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The alternative to systematic planning is decision-making based on history. This generally results in reactive management leading to crisis management, conflict management, and fire fighting.
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say ...
Melbourne said I'll put it in my own words: the time your friends need you is when they're wrong, Jean Louise. They don't need you ...
To respect law, a man carries mercy with his endeavours. To respect ethics, he moves on wasteful relationships.
At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their ...
Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;-All things, in short, to which belongThe charm, the grace that Timemakes strong,All these I prize, but (entre nous)Old ...
All scholarship, like all science, is an ongoing, open-ended discussion in which all conclusions are tentative forever, the principal value and charm of the game ...
Herr Schiller? Are there really any such things as ghosts?' The old man did not even show surprise at the question. He heaved a sigh. ...
To put on femininity with a vengeance suggests the power of taking it off.
I'm really, really tired of the past
Sometimes you don't know you'll miss a place until you're gone.
Culture derives its meaning from man's faith in God; it is never an end in itself, but always a means of expressing one's religious faith.
A true healer is the one who heals himself first so others can benefit from his own healing.
Being in Vietnam and being around a major story of the time was always a great shot of adrenaline.
A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.
Heart power is stronger than horsepower.
There's only one thing for Chicago to do, and that's to move to a better neighborhood.
It is hardly surprising that the malodorous field of garbology has not attained the popularity of rocket science, oil exploration, or brain surgery.
I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am not like politicians ...
That's the good thing about it. Nothing counts except what's goin' on around you.
When Death lurks at the door, the physician is considered as a God. When danger has been overcome, the physician is looked upon as an ...
This was what I'd always wanted . . . only now I understood the meaning behind the old curse, "May your every wish be granted.
Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can't possibly write a line you do it anyhow.
Rejection is the most difficult thing to over come !!
When you start out in this business, the Hall of Fame is not what you're thinking about. You think all you want to do is ...
To prosper soundly in business, you must satisfy not only your customers, but you must lay yourself out to satisfy also the men who make ...
For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect ...
A goal is a dream with a deadline." ~ Napoleon Hill
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.
My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.
For say what you will of lovers there's nothing so flattering to female vanity as the praise of a husband, because it is universally considered ...
I loved this idea of always being a foreigner. There's this thing where people bring cultures, bring the music together. I love it when the ...
First get a clear notion of what you desire to accomplish and then in all probability you will succeed in doing it.
The second you think that you are something is the same second you confirm that you are nothing
Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume ...
Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!
You see, every star hits periods of hardship, It takes a brighter light to inspire them through the darkness.
The danger lies in unconventional experiments signaling for a general license to do as they please, and pass off sloppy workmanship as creative intention.
Love renders all our plans and all our intentions a great big gamble.
If you want to save youself from problems just hold the hands of truth
Throughout my life, I've known that if I change my hair, if I change my look, people I know will blank me in the street.
Optogenetics is a real technology currently used to control animal brains for scientific research.
Always be ready to help another in need
The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his ...
Choose Trainspotting.
Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something ... Many of us are fundamentalists ... because it worked pretty well ...
The quest for absolute certainty is an immature, if not infantile, trait of thinking.
Learn from your failures & go on to the next challenge. It's okay to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.
La vida es un libro en blanco y negro y nosotros salimos a llenar unas hojas"Life is a book in white and black and we ...
Interrogated by Pearl about the smell of roasting men and whether the Chinese variety smelled different from white flesh, Wang Amah replied confidently that white ...