“National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.” GovernmentLawAbilitySecurityTrustProtectAccountsPreservesNational SecurityElectoratePublic Trust Author:Al Franken
“This ability to incorporate the past gives the sharpest diagnostic tool, if one asks whether a body of knowledge is a science or not. Do present practitioners have to go back to an original work of the past? Or has it been incorporated? ... Science is cumulative, and embodies its past.” IfsKnowsGivingBodyPastScienceAsksAbilityKnowledgeToolsAccountsOriginalsCumulative Author:C.P. Snow
“Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.” MeanLittlesTwoOpportunityAbilityMorningMetsAccountsClockInstantaneous Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Trusting others puts us at risk. Yet failure to trust entails risk as well. The ability to navigate through this minefield successfully is one of life’s most valuable assets. DeSteno provides by far the best account of what science has learned about how we do this. The Truth About Trust is also a terrific read.” WellsAbilityRiskAccountsValuableAssetsTerrificNavigateMinefields Author:Robert H. Frank
“General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.” LittlesOpportunityAbilityOppositesAccounts Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The amount of money that a person has in his bank account is not determined by his starting capital but by his knowledge about money and his ability to manage it properly.” PersonsAbilityAmountAccountsStartingDeterminedManageBank Accounts Author:Sunday Adelaja
“The best way to look at any business is from the standpoint of the clients. So there are these certain basic things that aren't going to change. Companies are going to have needs for equity, debt, advice, FX, and derivatives. Individuals are going to have needs for auto loans, mortgages, something that looks like a deposit account, and the ability to send money to people. Those things aren't going to change.” PeopleWayNeedsLooksCertainIndividualAbilityCompanyAdviceAccountsDebtBest WayClientsEquityLoanMortgageStandpointDepositsDerivativesBasic Things Author:Jamie Dimon
“The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.” InterestAbilityAccountsPartnersCompromisePolitenessDiplomatic Author:Vladimir Putin
“Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office.” ThinkingMenShouldBookHomeYoungLeftWaitingAbilityWifeWillingOfficeAccountsWaveMoodSuperiorsEveningMathematicalProspectsUnmarriedAmorousNonchalantRohanYoung Wife Book:Mine Till Midnight Source: Mine Till Midnight
“Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.” PeopleGivingMayHas BeensSaidLightMy OwnAbilityGeniusAchievementAccountsFellowsBoundsDearDebtChairsRemarkablePushingCigaretteLightingPossessingLuminousHolmesConductorWatsonUnderratedPushing Back Book:The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels
“Ability is of little account without opportunity.” LifeInspirationalLittlesMotivationalSuccessOpportunityAbilityPositiveAccountsSocial JusticeLuckLife OpportunityRashness Author:Lucille Ball