Clogging Up Quotes

• It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.

  Charles E. Sorensen

  Wisdom, Organization, Achievement

  Charles E. Sorensen, Samuel T. Williams (2006). “My Forty Years with Ford”, p.51, Wayne State University Press

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• The problem is, or rather one of the problems, for there are many, a sizeable proportion of which are continually clogging up the civil, commercial, and criminal courts in all areas of the Galaxy, and especially, where possible, the more corrupt ones, this. The previous sentence makes sense. That is not the problem. This is: Change. Read it through again and you'll get it.

  Douglas Adams

  Criminals, Problem, Court

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.81, Pan Macmillan

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• I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time they're clogging up the bases for somebody who can run.

  Dusty Baker

  Running, Thinking, Guy

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• On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.

  Dusty Baker

  Running, Home, Addresses

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• Drama was always clogging up the phone line. It's like that's what people call me for.

  Andre Braugher

  Drama, Phones, People

  "Interview: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star Andre Braugher still isn’t sure he’s funny". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. October 5, 2014.

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• Sometimes, when there's too much traffic clogging up the road you need to take a different route. But following the same path as everyone else can stall your progress in reaching your investment goals too.

  Mark Mobius

  Goal, Progress, Different

  "I Myself Have Fallen Victim To Wrongful Assumptions" by Mark Mobius, www.businessinsider.com. April 11, 2013.

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