Archive for February, 2010
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- A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. ~ Samuel Parkes Cadman
- A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
- A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.~ Albert Einstein
- A young man is a theory; an old man is a fact. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
- Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. ~ Tehyi Hsieh
- Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides. ~Ruth Hubbard
- Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself. ~ Stanely G. Hall
- Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. ~ Immanuel Kant
- Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again. ~ Karl Popper
- I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes. ~ Billy Joel
- If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. ~ Albert Einstein
- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. ~ Yogi Berra
- It is not enough for theory to describe and analyze, it must itself be an event in the universe it describes. ~ Jean Baudrillard
- It is theory that decides what can be observed. ~ Albert Einstein
- Let us work without theorizing, ‘Tis the only way to make life endurable. ~ Voltaire
- No theory is good unless it permits not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. ~ Andre Gide
- Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
- Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about. ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
- The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual. ~ Walt Whitman
- Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. ~ William Pitt Chatham
- Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible. ~ Hosea Ballou
- Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. ~ Edith Hamilton
- There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed.~ Alfred Jules Ayer
- Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. ~ William Wordsworth
- You can’t run a business or anything else on a theory. ~ Harold S. Geneen
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- A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- All that counts in life is intention. ~ Andrea Bocelli
- Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. ~ Len Deighton
- Be intent on the perfection of the present day. ~ William Law
- By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment. ~ Dorothea Brande
- Every act is to be judged by the intention of the agent. ~ Author Unknown
- God has no intention of setting a limit to the efforts of man to conquer space. ~ Pius XII
- Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities. ~ Portuguese Proverb
- I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. ~ Lord Byron
- I’d rather attempt to do great things and blow it, than succeed at meaningless things and just get by. ~ Author Unknown
- If it is good then the deed is more important than the intention; if it’s bad then the intention is worse than the deed. ~ Spanish Proverb
- If your motive is good, a farting donkey won’t harm you. ~ Omani Proverb
- It is not good enough for things to be planned — they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation. ~ Pir Vilayat Khan
- It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state. ~ Ching Ning Chu
- Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. ~ Warren G. Bennis
- Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional. ~ African Proverb
- Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself, and passion has its dreams. ~ Oscar Wilde
- No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. ~ Author Unknown
- One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be “happy” is not included in the plan of “Creation.” ~ Sigmund Freud
- One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply. ~ Author Unknown
- Our intention creates our reality. ~ Wayne Dyer
- Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. ~ William A. Foster
- Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. ~ Thomas a Kempis
- That is the principal thing: not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being in the mood, but always forcibly to convert it into all things. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
- The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world’s greatest events are not produced, they happen. ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
- The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck. ~ B.C. Forbes
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions. ~ English Proverb
- The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. ~ Author Unknown
- There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
- To do things wrong with best intentions is better than acting to the letter of the law with evil intentions. ~ Hebrew Proverb
- We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us. ~ George Bernard Shaw
- What is the quality of your intent? ~ Thurgood Marshall
- When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it in practice. ~ Otto Von Bismarck
- Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones. ~ Natalie Clifford Barney
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- And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. ~ Confucius
- Carry laughter with you wherever you go. ~Hugh Sidey
- Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. ~ The Holy Bible
- If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast. ~ Ernest Hemingway
- I’m happy wherever I go, whatever I do. I’m happy in Iowa, I’m happy here in California. ~ Ashton Kutcher
- It makes you realize that people are the same wherever you go. ~ Nicholas Lea
- It’s about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest. ~ Lindsay Wagner
- Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~ Oscar Wilde
- Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can’t bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort. ~ Julian Schnabel
- The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in. ~ Paris Hilton
- The sky is the same color wherever you go. ~ Iranian Proverb
- These are skills we can take wherever we go in life, no matter what we do. ~ Millie Hogue
- We are going to follow wherever the facts lead us. ~ Henry Hyde
- We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch. ~ Lewis Thomas
- Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~ Confucius
- Wherever you go, God be with you. ~ I. Kamakawiwo’ole
- Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
- Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself. ~ Thomas a Kempis
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- A judge knows nothing unless it has been explained to him three times. ~ Traditional Proverb
- An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain all that he can’t see. ~ Author Unknown
- Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation. ~ Will Rogers
- Good luck needs no explanation. ~ Shirley Temple Black
- I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. ~ Katherine Mansfield
- I wept when I was born and every day explains why. ~ Spanish Proverb
- It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t. ~ Martin Van Buren
- It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. ~ Albert Einstein
- It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Listen. Don’t explain or justify. ~ William G. Dyer
- Never complain. Never explain. ~ Henry Ford
- Never explain — your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ~ Elbert Hubbard
- Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl. ~ Nellie McClung
- Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible. ~ Cesar Ritz
- The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ~ Harold Hook
- The less you know about a subject, the longer it takes you to explain it. ~ Author Unknown
- The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation. ~ Hilton Kramer
- The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. ~ Red Auerbach
- The simplest explanation is that it doesn’t make sense. ~ Professor William Buechner
- The way we treat another human being is the way we treat our Lord. That doesn’t need further explanation as much as it needs contemplation. ~ John P. Hahn
- There’s a time when you have to explain to your children why they’re born, and it’s a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then. ~ Hazel Scott
- There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. ~ Frank A. Clark
- To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas
- Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint. ~ Pablo Picasso
- You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. ~ Richard J. Clarke
- You can’t truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. ~ Author Unknown
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- A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish. ~ B.C. Forbes
- All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ~ Cyril Connolly
- Appreciate life instead of resisting it. ~ Judy Tatelbaum
- Appreciation can make a day — even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. ~ Margaret Cousins
- Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~ Voltaire
- Be grateful for yourself… be thankful. ~ William Saroyan
- By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. ~ Voltaire
- Do good and throw it into the sea — if it is not appreciated by an ungrateful man, it will be appreciated by God. ~ Lebanese Proverb
- Few love what they may have. ~ Ovid
- I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could. ~ George Bernard Shaw
- If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. ~ William James
- Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it. ~ William M. Thackeray
- No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~ St. Ambrose
- No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word father. ~ Lydia M. Child
- One gift creates appreciation, many gifts create expectation. ~ Tony Bright
- Pride… is the direct appreciation of oneself. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
- Take hold of a good minute. ~ Spanish Proverb
- The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The greatest need of every human being is the need for appreciation. ~ Author Unknown
- The half is greater than the whole. ~ Hesiod
- There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. ~ Author Unknown
- There’s no doubt about it, appreciation in any form at any time brightens anyone’s existence. And, like a beam of sunlight striking a mirror, the brightness is reflected back at you. ~ Author Unknown
- To be of value, expressions of appreciation must be continually renewed. ~ Sberee Parris Nudd
- Who I am is the best I can be. ~ Leontyne Price
- You only appreciate your father the day you become a father yourself. ~ Iranian Proverb
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