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greatness means wants
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants William Cobbett
greatness using
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher
greatness last
I thought we showed some greatness last night. Joe Paterno
greatness misery prove
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. Blaise Pascal
greatness men ignorant
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.
greatness men tree
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
greatness men touching
A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
greatness men class
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
greatness men feelings
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.
engineering long people
The required techniques of effective reasoning are pretty formal, but as long as programming is done by people that don't master them, the software crisis will remain with us and will be considered an incurable disease. And you know what incurable diseases do: they invite the quacks and charlatans in, who in this case take the form of Software Engineering gurus. Edsger Dijkstra
engineering risk brain
Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every field combining high risk and complexity. Checklists seem lowly and simplistic, but they help fill in for the gaps in our brains and between our brains. Atul Gawande
engineering mind ridicule
Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far. Alfred P. Sloan
engineering engineers irrationality
An engineer cannot participate in irrationality ... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
engineering vision
The engineering is secondary to the vision. Cynthia Ozick
engineering want firsts
The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else. Clifford Stoll
engineering world saving
Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it's about controlling the world. Vandana Shiva
engineering audio next
When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it. Dave Grohl
engineering years personality
For the personality, bankruptcy or failure may be a disaster. For the soul, it may be grist for its strangely joyful mill, and a condition it has been secretly engineering for years. David Whyte
battle community fighting life lost members opportunity relay remember support survived together
Relay for Life is an opportunity for residents to come together as a community to support community members who have survived cancer, who are fighting cancer, and to remember those who lost their battle with cancer. Anne Patterson
battles close good
Pavel is a very good player, ... We have had some close battles in the past. Tommy Haas
battle boys front job line offensive says win yards
Our offensive line did an outstanding job tonight. I thought if we would win the battle up front we would win the game. When your tailbacks are averaging over 12 yards a carry, that says a lot about the big boys up front.
battle hard legs talking tired
Our legs were tired tonight. Everyone is talking about the things we can win, but we had to battle hard tonight.
battles digging early good halftime job last message players proud reminded training won
Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded the players that battles are not won by digging in. If you dig in, you just become a target. Battles are won by attacking. The players did a very good job of that, and they can be proud of themselves. Al Groh
battle carry happened mission people remind
Our mission is to carry on the Amistad story and its legacy. We have been to 80 ports to remind people of what happened and to battle racism. Michael D. Barnes
battle oracle tough
Oracle is a tough place to work; it's like a battle every day.
battle hard people understand
People just don't understand how we battle and how hard we try to win,
battle bit dry fighting fights-and-fighting negative normally ratio uphill winning
Statistically, we're fighting an uphill battle when we're on the negative turnover ratio and winning games, especially on the road, ... That's not normally the correlation. ... Right now, we're in a little bit of a dry spell. Bill Belichick