Archive for the ‘quotations’ Category

 

I Want to be a Failure?

July 22nd, 2009

Over the past year, one of the most popular search terms that leads people to this blog is “fail.” And as a educator, I guess I do think and discuss failure in its many forms quite often.
But this morning, my Twitter friend Kneale Mann shared a link to a short video called Famous Failures. When [...]

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Less-Than-Flattering Quotations on Public Relations

February 5th, 2008

“Public-relations specialists make flower arrangements of the facts, placing them so that the wilted and less attractive petals are hidden by sturdy blooms”
- Alan Harrington
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”
- Daniel J. Boorstin
 
“All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, [...]

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