Unnecessary Anonymity -- "Shields Down, Scotty!"

Posted June 12th, 2005 by Don

Once one is fairly sober, and sure of this, there seems no reason for failing to talk about A.A. membership in the right places.

This has a tendency to bring in other people. Word of mouth is one of our most important communications.

—
Written by Bill W. in a letter dated 1962, later published in "As Bill Sees It" - The A.A. Way of Life - page 120

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Quotes

"Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong about his facts."
"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am."
"We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat."
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
"If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right. If you don't get all the facts, it can't be right."
"There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure." - Speech on April 30, 1954
"I'm not smart. I try to observe. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why." -New York Post (June 24, 1965)
"We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time."
"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."
"A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs."

— Bernard Baruch, Statesman, financier, economist (1870-1965)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Bernard_Baruch