Fred R. Shapiro

Insights That Are Relevant to Personal Growth and Professional Development

March 22, 2024

I am grateful to John Fareed who, with with Sean Hunter, wrote a revised and expanded edition of From Invisible to Icon: How to Become a Known Expert in Your Industry, published by Post Hill Press (April 2024). It includes…

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A Covey of Quotations

July 2, 2021

Here are seven quotations, a few of which you may not have seen before. 1. “In order to have a conversation with someone, you have to reveal yourself.” James Baldwin 2. “Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can…

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More Great Quotations

September 12, 2013

Quotations that have enduring meaning and significance are those that offer unique insight into human nature. That is certainly true of these. “If you inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”…

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The Yale Book of Quotations: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2012

The Yale Book of Quotations Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Yale University Press (2006) A treasury of “highly quotatious” insights During the past 25-30 years, I have purchased and then made frequent use of dozens of anthologies of quotations (including revised…

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