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Bobby Jorrie's Book on Life
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ABOUT THIS BOOK


ABRAHAM LINCOLN
I Do the Very Best I Can
Things Come to Those Who Wait
Property is the Fruit of Labor


ALBERT EINSTEIN
Common Sense
Imagination Is More Important
I’ve Had Many Problems


ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Great Discoveries


ALEXANDER POPE
On Embracing Change


AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB
How to Teach


AN OLD MEXICAN PROVERB
El Tuerto es Rey


AN OLD SOUTH TEXAS PROVERB
Fool Me Once


ANGELO BLANGIARDO
Friendship Is Like a Drawer


ANN LANDERS COLUMN
Meanest Mother in the World


ANNIVERSARY CARD SUSAN GAVE BOBBY
Marriage Is Like Moby Dick


ANONYMOUS
Man Who Wins Thinks He Can


ARTHUR MACARTHUR
Councils of War


ATTRIBUTED TO ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Prayer of St. Francis


AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Acorns Don’t Fall Too Far from the Tree
All I Got Was Words
The Awakening
On Being Angry
About Impossibility
Pain Makes One Think
Truth Is Violated by Falsehood
I Believe
Who Am I
The Mature Thinking Mind
Valuing the Work of an Expert
Mom-n-Pop Tenants
There Is No Black or White
On Lying
Adoration


AUTOMOTIVE TRADE ASSN BULLETIN
The Touch that Is Magic


B. C. FORBES
Have Patience and Faith


BEN FRANKLIN
Work Today While Not Hindered


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
On Squandering Time


BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY
To Have Succeeded


BILL HAUSER
Quotation a Substitute for Wit
A Successful Parent


BILL MCCLELLEN
Hazard of Working for Others


BOB SAWTELLE
The Purpose of Pain


BRUTUS TO CASSIUS
Tide Taken at the Flood


BUCKNER FANNING
Familiarity Breeds Indifference


BY A FRIAR AT GRAYMOOR MONASTERY
I’d Pick More Daisies


CALVIN COOLIDGE
Persistance


CHARLES PONZI OF PONZI SCHEME FAME
On Fixed Vision


CHIAM GINOTT
Blame, Sarcasm & Insults
On Dealing With Others


CONTRIBUTED BY MELANIE COLTON
On Getting Things Done


CONTRIBUTED BY SAM JORRIE
Jump Son! Jump!
That’s What I’m Looking For!


CONTRIBUTED BY SAM JORRIE FROM BOBBY ‘S GRANDFATHER
Who’s Minding the Store?


DADDY
A Letter to My Children


DAVID CUKIERMAN
The Gardener's dog


DENG XIAO PENG
Color of the Cat Doesn’t Matter


DESMOND MORRIS'
Is it Love or Pair Bonding?


DIANA PEPPER
On Courage


DONALD JOY
Why Men Lose Their Sex Drive after Marriage


DR. PHIL "TELL IT LIKE IT IS" MCGRAW
The Winners in this Life


DUT MARX
On Forgiveness


DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER
Cost of Arms


ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
The Mettle in a Tea Bag


ELIZABETH BARETT BROWNING
A New Perspective


EMMA BULL IN BONE DANCE
Coincidence


EMMETT FOX
With Enough Love


FLORENCE JORRIE MARX
On Communication


FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
New Ideas Need New Men


FROM SUSAN'S COLLECTION
Distance Is to Love


FROM THE "GOODIE COLLECTION" OF DUT MARX
On Hate


FROM THE MOVIE “
Women as a Pillow of Peace


G-MA MARX & RJ
Living Alone with Your Own Faults


GAIUS PETRONIUS
On Reorganization


GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
A Father’s Prayer


GENERAL PETER PACE
Pursuit of Excellence


GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I Never Resist Temptation


GEORGE SANTANYA
Remember the Past


GIVEN TO BOBBY BY SUSAN
Love Isn’t Love Until You Give


GIVEN TO ME BY CINDY JORRIE-COHN
Lemon Juice to Lemonade


GIVEN TO ME BY
Kick Over Every Rock


H. L. HUNT
On Commitment


HELEN KELLER
When One Door Closes


HUEY LONG
Huey Long’s Philosophy


JACK LONDON
Jack London Quote


JAMES ALLEN
Mind Is the Master


JAMES D. FREEMAN
My Thoughts Bind and Free Me


JJKR
Risk Is the Price You Pay


JOHN DENISON
Two Rules for Financial Growth


JOHN HAMBY
On Caring Relationships
Trust and Those with No Pain


JULIE JORRIE SCHWARTZ
You can't change the past


KARL ERNST VON BAER
Every Triumphant Theory


LOUIS PORTER
Chance of Birth


LUCILLE MALCOLM ORR
Courage
On Pleasing People


LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
Limits of My Language


MARK REINITZ
On Memory and Mis-Remembering


MARK TWAIN
The Wisdom in Experience
About Jews


MARY BAKER EDDY
Outward Conditions


MAX DUNAWAY
Flood Tide


MEXICAN DICHO
Ojos Vemos


MEXICAN PROVERB
On Loving and Being Loved


MOTTO OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER
Evil Is He Who Thinks Evil


NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Fear of Losing


NEAL LITWIN
Never an Excuse for Bad Manners


NEILS BOHR
Every Statement I Make


OLD MEXICAN PROVERB
Los Promoten Mucho


POEM GIVEN TO BOBBY BY SUSAN
Within My Book of Memories


RACHEL JORRIE FARBER
Dead Fish


RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Success


RECTOR V. JAMES JEFFREY
About How to Live


RELAYED TO ME BY DR. BILL HAUSER
Any Biological Function


REPEATED TO ME BY DORA HAUSER
Analogy of Born in Mecca


ROBERT BROWNING
Grow Old with Me


ROBERT HERRICK
Gather Ye Rosebuds


ROBERT JORRIE
Advantage of Overpaying Employees
Bajo El Ojo Del Amo
Be Wiser than Others
Being Late Is Stealing Time
Books that Changed My Life
Born and Die in the Traces
Borrowing and Paying Back
Bull Pen Syndrome
Cassandra
About Choosing Your Ruts
Dedication to My Children
About Delegating
Going from Doctor to Doctor
Double Solitaire
The Eight Degrees of Charity
En Cada Guerra
On Expressing Anger
Find Reasons Why it Won’t Work
Fishing Plugs Catch Men Not Fish
The Function of College
On Givers and Takers
On Giving Precise Instructions
Good Steel
Greedy People Are Predictable
Grieve in Advance
Grieving Over A Lost Loved One
It's Hard To Know What To Do
How Carnegie Got to Be Rich
How Not to Have a Disagreement
How to Get Vendors to Ship
How to Make a Loan Application
How We Raised You
Why I don't listen to the advice of my closely loved female
If You Don’t Know What You Like
On Intimacy and Trust
Introduction
It’s All in How You Say It
Just Ask ‘Em All!
Less Is More Writing Technique
Life Isn’t Fair
Pollution Line
I Made Peace With Myself
About Me and Organized Religion
Mental Toughness
Morality and the Law
A More Expensive Sows Ear
Mystery Made Clear
On Not Being Candid
About Out Parcels
The Pencil and Paper
Perception of Good Credit
Problem with My Leisure Time
Problems with Roommates
Purchase Price and My Cost
Purpose of Fear
Reflections on Sam’s Second Yarhtzeit
Reflections of What Love Means
On Revisiting Old Relationships
Sam and the Responsibilities of a dog
Sam’s Small Spaces Are Better Philosophy
On Sarcasm
Saying Thank You
Scars and Life
On Smart Alec Remarks
The Teacher’s Dilemma
On Teaching
Getting The Last Dollars Worth
There IS Enough Time
Thinking About It Is Worse Than Doing It
Trading Aloneness for Togetherness
The Trouble With Only Just Living With Someone
Understanding the Job Interview
Understanding What a Sale Is
Using Sex as a Weapon
When the Grades Are Bad
When the Teacher Will Come
When You are Too Expensive
Which Way Shall I Go
Why I Want to Learn
Why We Insist Upon Annual Increases in Rents
Why You Teach and Not Lecture
Wisdom of Lombardi and Simon
A Woman Has To Sell Herself
If You Don't Know What You Like
The Choice Between Two
Keeping People Honest
Kill the Tomb-Makers
About the Need to Know
Worship and Praise
Understanding Getting Organized
Only Methods of Investing
Exclusive RE Listing Agreement
Exchanging Work for Rent
Art, Jewels as Investments
Doing Business with Friends
Is Her Money Dirty?
Price of the Tools
Why You Must Plan Your Business
Bad Teachers and Important Courses
Best Way to Handle AR’s
Why Men Watch TV
My Frustration
About Dealing with Bad People
About Long Driving Vacations
One Can Never Love
Teenager’s Decision-Making
About Me and the Contract for Friendship
Diaper Fever
Sophomore’s Disease
About Charity in Business
Just Make More Decisions
About My Being Arrogant
Now Let Him Worry
A Real Sex Problem
Chicken Soup
On Getting Even
Only Four Ways to Be Supported
Only Tell Them Once
Where’s My Twenty Dollars?
Goals of Executive Directors
The Purposes of Politicians
The Secretary Game
Taking Your Children to Jail
First You Catch His Attention
Living with People Who Lived Alone
About Doing Good
Fool’s Hill
On Prioritizing
On Roasting and Toasting
Cats Running across the Street
Masculinity and Femininity
The Big Enchilada
Understanding Success
Nuking the Flies
That’s Once!
Those Who Fail to Think
Put the Ball on the Other Side
The Problem with Tradition
There Are No Perfect Marriages
How Some Employees View Fringe
What is an Employee
Children’s Earning Plan
The Oatmeal Is Cold


ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
An Honest Friend


ROWLAND HOWARD
Missed Opportunities


SAM JORRIE
Do Not Expect
Don’t Dig in the Desert
Each Mistake I Make
Every Problem is an Opportunity
I Can Cope with Anything
Never Marry Your Investment
Reinvest Your Assets Daily
Success Makes Bigger Problems
When Faced with a Mountain
When the Price Spread is Ten Percent


SIR ISAAC NEWTON
If I Have Seen Farther


SOURCE: J. FRANK DOBIE'S CORONADO'S CHILDREN
About Secrets


SOURCE: LUCILLE MALCOLM ORR
A Little More Grace


SPEECH DELIVERED TO THE CONGREGATION OF TEMPLE BETH EL
My View of God


SUN TZU
Opportunities Multiply


SUSAN JORRIE
No Other Woman
Not to Decide is to Decide


TAKEN FROM AN OLD CLARK GABLE MOVIE
Experience


TAUGHT TO ME BY RABBI CHAIM BLOCH
Why Jews Emphasize Education


TAUGHT TO ME BY
Sign Logo Theory


THE OBSCURE SOUTH TEXAS PHILOSOPHER
Man’s Natural State


THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It’s Better to Dare!
On Trying


THEOPHILE GAUTIER
Is it Love or Admiration?


THOMAS A. EDISON
Restlessness and Discontent


THOMAS CARLYLE
Man and His Tools


UNKNOWN
The Cat is on the roof


UNKNOWN AUTHOR
How to Think about Failure
Where There Is No Fear


VINCENT T LOMBARDI
On Fatigue


VINCENT T. LOMBARDI
The Will to Win


WALTER S. POAGE
Tell Him Now


WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER
Clinging to Dreams


WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Ruined Love, Reborn

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