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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
tactics-and-strategy tactics incentives
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures. Carlos Ghosn
tactics failing canyons
I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position, Bob Corker
tactics way different
You can't treat a romantic relationship the same way you do a business one, by being bossy. It takes tender, compromising, loving tactics. And that's such a different approach. Drew Barrymore
tactics
We can never have enough strategy. We have enough tactics but not enough strategy, Matthew Dowd
tactics logistics
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics Napoleon Bonaparte
tactics strategy worst
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy. George S. Patton
tactics would-be revolutionary
Terrorism works better as a tactic for dictatorships, or for would-be dictators, than for revolutionaries . Christopher Hitchens
tactics impossible terrorism
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
tactics sides usual
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides. Iain Banks
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
tests failing explanation
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch
tests majority failing
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
tests poultry clients
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that. Bryan Shelton
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Arnold Bennett
tests faces indifference
The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society. Edwin Land
tests way facts
Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact. Bill Nye
tests rings universe
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it. C. S. Lewis
tests
We meet all life's greatest tests alone. Agnes Macphail