“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.” InspirationalUseFunnyKnowledgeAdviceOneselfWittyThings To DoGood AdviceFunny ThanksgivingIdeal Husband Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” LifeGivingShouldWritingHumansProblemMotivationalAbleScienceOrderDiesCultureFightingHuman BeingsKnowledgeLearningPlansAdviceDyingDesignBuildingWallBalanceComfortComputerProgramAccountsManagementAtheistSolveBonesShipsCooksMealsInsectsEquationsBadassInvasionSonnetButchersDiapersHogManureSpecializationTastyStranger In A Strange LandRenaissance Man Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.” IfsKnowsEducationKnowledgeTeachTeacherTeachingAdviceTortureEducatorBest TeacherGreat TeachingTeaching OthersTeachers From Kids Book:The New Dictionary of Thoughts Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts
“No engineer can go upon a new work and not find something peculiar, that will demand his careful reflection, and the deliberate consideration of any advice that he may receive; and nothing so fully reveals his incapacity as a pretentious assumption of knowledge, claiming to understand everything.” MayScienceUnderstandingKnowledgeAdviceHard WorkDemandReflectionCarefulAssumptionConsiderationPeculiarEngineersDeliberatePretentiousIncapacityNew Work Author:John B. Jervis
“In my own view, some advice about what should be known, about what technical education should be acquired, about the intense motivation needed to succeed, and about the carelessness and inclination toward bias that must be avoided is far more useful than all the rules and warnings of theoretical logic.” ShouldScienceMotivationMy OwnViewsKnownKnowledgeAdviceNeededSucceedLogicIntenseWarningBiasInclinationAvoidedTheoreticalAcquisitionCarelessnessTechnical Education Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“Learn the leading precognita of all things-no need to turn over leaf by leaf, but grasp the trunk hard and you will shake all the branches. Advice cherished by Samuel Johnson that that, if one is to master any subject, one must first discover its general principles.” IfsNeedsFirstsHardTurnsPrinciplesKnowledgeAdviceSubjectsMastersAll ThingsBranchesShakesOver ItLeafsJohnsonTrunks Author:Samuel Johnson
“Stay in college, get the knowledge. And stay there until you're through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Advice to a young person to continue his education.” IfsPersonsYoungScienceKnowledgeAdviceCollegeBreadPenicillin Author:Muhammad Ali
“Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.” PeopleFirstsUseMotivationalLastsMotivationEasyUnderstandingQualityKnowledgeAdviceDangerousIntegrityLimitsCapacityExperienceThirdsBasesBlindMotiveMeaninglessFourthProvidingCeoFifthPromotionHiringGood AdviceImpotenceGreat LeadershipKnowledge ExperienceUnderstanding Knowledge Author:Dee Hock