Celebrity anecdotes that high school students must read.

Paul getty, once the richest oil tycoon in the United States, was not rich when he was young, only a dry field with poor harvest.

Later, when digging a well in the ground, some black and thick oil came out of the ground. So the well became an oil well, the dry land became an oil field, and paul getty saw the way to get rich. He began to hire people to exploit oil.

Paul getty runs his own business with great care, so he visits various oil fields when he has nothing to do. However, every time he found someone wasting raw materials and idle people wandering around. He called the foreman and asked them to eliminate waste and idle people. However, the next time he goes, everything will be the same. Paul is confused. Why can I see waste and idle people as soon as I go, and those foremen are here every day, but they turn a blind eye? Later, a word from a management scientist woke Paul up. He said, "That's your oil field.

"Paul immediately called the foreman and announced to them," From today on, you will be responsible for the operation of the oil field, and 25% of the profits will be at your sole disposal. "Since then, when Paul visited the oil field again, he found that not only the waste phenomenon disappeared, but also the idle people disappeared, and the output greatly increased.

Napoleon shot the soldier who fell into the water.

Napoleon once rode through a forest and saw a soldier who could not swim fall into the water and drift to the depths. The soldiers on the shore were frightened because none of them could swim.

Napoleon asked, "Can he swim?" Answer: "only a few tricks, not now."

Napoleon took a pistol from the soldier and shouted to the drowning man, "swim back quickly, or I will shoot." Said really fired two shots into the water.

Hearing this, the man who fell into the water suddenly turned to paddle hard and went ashore soon. He asked Napoleon inexplicably, "Your Majesty, I was scared to death. Why did you shoot me? " Napoleon smiled: "Fool, if I don't scare you, you will really drown. Who do you think can save you? " After such a fright, didn't you turn around and save yourself? "

3. A letter from Einstein to mankind in five thousand years.

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1938, American president Roosevelt personally called Einstein and asked him to write a letter telling people about the thoughts and feelings of our time 5000 years later. Einstein wrote. The letter was packed in a sturdy container and buried deep underground in the new york World Expo. A stone tablet stood on it, indicating that it would be taken out in 6939. The letter wrote:

Our time has produced many talented people whose inventions can make our life more comfortable. We have crossed the ocean with mechanical power, and we can finally liberate mankind from all kinds of arduous physical labor with mechanical power. We learned to fly. We use electromagnetic waves to communicate with each other conveniently from a corner of the earth.

However, the production and distribution of commodities are completely unorganized. Everyone lives in the shadow of fear, afraid of unemployment and suffering from miserable poverty. Besides, people living in different countries will kill each other from time to time. For these reasons, all people have to feel fear and extreme pain when thinking about the future.

I believe that future generations will read this letter with a sense of pride and legal superiority.

This is your masterpiece.

Picasso opposed the war of aggression all his life. During World War II, Germans often visited the Picasso Art Museum in Paris. One day, Picasso sent a copy of his guernica to every German soldier. This painting depicts the horror of the Spanish city of guernica after being bombed by the German army. A German officer pointed to the painting and asked Picasso, "Is this your masterpiece?"

"No, this is your masterpiece." Picasso's words stunned the German officers.

5. Five dollars and ten dollars

An American country kid gave him a five-dollar bill and a ten-dollar bill and asked him to choose one. He chose the five-dollar bill. People say he is stupid, they laugh at him, laugh at him. The story spread, and many people came to him to test it. As a result, the story spread further and further. Decades later, the child became the president of the United States. A reporter asked him: "Is it true?"

"It's true." The president replied.

"Then why do you want five dollars instead of ten dollars?"

"If I want ten dollars from the beginning, who will take the money to test whether I am really stupid?"

There are many smart people in the world, just like this American president. He found a bargain, but it made the other person feel happy. There are also many people in the world who think they are smart and laugh at others, but they don't know that they are the real idiots.

6. Vanity of powerful people

The famous Italian sculptor Michelangelo once carved a stone statue in Florence. Because the statue is huge and will be placed in a prominent position in the city, Michelangelo did his best in both conception and technology. After nearly two years of creation, Michelangelo finally finished his work. He was proud of himself when he saw this work that embodied all his skills. When the work was previewed, Florence was filled with people and marveled at his creation. Finally, even the mayor of Florence came to visit, and many dignitaries whispered around the statue, waiting for the mayor to express their opinions. The mayor looked at the statue haughtily and asked, "Is the author here?" Michelangelo was invited before the mayor. The mayor said, "Stone Carver, I think the nose of this stone statue is a little low, which affects the artistic atmosphere of the whole statue." Michelangelo listened and said, "Dear mayor, I will raise the nose of the stone statue according to your request." After that, Michelangelo asked his assistant to take out tools and carry stone powder to process the nose of the stone statue. Michelangelo rubbed stone powder on the nose of the stone statue. After a while, he came to the mayor and said, "dear mayor, I have raised the nose of the stone statue as you asked." Do you think it's ok now? " The mayor looked at it, nodded and said, "Masons are much better now. This is the perfect art ".

After the mayor left, Michelangelo's assistant asked inexplicably, "You just put three handfuls of stone powder on the nose of the stone statue, but the nose of the stone statue hasn't become bigger at all?" Michelangelo said: "However, the mayor thinks it is too high.

It is said that this stone statue still stands on the streets of Florence. Anyone who knows the origin of the stone statue knows this proverb: "The vanity of the powerful is the three handfuls of stone powder on the nose of the stone statue."

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George fedor is a famous French playwright, especially good at writing burlesque. The girl of proverbs is one of his representative works. However, the play was not favored by the audience at its first performance, but it deeply touched the audience during the performance, and cheers came and went in the theater. Fedo was at the theater that night. He was yelling like everyone else.

"Fedo, are you crazy?" The friend asked incredulously.

"Not crazy!" Fedo explained, "only in this way can I not hear the abuse of the audience and not be sad about it."

8. coat

Before Einstein became famous, he lived in poverty and dressed casually. A friend once advised him to buy a coat, otherwise it would be difficult to enter the society. He smiled and replied, "I am unknown. No one knows me even if I dress beautifully." A few years later, Einstein, who became a great scientist, dressed simply as before. His friend once again reminded him to make a decent coat, commensurate with his status. He still smiled and replied, "Even if I dress more casually now, someone will know me."

contract

Russian fable writer krylov was poor all his life, but optimistic by nature.

Once, he signed a lease contract with the landlord, and saw a sentence written on it-"If the tenant catches fire due to careless use of fire, he must pay 15000 rubles".

Krylov not only had no objection, but also added two zeros after "15000".

"1500000 rubles!" The landlord shouted in great surprise.

"Don't make a fuss, sir," he answered calmly. "I can't afford it anyway."

9. joke

French biologist Georges Ye Wei is the founder of comparative anatomy, and he is also very good at paleontology. One day, his students played a joke on him.

At that time, Zhu Ye Wei was busy doing experiments in the studio. Suddenly, the door was pushed open by two speakers. At this moment, a monster rushed in. Its mouth was wide open and its fangs were long and sharp. Chrysanthemum Ye Wei heard the noise, raised her head and lowered her head to do things.

Afterwards, the students asked curiously, "Sir, why are you not afraid at all?"

"Very simple, because all hoofed animals are herbivores." He said with a smile. Once, Chaplin was walking on the road with a large sum of cash. Suddenly, a masked man jumped out of the grass by the roadside.

Stealing. The robber threatened Chaplin with money. Chaplin agreed and said to him, "Please put it on my hat.

Take it twice, so I can go back and explain it to my master! "The robber" beep beep "two, did as he said and came in.

Shoot me twice in my skirt! "Chaplin said again. Beep, the robber came again. "finally,

Please punch two more holes in my trouser leg. "Hearing this, the robber impatiently filed a gun and changed his pants.

Shot twice in the leg. Knowing that there was no bullet in the robber's pistol, Chaplin tripped him and ran away.

Ran away like that.

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10. the president's taste

On one occasion, President Lincoln met with the president of a country at the White House. The president of that country is very tall and there are two people standing there.

Together, it's like two vertical barrels. Lincoln said cheerfully, "I didn't expect you to be taller than me."

What is it like? What's it like to be president? "What do you say?" The general asked. "I want to eat every day.

Gunpowder, always want to shoot! "

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1 1. How to be a hero

Once, a friend asked US President Kennedy, "How did you become a hero in World War II?"

what's up Kennedy thought for a moment and said, "It's not up to me. It was the Japanese who sank my boat. "

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if ...

Winston Churchill is a world-famous political leader. During his tenure as British prime minister, his politics was once.

Mrs Astor said to him, "If I were your wife, I would definitely put medicine in your coffee." Qiu.

Jill smiled and said, "If I were your husband, I would definitely drink this cup of coffee.