“I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.” ImportantMajorsLuckPreparedFactorsDimensionsBe Prepared Author:J. Carter Brown
“In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.” ImportantJobsSportsEventsPreparedOpponentsPresentation Author:Keeth Smart
“Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply to new problems the old doctrinaire solutions, because it is prepared to experiment and innovate and because it knows that the past is less important than the future.” KnowsTryingDoeImportantPhilosophyProblemPastSolutionsTraditionPreparedExperimentsOur TimeLiberalism Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways?” WayImportantAgeFacesCoursesFatherLosesMiddleStupidPreparedArguingMiddle AgesOur FatherPrestigeNot Stupid Author:Robertson Davies