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Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Tags: conventional wisdom

Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.

Joseph J. Ellis

Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.

Joseph J. Ellis

Tags: american revolution, thomas jefferson

It's not a nice thing to send a penis to a woman. It's disrespectful.

Janet Evanovich

It's not a nice thing to send a penis to a woman. It's disrespectful.

Janet Evanovich

Tags: humor, woman, nice, disrespectful, penis, genitalia, stephanie plum, janet evanovich, dismemberment

I can’t and won’t promise you magic sales fairy dust or the Jedi Mind Trick for salespeople – they simply don’t exist.

Chris Murray

I can’t and won’t promise you magic sales fairy dust or the Jedi Mind Trick for salespeople – they simply don’t exist.

Chris Murray

Tags: business, money, trust, value, influence, negotiation, sales, sales effectiveness, sales training, selling

Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tags: causality, superstition

Shigure: We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.

Natsuki Takaya

Shigure: We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.

Natsuki Takaya

Tags: humor, laugh, fruits basket, shigure, being an ass

The audience was swell. They were so polite they covered their mouths when they yawned.

Bob Hope

The audience was swell. They were so polite they covered their mouths when they yawned.

Bob Hope

Tags: thank, yous, closures

A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.

Anonymous

A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.

Anonymous

Tags: heredity

In the last four days I have got the (results) given by Tantalum, Chromium, Manganese, Iron , Nickel, Cobalt and Copper ... The chief result is that ... the result for any metal (is) quite easy to gue...

Henry Moseley

In the last four days I have got the (results) given by Tantalum, Chromium, Manganese, Iron , Nickel, Cobalt and Copper ... The chief result is that ... the result for any metal (is) quite easy to gue...

Henry Moseley

Tags: science, physics, chemistry, atoms, early death, scientist, elements, pioneer, atomic theory, pioneering scientist

When you feel negative energy coming your way,DOA-Dismiss On Arrival

Charmaine J. Forde

When you feel negative energy coming your way,DOA-Dismiss On Arrival

Charmaine J. Forde

Tags: negative, energy, dismiss, arrival, doa

Birthing hope from the madnessthat perches on the fenceof our once perfectdreams.

Jessica Kristie

Birthing hope from the madnessthat perches on the fenceof our once perfectdreams.

Jessica Kristie

Tags: poetry, poems, poetry life, poetry love, poems on life, micropoetry

Police officers are well known for their aggressive behaviors, search "Police Officer Angry Aggression Theory". I can speak from personal experience that they do cover up for each other and target ind...

Steven Magee

Police officers are well known for their aggressive behaviors, search "Police Officer Angry Aggression Theory". I can speak from personal experience that they do cover up for each other and target ind...

Steven Magee

Tags: experience, vendetta, up, angry, theory, personal, target, machine, speak, police

Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife, logic its housekeeper, and language its poorly paid secr...

Gerald Edelman

Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife, logic its housekeeper, and language its poorly paid secr...

Gerald Edelman

Tags: consciousness, cognitive science, amazing metaphor

When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don't wait for the second time before you address it or cut them off. Many survivors are used to the "wait and see" tactic which only leave...

Shahida Arabi

When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don't wait for the second time before you address it or cut them off. Many survivors are used to the "wait and see" tactic which only leave...

Shahida Arabi

Tags: healing, boundaries, toxic people, toxic relationships, healthy relationships, healing insights, abusive people, healthy boundaries, complex ptsd

The rig began shaking like caffeine withdrawal." --Opening sentence of THE FURY. "The duct-taped Buick swam north on Rush Street, hunting whores like a lesser white shark." --First sentence of Chapter...

Shane Gericke

The rig began shaking like caffeine withdrawal." --Opening sentence of THE FURY. "The duct-taped Buick swam north on Rush Street, hunting whores like a lesser white shark." --First sentence of Chapter...

Shane Gericke

Tags: adventure, mystery, thriller, terrorism, chicago, narcotics, cartels, cia, dea, fbi

If real, regular, normal, boring life, (when you're at home every day, seeing the same people, doing the same things) is like sitting at home on the floor surrounded by toys... traveling feels to me l...

Alex Day

If real, regular, normal, boring life, (when you're at home every day, seeing the same people, doing the same things) is like sitting at home on the floor surrounded by toys... traveling feels to me l...

Alex Day

Tags: change, life, travel, try, changing, variety, changes, keep moving forward, trying, explore

Live your dreams, not your fears! A.Hume

Albina Hume

Live your dreams, not your fears! A.Hume

Albina Hume

Tags: dreams, travel, romance, autobiography, south africa, finding love, ukraine

Every morning I look in the mirror and remind myself: "No one owes you sh*t!" In this way, I am never disappointed. Never placing blame.

Brandi L. Bates

Every morning I look in the mirror and remind myself: "No one owes you sh*t!" In this way, I am never disappointed. Never placing blame.

Brandi L. Bates

Tags: business, leadership, success, motivation, blame, train, shame, guilt, ceo, victimized

Whenever there is love beyond boundaries .... Whenever trust flows deeper than oceans .... Nevertheless, a Trial is born .... You pass that trial, sacred you shall be .... if you don't, your are immor...

M.W.Latif

Whenever there is love beyond boundaries .... Whenever trust flows deeper than oceans .... Nevertheless, a Trial is born .... You pass that trial, sacred you shall be .... if you don't, your are immor...

M.W.Latif

Tags: life, love, patience, joy, life experience, life philosophy, survival, trials of life, wanderer, suspicion

Everyone experiences the feelings of sadness and loneliness. We might rue our lack of companionship, but some people present a desperate need for aloneness. Being alone allows a person to think, imagi...

Kilroy J. Oldster

Everyone experiences the feelings of sadness and loneliness. We might rue our lack of companionship, but some people present a desperate need for aloneness. Being alone allows a person to think, imagi...

Kilroy J. Oldster

Tags: sad, sadness, solitude, loneliness, sadness loneliness, aloneness, solitude quotations
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