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It was imperative that we assembled a group of people who were truly committed to the business and getting it through thick and thin. People probably don`t recollect quite how difficult it was for the company to attract good talent and keep them motivated.

- John Porter

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.

- Alan Grieve

I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.

- Albert Frere

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

- Janet Watson

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe