Although leaving me exhausted, my non-exhaustive research came up with only one insurance-related quip from Rogers:“The man who dies without adequate life insurance should have to come back and see the mess he’s created.”
“Never before has the [long-term care] industry received so much bad press over the problems of so few facilities. If the great journalist-philosopher Will Rogers * were alive today, I’m sure he could offer a few bits of wisdom to help this hurting industry cope with its problems. Let’s see how 10 of his famous quotes might apply to liability (and headline) avoidance.
You can click through to see her explanation of the quotes, but here are a few that suggest Rogers knew how to avoid a risk or two:2. “Always drink upstream from the herd.”
3. “Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ‘n puttin’ it back in.”
5. “It doesn’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.”
8. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
9. “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
10. “If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there.”
– If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?
– The American people are very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.
– The minute that you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.
The first two quips confirm that Rogers did not survive to see the 2004 Elections.Udall was well-known for his own gentle but insightful wit. Seeing the article reminded me that Mo Udall was the first and only Presidential candidate for whom I have sat at a telephone trying to raise money. I was in my first year of law school and went to Udall’s office in downtown Boston. I respected Mo Udall a lot, but the impetus for manning a phone bank was the fact that my college friend, Jack Quinn, was Udall’s campaign manager at the age of 24. Jack went on to become a distinguished lawyer at Arnold & Porter, and then White House Counsel to Bill Clinton. (And, yes, he became somewhat infamous for Pardongate, the Marc RIch affair.) I may never have remembered this little piece of my life, were it not for starting down the trail suggested by the RiskProf. Serendipity can be swell.
Update (Nov. 8, 2004): If you’ve read this far, you deserve a few Mo Udall quotes (from BrainyQuotes):
- For those of you who don’t understand Reaganomics, it’s based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter.I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.
If you can find something everyone agrees on, it’s wrong.
One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks.
The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.
nice story,thanks
Comment by financer — March 12, 2008 @ 4:57 pm