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Francoise Sagan: Two kinds of trickery
“It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the ‘fronts’ people assume before one another’s eyes, and the ‘front’ a writer puts on the face of reality.” —Francoise Sagan.
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Christopher Hitchens: Proof
“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.” —Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist (13 Apr 1949-2011) .
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Jay Walker: Cross-pollination
“You’ve got all this stuff to learn, and by the way, you’ve got to learn it in a dozen fields, not just the one you’re working in, because it’s all about cross-pollination. It’s all about taking good ideas in other areas and bringing it into your area. It’s all about adding value above your job…
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Charlie Munger: Deferred gratification
“Obviously if you’re glued together and honorable and get up every morning and keep learning every day and you’re willing to go in for a lot of deferred gratification all your life, you’re going to succeed. It may not be as much as you want. But you’re going to success. And so the main thing…
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Abby Covert: To-do list
“Be careful with your to-do list. Make sure each task on it isn’t just a distraction from dealing with your reality.” —Abby Covert (NB: foul language alert).
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Nicole Kidman: Different approach
“I have a different approach. I don’t file lawsuits because I really don’t care.” —Nicole Kidman.
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Simon Sinek: Start with Why
“Getting someone to work with us once is easy. Twice takes work. Inspiring them to work with us without asking starts with Why.” —Simon Sinek.
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Dan Millman: Change
“Change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality. —Dan Millman,gymnast, writer and lecturer.
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Salman Khan: Levels
“I believe one should never put anyone else down but try and raise their own level. Once you do that, others will also raise their own levels. Some people put others down, do negative publicity. I do not feel the need to do that.” —Salman Khan.
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Mohnish Pabrai: Swing hard
“Inaction and patience are very important traits, but they need to be coupled with decisiveness and willingness to act in size. So it’s an unusual kind of trait to have someone who’s happy watching the paint dry; but then when all the ducks line up, you swing hard…. The key is if you’re not convinced…
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Blaise Pascal: Contradiction
“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.” —Blaise Pascal.
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Simon Sinek: Intelligence and creativity
“Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.” —Simon Sinek.
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Watts Wacker: Rigid beliefs
“No one is less ready for tomorrow than the person who holds the most rigid beliefs about what tomorrow will contain.” —Watts Wacker.
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Paul McCartney: Think globally, act locally
“Think globally, act locally.” —Paul McCartney.
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Paul McCartney: Ordinary
“I don’t work at being ordinary.” —Paul McCartney.
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Paul Mccartney: Weird
“I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird. “ —Paul Mccartney.
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Paul McCartney: And in the end
“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” —Paul Mccartney.
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Paul Mccartney: Buy but why?
“Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.” —Paul Mccartney.
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Theodore Rubin: Beginning of wisdom
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” —Theodore Rubin, psychiatrist and writer (b. 11 Apr 1923) .
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Newt Gingrich: Perseverance
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” —Newt Gingrich.
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Helmut Kohl: Underestimated
“I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.” —Helmut Kohl.
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Nicholas de Chamfort: Chameleon-like
“We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.” —Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (6 Apr 1741-1794) .
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Simon Sinek: Greatest contribution
“The greatest contribution of a leader is to make other leaders.” —Simon Sinek.
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Erich Segal: True love
“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.” —Erich Segal.
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Earl Warren: Subversion
“It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.” —Earl Warren, jurist (1891-1974) .
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Helen Hunt: The best movies
“The best movies have one sentence that they’re exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.” —Helen Hunt.
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Simon Sinek: Passion
“Our passion lies deep in who we are, not what we do.” —Simon Sinek.
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John Ciardi: Hanging around words
“You have to fall in love with hanging around words.” —John Ciardi, poet and etymologist (1916-1986).
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Donald Trump: Measured
“In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.” —Donald Trump.
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Simon Sinek: Opportunity
“We should all have an opportunity to feel part of something, not just have a part in something.” —Simon Sinek.
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Edward Everett Hale: Only one
“I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” —Edward Everett Hale, author (3 Apr 1822-1909) .
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St. Anthony of Padua: Anything comparable to this?
“The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a…
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Tim Allen: Women
“Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.” —Tim Allen.
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Simon Sinek: Excitement and fulfillment
“Excitement comes from the achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got us there.” —Simon Sinek.
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Mozi: Criticism without suggestion
“Criticism without suggestion is like trying to stop flood with flood and put out fire with fire. It will surely be without worth.” —Mozi, philosopher.
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Amruda Nair: Finding the balance
“What works for me is the cycle of eight, i. e., eight hours of work, eight hours of rest and eight hours of recreation. I do not believe in multi-tasking and eliminate distractions to focus on one thing at a time. Finding the balance is an art and only possible when you have a support…
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Eugenie O’Neill: Obsessed by a fairy tale
“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.” —Eugenie O’Neill.
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Adam West: Blueprint for courageous action
“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.” —Adam West.
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Anne Frank: Boys will be boys
“Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn’t matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.” —Anne Frank.
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Simon Sinek: Great leaders
“Great leaders are idealists. They are optimists. They overestimate what we are capable of and inspire us to believe the same.” —Simon Sinek.
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Rene Descartes: Doubt all things
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” —Rene Descartes, philosopher and mathematician (31 Mar 1596-1650) .
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Ben Jonson: No greater hell
“There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.” —Ben Jonson.
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Anna Sewell: All a sham
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham.” —Anna Sewell, writer (30 Mar 1820-1878) .
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Prince Philip: Car door
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.” —Prince Philip.
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William Shakespeare: Time’s plague
“‘Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.” —William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616) .
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Johnny Depp: Message to my work
“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.” —Johnny Depp.
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Simon Sinek: Future
“The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.” —Simon Sinek.
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James Cameron: Failure
“Failure has to be an option. … No important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. —James Cameron,filmmaker.
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Tim Berners-Lee: What you browse
“You affect the world by what you browse.” —Tim Berners-Lee.
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Simon Sinek: Imagine
“If we work to make every day better than the day before, imagine what our days could be like at the end of our lives.” —Simon Sinek.
