Quote Of The Week

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

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.

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 .

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."

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. "

Quote of the Week 17 " Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." ― misattributed to Oscar Wilde Source: Quote Investigator . See also: Professor Buzzkill .

Quote of the Week 16 " There is no truth, only belief." ― Unknown I have seen this quote attributed to René Descartes and David Hume but could not find a definitive source. See also " The Belief in Truth " and Oleg Filin's " The Portrait of M. Monroe " for expressing the same thought.

Quote of the Week 15 " Good artists copy. Great artists steal." ― Misattributed to Pablo Picasso Source: Quote Investigator

Quote of the Week 14 " Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen,  few in pursuit of the goal." ― Friedrich Nietzsche Triggered by the use of the quote in an internal presentation. " V iele sind hartnäckig in Bezug auf den einmal eingeschlagenen Weg, wenige in Bezug auf das Ziel ." ― Friedrich Nietzsche  ( Werk: Menschliches, Allzumenschliches I, Aph. 494 )

Quote of the Week 13 " The truth is rarely pure and never simple." ― Oscar Wilde Triggered by the use of the  quote  from "The Importance of Being Earnest" in a recent tweet  by  Kara Swisher.