“While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.” ImportantResultsAchieveDisasterDesirable Book:the new industrial state Source: the new industrial state
“if we continue with what is surely our greatest Western temptation, and think that in some way history owes us a solution, that we can, by pursuing our own most parochial self-interest, achieve in some miraculous way a consummation of world order, then we are heading not simply towards great disappointments, but towards disaster and tragedy as well.” IfsThinkingWorldWayWellsSelfOrderInterestAchieveSolutionsTragedyWesternDisappointmentDisasterTemptationImperialismMiraculousSelf InterestHeadingsWorld Order Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“People have to decide, first of all, how they'd like to live, and how secure they want to be from disaster. After that, scientists can help determine what would be necessary to achieve that.” PeopleWantFirstsHelpingWould BeAchieveScientistDetermineDisasterSecure Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“There are so many ways to lose, but so few ways to win. Perhaps the best way to achieve victory is to master all the rules for disaster, and then concentrate on avoiding them.” WayWinningLosesAchieveMastersVictoryDisasterBest WayAvoiding Book:The Education of a Speculator Source: The Education of a Speculator