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Alfred Nobel: I intend to...

Alfred Nobel: I intend to...

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its...

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Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Susanna Moodie: Large parties given...

Large parties given to very young children . . . foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress...

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Harold S Geneen: Leadership cannot really...

Harold S Geneen: Leadership cannot really...

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Source: Managing/...

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Harold S Geneen: It is better...

Harold S Geneen: It is better...

It is better to take over and build upon an existing business than start a new one.

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Lewis Mumford: I would die...

Lewis Mumford: I would die...

I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, This man was an absolute fool. None of...

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Marcel Duchamp: The chess pieces...

Marcel Duchamp: The chess pieces...

The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on...

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Thomas Edison: Results! Why, man,...

Thomas Edison: Results! Why, man,...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't...

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Isaac Newton: If I have...

Isaac Newton: If I have...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than any other...

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Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

'Hypotheses non fingo.' I feign no hypotheses.

Source: 'Principia mathematica',...

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Isaac Newton: Yet one thing...

Isaac Newton: Yet one thing...

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide,
The scriptures assures us the Lord will...

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Niels Bohr: There are some...

Niels Bohr: There are some...

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Source: In A Whack On...

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Werner Karl Heisenberg: Every tool carries...

Werner Karl Heisenberg: Every tool carries...

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it had been created.

Source: In...

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John Tyndall: Knowledge once gained...

John Tyndall: Knowledge once gained...

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Source: In...

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James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

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James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

Listen! There never was an artistic period. There never was an Art-loving nation.

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Saul Steinberg: The life of...

Saul Steinberg: The life of...

The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important...

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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

Source: In Webster's NewWorld...

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Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

Grandma Moses: I don't advise...

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as...

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