Cruel comments for the cynically-minded

Posted by Jon
I love collecting quotes – especially really cynical comments! Here are a few that might provoke a rueful smile for those involved in proposal development:​

“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” – Moses Hadas. (Was he writing about some procurement teams?)

“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” – Abraham Lincoln. (He’d obviously just read the draft text from a subject matter expert!)

“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright. (No, surely not a comment on some account managers!)

“He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.” – Samuel Johnson. (Yep, I’ve worked on proposals with more than a few folks who’d fit that bill).

“He had delusions of adequacy.” – Walter Kerr. (Where do we even start?)

And my personal recent favourite?

​“If all the experts tell you to go right, and you decide to go left, you’re probably stupid. But if you get lucky, and discover a pot of gold along the stupid path, people will call you a leader. You’ll still be stupid, but fewer people will feel the need to point that out.” – Scott Adams