“The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless.” ImaginationFashionExampleEntertainmentSuperiorsTechnologicalMasterpiecePhantomsMenaceFlawlessCraftsmanship Author:James Berardinelli
“A horse perceives eye contact as provocative, as if it and its status in the herd are not being respected. If it cannot avoid eye contact, it will react in a different way, by rebelling for example. In dressage you don't get anywhere by not showing respect, however superior your species might be. Any animal trainer can tell you that. In the mountains in Argentina there's a wild horse which will jump off the nearest precipice if any human tries to ride it.” IfsWayTryingHumansDifferentMightEyeAnimalExampleMountainHorseSpeciesSuperiorsContactPerceiveDifferent WaysHerdsTrainersProvocativeArgentinaPrecipiceEye ContactWild HorsesDressage Book:The Oslo Trilogy: The Redbreast, Nemesis and The Devil's Star Source: The Oslo Trilogy: The Redbreast, Nemesis and The Devil's Star
“I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.” PastChanceRecordsExamplePerformancesInvestingConvincedExpectedSuperiorsManagersFundMutualConsistentlyWorthlessPredictingFuture SuccessMutual FundSuperior Performance Author:Burton Malkiel
“I'd like to point out that I don't think that there is anything fundamentally superior in the GPL as compared to the BSD license, for example. But the GPL is what I want to program with, because unlike the BSD license it guarantees that anybody who works on the project in the future will also contribute their changes back to the community.” ThinkingWantCommunityExampleProjectsProgramSuperiorsGuaranteesLicenseGuarantees That Author:Linus Torvalds
“Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law. While there may be those of high intelligence who violate the law at times, the barbarian and the defective always violate it. Those who disregard the rules of society are not exhibiting a superior intelligence, are not promoting freedom and independence, are not following the path of civilization, but are displaying the traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and treading the way that leads back to the jungle.” WayWantMayLawPathRightsExampleIgnoranceOughtCivilizationConstitutionIndependenceFollowingSuperiorsTraitsJunglePromotingObservingDisregardBarbariansServitudeDefectiveSavageryTreadingSuperior Intelligence Author:Calvin Coolidge
“There are historic examples where a soft domination of certain states worked well. For instance the US, who dominated the Western alliance after World War II - with a giant army, an enormous population, and its globally superior economic power. This role is quite different for Germany today.” WorldWellsDifferentWarStatesTodayCertainRolesEconomicExampleArmyWesternPopulationEnormousSuperiorsInstanceWar Of The WorldsGiantsGermanyWorld War IiWorld War IDominationHistoricAlliancesEconomic Power Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski