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Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.


Hugh Mackay

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CHARLES MACKAY Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedie...
CHARLES MACKAY In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their p...
CHARLES MACKAY Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they on...
CHARLES MACKAY Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your sta...
HARVEY MACKAY growth at reasonable prices.
ELIZABETH MACKAY Technology has kind of stalled out here, we've got some potholes developing in that former leadershi...
ELIZABETH MACKAY I think if they were to make such a move, this would be a logical week,
ELIZABETH MACKAY I would say start with some of the core holdings in technology. I think the technology stocks that w...
ELIZABETH MACKAY When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is we will have double-digit earnings growth for t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY The Fed itself seems content to wait at least until after the elections if the not to the end of the...
ELIZABETH MACKAY Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern ...
HARVEY MACKAY Technology tends to be regarded as less defensive, so if investors become more nervous, they would t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY It's hard to say when emotional selling exhausts itself.
ELIZABETH MACKAY Overall, there's no question we took a hit across the board to some degree. But we've discovered a r...
DAVID MACKAY They appear to be consistently crossing the line step by step and becoming less and less communicati...
PETER MACKAY Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how...
HARVEY MACKAY Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn&#...
HARVEY MACKAY He's been doing that the whole year. He's that dominant. He has an earned-run-average under one and ...
GUY MACKAY The thing he really brings to the team is his competitiveness.
GUY MACKAY I think we have guys that will be able to come through, it is just getting the game experience. It i...
GUY MACKAY There is no room in our party for such outrageous racism. We are a party of inclusion and the only p...
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't have any basis. It's like me saying they're Martians; it's silly.
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent appro...
FRANK MACKAY