Quite a Quote!

C S Lewis: Tyranny

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own…
Sir Winston Churchill: Where it hurts

“Nothing would be more fatal than for the Government of States to get into the hands of experts. Expert knowledge is limited knowledge and the unlimited ignorance of the plain man, who knows where it hurts, is a safer guide than any rigorous direction of a specialist.” —Sir Winston Churchill.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil: Insipid common sense

“No lesson seems to be so deeply inculcated by the experience of life as that you never should trust experts. If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome: if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent: if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe. They all require to have their strong wine diluted by a…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Ideology

“To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good, or else that it’s a well-considered act in conformity with natural law. Fortunately, it is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions… Ideology – that is what gives the evildoing its…
Charles Mackay: Herds

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.” —Charles Mackay.
Billy Idol: Misconception

“The biggest misconception people have about me is that I’m stupid.” —Billy Idol.
Sheena Iyengar: Choice

“Choice is more than picking x over y. It is a responsibility to separate the meaningful and the uplifting from the trivial and the disheartening. It is the only tool we have that enables us to go from who we are today to who we want to be tomorrow.” —Sheena Iyengar.
Ed Harris: Against the soldiers

“There’s always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you’re criticizing a decision to go to war, then you’re saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case.” —Ed Harris.
Simon Sinek: Let it out

“If you have it in you, you should let it out.” —Simon Sinek.
Bruce Lee: Use only that which works

“Use only that which works and take it from any place you can find it.” —-Bruce Lee.
Francoise d’Aubigne de Maintenon: Solace others

“The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others.” —Francoise d’Aubigne de Maintenon
Simon Sinek: Give a little more

“Giving is sometimes as simple as saying ‘thank you’ to someone and meaning it. We should all give a little more.” —Simon Sinek.
Charles Schulz: Just love one another

“The best theology is probably no theology; just love one another.” —-Charles Schulz.
Diego Maradona: Hand of God

“Everybody in Argentina can remember ‘the hand of God’ in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the ‘hand of God’ has brought us an Argentinian pope.” —Diego Maradona.
Charles M Schulz: All you need is love

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” —Charles M. Schulz
Simon Sinek: Responsibility

“For an employee to take responsibility, they must first be given it.” —Simon Sinek.
Virgil Thomson: Musician

“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.” —Virgil Thomson.
Simon Sinek: Confidence versus arrogance

“Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.” —Simon Sinek.
Alec Nove: Understand

“To understand is not to forgive. It is simply better than the alternative, which is not to understand.” —Alec Nove.
Alexander Suvorov: Win with ability

“Win with ability, not with numbers.” —Alexander Suvorov.
Simon Sinek: Lasting fulfillment

“When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.” —Simon Sinek.
Paul Celan: Homecoming

“Poetry is a sort of homecoming.” —Paul Celan.
Sathya Sai Baba: Desires

“Man’s many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weigh him down.” —Sathya Sai Baba.
Friedrich Nietzsche: Ascribe

“One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.” —Friedrich Nietzsche.
Billie Jean King: Champion

“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.” —Billie Jean King.
Simon Sinek: How perfect it could be

“It’s better to do it than talk about how perfect it could be.” —Simon Sinek.
Joe Biden: Beacon for the globe

“I believe at our best America is a beacon for the globe. And we lead not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.” —Joe Biden.
Simon Sinek: Fulfillment

“Most of us live our lives by accident – we live it as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.” —Simon Sinek.
Peter Drucker: Whole man

“One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.” —Peter Drucker.
Simon Sinek: Movement

“If a movement is to have an impact it must belong to those who join it, not just those who lead it.” —Simon Sinek.
William Shenstone: Anger

“Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.” —William Shenstone.
Alan Perlis: Simplicity follows complexity

“Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.” —Alan Perlis.
George Gallup: Statistical monstrosity

“I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone – the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.” —George Gallup.
Simon Sinek: Courage

“Being selfish is easy. It’s sharing that takes courage.” —Simon Sinek.
Lev Vygotsky: Through others

“Through others, we become ourselves.” —Lev Vygotsky.
Albert Einstein: Western science

“Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the Greek philosophers, and the discovery of the possibility to find out causal relationships by systematic experiment (during the Renaissance)” —- Albert Einstein.
Danny DeVito: Two dilemmas

“There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won’t stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won’t go?” —Danny DeVito.
Simon Sinek: Finite and infinite players

“Finite players play to beat the people around them. Infinite players play to be better than themselves.” —Simon Sinek.
Chinua Achebe: Integrity

“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” —-Chinua Achebe.
Tiberius Julius Caesar: Good shepherd

“It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.” —Tiberius Julius Caesar.
William Cowper: Applause

“O, popular applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?” —William Cowper.
Stefano Gabbana: Behind the scenes

“You have to work very hard behind the scenes, to make a message clear enough for a lot of people to understand.” —Stefano Gabbana.
Aayan Hirsi Ali: Link

“Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. But acknowledging that there is a link between Islam and terror is appropriate and necessary.” —Aayan Hirsi Ali.
Simon Sinek: Just tell the truth

“It’s easy to be honest. Just tell the truth.” —Simon Sinek.
Simon Sinek: New ideas

“New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how brilliant, they will die unless others work to spread them.” —Simon Sinek.
Auguste Rodin: Patience

“Patience is also a form of action.” —-Auguste Rodin.
Edward Deming: Bring data

“In God we trust. All others must bring data.” ––Edward Deming.
Steve Huffman: Texting

“I’m rarely in a position where I can actually answer my phone without being rude to someone else. Sometimes I look back and realize it’s been weeks since I’ve actually been alone. With texting, I can at least get a sense of what’s going on without interrupting what I’m doing.” —Steve Huffman.
Simon Sinek: Excessive drive for order

“An excessive drive for order interrupts the beautiful chaos needed for creativity to thrive.” —Simon Sinek.
Gabriel Legouve: Friend given by nature

“A brother is a friend given by nature.” —-Gabriel Legouve.