Quotes 65 Smoking and Behavior, economic downturn, Lyons Marble, Polar Bear Ice Cream, fortune and glory, word of kindness
"Your smoking behavior depends upon not just the smoking behavior of the people you know but also the people who they know," and so on, said Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a medical sociologist at Harvard Medical School and lead author of the report. The findings back up studies showing that peer influence plays a key role in people's decision to stop lighting up and provide evidence that the "buddy system" used by smoking cessation, weight loss and alcoholism programs to change addictive behavior works. --AP at www.cnn.com
We knew this downturn was coming over a year ago. We know other companies throughout the country and they started having sales drops way before we did. Some say we are isolated from those bad effects and that is just not true; we just get the effects later. --Tom Demeo, Tile and Marble Outlet, Santa Cruz and Watsonville, California
On his own, however, he developed a passion for the perils of the hunt almost as great as his yen for acquisition -- or as he puts it in the "Temple of Doom", "fortune and glory". --Gene Seymour of Newsday in www.mercurynews.com
Some people think so many things; So many things that are not so; Never mind their taunts and stings; You and I, dear -- know. --Ruth Mason Rice
We remain optimistic no matter what. If we have a slight dip, well that is business. Overall we keep growing though at a controlled pace. That is why we are so optimistic about the future. --Gina Lyons, Lyons Marble and Granite, Watsonville and Santa Cruz, CA www.lyonsmarble.com
Do what you will, but not because you must. --Zen Koan
A genuine word of kindness is often the best lever to raise a depressed spirit to its natural level. The art of saying appropriate words in a kindly way is one that never goes out of fashion, never ceases to please, and is within the reach of the humblest. --Arthur Helps
I didn't want the brand to die so I bought the company. --Mary Cody, Polar Bear Ice Cream, Santa Cruz, California www.santacruzpolarbear.com
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