..."No one can make you feel INFERIOR without your consent." "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it CONCENTRATES his mind wonderfully." (Often recalled as "The prospect of being hanged focuses the mind wonderfully. ) "Sir, a woman's preaching...

...1998). In fact, and without going quite so far as to say with Samuel Johnson that "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully," there is truth in the saying that the awareness of death causes a reexamination of value systems (Ursano,...

...articles and the basis of a book. As Samuel Johnson said, "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." I concentrated my mind. Slotted into those hours not devoted to learning how to teach or how to be...

...American economic growth and standards of living. As England's Dr. Johnson once said, "When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." The energy crisis certainly caught the attention of the American public. That the postwar era of cheap...

...of Pierre de Wiessant, One of the Burghers of Calais 1886 "Depend upon it. Sir, when a man knows lie is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." — Samuel Johnson Separate studies of the burghers' heads and hands became independent sculptures,...

...depression is fundamentally what needs to be determined. Prevalence Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson ( 1709-1 784) 14 The current (1 month) prevalence of major depression in national epidemiological...

...FREEDOM: BLESSING OR CURSE? Samuel Johnson memorably wrote, "Be dependent on it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Foundation leaders, however, know that they are unlikely ever to be hanged, literally or even figuratively,...

...confers a special importance on this choice. Samuel Johnson famously remarked that "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." What was Ferrers looking for in Hamlet? Perhaps he found a connection between his own circumstance...

...brethren. Eventually, each one of us must walk alone with God. "Depend upon it, sir, when a roan knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully," said Samuel Johnson. When trials come, when our life seems to be about over, it is time to walk alone...

...feel. - Vasantha Surya, "A Word Between Us" 20. Concentration Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. - Samuel Johnson, (Boswell's Life of Johnson) The one serviceable, safe, certain, remunerative, attainable...