‘”Vision” is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity, it is as if we are talking about the past.’
—Simon Sinek.
Quotes
Jonathan Swift: Laws
“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.”
—-Jonathan Swift.
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Marcus Aurelius: Ranks of the insane
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
—Marcus Aurelius.
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George Orwell: Political language
“Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
—George Orwell.
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Carl Sagan: Prescription for disaster
“We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
—Carl Sagan.
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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 good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
—C.S. Lewis.
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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.
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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 very large admixture of insipid common sense.”
—Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
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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 long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination.”
—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
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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.
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Billy Idol: Misconception
“The biggest misconception people have about me is that I’m stupid.”
—Billy Idol.
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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.
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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.
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Simon Sinek: Let it out
“If you have it in you, you should let it out.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Bruce Lee: Use only that which works
“Use only that which works and take it from any place you can find it.”
—-Bruce Lee.
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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
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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.
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Charles Schulz: Just love one another
“The best theology is probably no theology; just love one another.”
—-Charles Schulz.
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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.
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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
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Simon Sinek: Responsibility
“For an employee to take responsibility, they must first be given it.”
—Simon Sinek.
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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.
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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.
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Alec Nove: Understand
“To understand is not to forgive. It is simply better than the alternative, which is not to understand.”
—Alec Nove.
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Alexander Suvorov: Win with ability
“Win with ability, not with numbers.”
—Alexander Suvorov.
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Simon Sinek: Lasting fulfillment
“When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Paul Celan: Homecoming
“Poetry is a sort of homecoming.”
—Paul Celan.
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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.
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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.
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Billie Jean King: Champion
“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”
—Billie Jean King.
