success

"Violence is so successful as a myth precisely because it does not seem to be mythic in the least. Violence simply appears to be the nature of things. It is what works. It is inevitable. ... The roots …"

"Grégoire de Saint-Vincent... was a Jesuit, taught mathematics in Rome and Prag , and was afterwards called to Spain by Phillip IV as tutor to his son... He wrote two works on geometry , giving in one …"

"Hasan Nizami writes that after the suppression of a Hindu revolt at Kol in 1193 AD, Aibak raised “three bastions as high as heaven with their heads, and their carcases became food for beasts of prey. …"

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

"the architect's drawings a transcription of the owner's perceptual requirements."

"To have a good crop we must weed the field, otherwise the rice will grow badly in spite of careful ploughing and abundant manuring. To be successful in increasing production and practicing thrift, we …"

"Thirty minutes into the game, I was quite comfortable. Then they got two goals back-to-back which certainly turned the game in their favour."

"To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance."

"We must resist the temptation to be “normal,” because those who are now considered normal accept the values and practices of an insane world. In modern society, for example, normal people strive to ac…"

"The computer makes it posible to create a central information centre of all human achievements; and for any individual, from the comfort of his own home, to interrogate that information. For example, …"

"Respect is something Otis achieved for himself in a way few people do. Otis sang "Respect when I come home." And Otis has come home."

"A tall, blonde, jock-type guy walked into one of the restaurants, and at his side was one of the sexiest girls I had ever seen... I followed them in my car for a few minutes, and when they entered a l…"

"We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal."

"Josef Albers's rule is to make order. As for me, I consider myself successful when I do something that resembles the lack of order I sense. ."

"Look for the mysterious in life. Wherever you look — in the white clouds, in the stars in the night, in the flowers, in a flowing river — wherever you look, look for the mystery. And whenever you find…"

"Pray for wet Summers, Winters wanting Rain."

"In America, success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement that matters."

"The greater the task uncertainty, the greater the amount of information that must be processed among decision makers during task execution in order to achieve a given level of performance."

"I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence."

"We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women."