“[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.” IfsDoeDecisionSituationAchieveMilitaryProduceBattleAimStrategyStrategicContinuationDislocation Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Statistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts, to add much to his or her previous achievements. However I am still making the effort and it is conceivable that with the gap period of about 25 years of partially deluded thinking providing a sort of vacation my situation may be atypical. Thus I have hopes of being able to achieve something of value through my current studies or with any new ideas that come in the future.” ThinkingYearsMayStillsIdeasSeemsWould BeAgeAbleValuesEffortSituationStudyAchievePeriodsAchievementResearchScientistAddCurrentsGapsVacationProvidingNew IdeasMathematicianImprobableHaving HopeDeluded Author:John Forbes Nash
“If you're playing things sincere in a really absurd, heightened situation, you'll achieve comedy as opposed to just saying funny lines and one-liners and stuff.” IfsStuffLinesSituationComedyAchieveAbsurdSincereOne LinerJust Saying Author:Jeff Baena
“[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.” KnowsWorldNeedsHumansWinningFictionSituationClassTechnologyFantasyAchieveWillingPureBasesInnovationScience FictionAriseNarrativeExtrasProseDistinguishedDisbeliefPseudoSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Kingsley Amis
“We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make. We have to recondition our people to accept themselves as they are, to not be ashamed of their real situation, to be satisfied with it, to glory in it, even” PeopleShouldRealSituationAcceptingSacrificeAchieveWillingLimitsGlorySatisfiedAshamedMentalityAchieving HappinessHappiness Within Book:Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87 Source: Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87
“A system depends on the players you have. I played 4-3-3 with Ajax, 2-3-2-3 with Barcelona and a 4-4-2 with AZ. I'm flexible. The philosophy stays the same though. I don't think that you can adapt it to every possible situation. You need the right mindset, and it depends on how the players see the coach and vice versa. The coach is the focal point of the team but you need to have an open mind, and so do all the players. Everyone needs to work together to achieve a common goal.” ThinkingNeedsMindPhilosophyTogetherGoalCommonSituationPlayerTeamAchieveDependsVicesMindsetCoachesWorking TogetherFlexibleOpen MindVice VersaBarcelonaCommon GoalFocal PointAjax Author:Louis van Gaal
“As a skilled psychologist, Dr. Reznick draws from her wealth of experience to offer children and parents a treasure trove of skills to relieve stress. She presents well-written, easy-to-follow tools to use in every situation. From visualization techniques to breathing exercises, Dr. Reznick taps the power of a child's imagination to ensure kids achieve peace and success.” WellsChildrenUseKidsEasyParentImaginationWealthSituationWrittenAchieveExerciseOffersSkillsDrawsToolsStressTechniqueTreasureBreathingDrsPsychologistVisualizationChildren And ParentsWell WrittenStress RelievingChildren's Imagination Author:Judith Orloff
“That the mere matter of a poem, for instance--its subject, its given incidents or situation; that the mere matter of a picture--the actual circumstances of an event, the actual topography of a landscape--should be nothing without the form, the spirit of the handling, that this form, this mode of handling, should become an end in itself, should penetrate every part of the matter;Mthis is what all art constantly strives after, and achieves in different degrees.” ShouldArtDifferentEndsMatterFormSpiritPoetryGivenSituationAchieveSubjectsEventsPoetCircumstancesDegreesUnityMereStriveInstanceLandscapeStrifePenetrateIncidentsTopography Author:Walter Pater
“I see the situation of man in the world of planetary technicity not as an inexitricable and inescapable destiny, but I see the task of thought precisely in this, that within its own limits it helps man as such achieve a satisfactory relationship to the essence of technicity. National Socialism did indeed go in this direction. Those people, however, were far too poorly equipped for thought to arrive at a really explicit relationship to what is happening today and has been underway for the past 300 years.” PeopleMenWorldYearsHas BeensHelpingTodayPastSituationDestinyAchieveLimitsHappeningsTasksEssenceSocialismExplicit Author:Martin Heidegger
“The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur in the markets. Attitude is also how you handle the daily grind, the constant 2 steps forward and 2 steps back.” ImportantDealsAttitudeSituationStepsAchievePerformancesThirdsConstantHandleInevitableIngredientsGrindSteps ForwardAdversePeak PerformanceDaily Grind Author:Linda Bradford Raschke
“Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and identify the outcomes they would like to achieve in these situations. How can you be the parent you want to be whether or not your children are behaving as you would prefer?” ThinkingWantChildrenImportantIdeasValuesBeliefParentGoalSituationClearAchieveOur ChildrenYour ChildrenOutcomesBeliefs And Values Author:Timothy Carey
“I was much more of a naïve techno-optimist than I am now. I still believe that technology can help us come out of this situation with a richer humanity with less impact on the planet, but now I think it has to be paired with effective policy in order to achieve that.” ThinkingBelieveStillsHelpingHumanityOrderSituationTechnologyAchievePolicyPlanetsImpactOptimistI Still BelieveTechno Author:Ramez Naam
“Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even causes us to forget our hostility towards our enemies when they become powerful enough to help us achieve fame or fortune.” LoveSelfEnoughHelpingCausesForgetLove IsPowerfulSituationEnemyPrinciplesAchieveSelf LoveFameFortuneObligationRulingHostility Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“If the individual is narrowly concentrated on the goal, to the exclusion of other relevant aspects of the problem situation, he is often unable to achieve a solution. The creative thinker must stand sufficiently detached from his work.” IfsProblemIndividualGoalAttentionSituationCreativityCreativeSeeingAchieveSolutionsAspectIndividualityThinkerRelevantProblem SolvingDetachedExclusion Author:Mary Henle
“If there's no connection between the tactic and the result you're trying to achieve, and if in the process you can damage other people who are in fact innocent in the whole situation, I think you ought to re-examine whether what you're doing makes sense.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWholeFactsProcessResultsSituationAchieveOughtConnectionsInnocentMake SenseDamageTactics Author:Allard K. Lowenstein