trang
...not the art of getting drunk. - What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. - Depend upon it , sir — when a man knows he is to...a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. - Q: Why, sir, in your dictionary, do you define 'pastern' as the 'knee of a horse? A: Ignorance, madam,... | |
 | Jim Denney, James D. Denney - 2003 - 252 trang
...intensity and discipline he had developed as a man under a death sentence. As Samuel Johnson once said, "Depend upon it, sir — when a man knows he is to...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Whether or not we have received bad news from the doctor, we should write as if our lives depend on... | |
 | Gordon Sheppard - 2003 - 864 trang
...Exciting? In what sense? SHEPPARD: As Samuel Johnson said, speaking of a prisoner condemned to die, "Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be...fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." I imagine the same thing applies to you with regard to Hubert: since he had declared he was going to... | |
 | David Weber - 2003 - 392 trang
...and laid-back, and pleasant to deal with. But now he was working an average of eighteen hours a day. Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be...a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Granted, Yuri Radamacher had more than a fortnight at his disposal. But how much more, remained to... | |
 | Roy Orville Williams, Vic Preisser - 2003 - 208 trang
...numbers has had a surprising impact on heirs and benefactors. As Samuel Johnson once wrote: "Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."20 Not that a hanging is in store, but the reality of planned responsibility (as a steward... | |
 | Geoffrey Cooper - 2003 - 155 trang
...spend some time planning my written answers. Q Introduction Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows that he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully (Dr Samuel Johnson). Most students dislike exams yet universities persist with the timehonoured end-of-unit... | |
 | S. George Philander - 2004 - 296 trang
...public's considerable investment in science by quoting Samuel Johnson in a threatening tone: "Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Today there is enormous pressure on scientists to do research that is useful, to predict El Nino for... | |
 | John Lewis Gaddis - 2005 - 164 trang
...what we might call the Dr. Samuel Johnson Test: "Depend on it, Sir," the great man once commented, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."* Despite a significantly altered strategic landscape, dangers before December 7, 1941, were not convincingly... | |
 | Erik Owens, John D. Carlson, Eric P. Elshtain - 2004 - 322 trang
...of change of heart. Here the picture is quite different. "Depend upon it, Sir," said Samuel lohnson, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."1 Indeed there may be many criminals for whom nothing else concentrates the mind enough.... | |
 | John Macdonald - 2004 - 264 trang
...Why do you work for your present company? Chapter 10 Focus Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows that he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes... | |
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Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 
