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It is a lot better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

Quote of the Week 22 " It is a lot better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction ." ―  A @ProfFeynman tweet Source: Tweet

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

Quote of the Week 21 " Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do. " ―  Jean Piaget Triggered by the use of the  quote  in a recent tweet by François Chollet.

All actual life is encounter.

Quote of the Week 20 " All actual life is encounter. " ―  Martin Buber (I and Thou) Variant translation: "All real life is meeting." "Alles wirkliche Leben ist Begegnung." ―  Martin Buber (Ich und Du) Triggered by the use of the  quote  in a recent podcast .

They lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.

Quote of the Week 19 " They lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them. " ―  Elena Gorokhova ( A Mountain of Crumbs ) Triggered by the use of a variant of the quote attributed to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn : "We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie."

Don’t tell people what to do; tell them what you need accomplished, and you’ll be amazed at the results.

Quote of the Week 18 " Don’t tell people what to do; tell them what you need accomplished, and you’ll be amazed at the results. " ― George S. Patton Triggered by Marty Cagan's use of this variant of the quote in the Silicon Valley Product Group blog article " The Alternative to Roadmaps ". Original quote : " Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. "