“Obviously if you want to get good at something which is competitive, you have to think about it and practice a lot. You have to keep learning because world keeps changing and competitors keep learning. You have to go to bed wiser than you got up. As you try to master what you are trying to do – people who do that almost never fail utterly. Very few have ever failed with that approach. You may rise slowly, but you are sure to rise.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantTryingMayPracticeFailingMastersBedApproachWiserCompetitorsKeep Learning Author:Charlie Munger
“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.” MaySeemsArtistCultureExpressionCommunicationApproachObviousLayersRealismUnnecessaryMisunderstoodAmerican CultureMagical RealismFreedom Of ExpressionIranianMagic Realism Author:Shirin Neshat
“For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.” IfsMayLosesLinesStudyMilitaryBalanceApproachAspectSightStrategyResistancePsychologicalAppealsOpponentsIndirectObviousness Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“A single inattention may lose a chess game, whereas a single successful approach to a problem, among many which have been relegated to the wastebasket, will make a mathematician's reputation.” MayHas BeensProblemGamesLosesSuccessfulApproachChessReputationMathematicianChess GameInattention Book:Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth Source: Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth
“One magnitude is said to be the limit of another magnitude when the second may approach the first within any given magnitude, however small, though the second may never exceed the magnitude it approaches.” FirstsMaySaidGivenLimitsApproachMathematicsExceedMagnitude Author:Jean le Rond d'Alembert
“I am a great believer in high-priced people. If a thing cost a lot it may not be any better, but it adds a certain amount of class that the cheap thing can never approach; in the long run it's the higher-priced things that are the cheapest.” PeopleIfsMayLongRunningCertainBusinessClassAmountHigherCostApproachAddBelieverLong RunsCheap Things Book:Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President Source: Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President
“The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock. He is quite a kindly judge: if God should have a reasonable defense for being the god who permits war, poverty, and disease, he is ready to listen to it. The trial may even end in God's acquittal. But the important thing is that Man is on the bench and God is in the dock.” IfsMenShouldMayPersonsImportantWarEndsPovertyRolesModernReadyJudgingDiseaseApproachShould HaveImportant ThingsAncientDefenseTrialsReasonablePermitAccusedBenchesModern ManDocksAcquittal Author:C. S. Lewis
“With vertical thinking one may look for different approaches until one finds a promising one. With lateral thinking one goes on generating as many approaches as one can even after one has found a promising one. With vertical thinking one is trying to select the best approach but with lateral thinking one is generating different approaches for the sake of generating them.” ThinkingTryingLooksMayDifferentFoundGoes OnApproachSakeSelectVerticalLateral ThinkingDifferent Approach Author:Edward de Bono
“Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.” HeartMayEyeLove IsSweetApproachBeatsGoing AwayDespised Book:The Best Short Stories Source: The Best Short Stories