“Linear programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of the simplex method, optimal policy decisions for a broad class of practical decision problems of great complexity. In the real world, planning tends to be ad hoc because of the many special-interest groups with their multiple objectives.” MenWorldGivingMeanRealStatesProblemInterestAbilityDecisionClassGroupsSpecialPolicyHe ManDevelopmentMethodPlanningPracticalsObjectivesRevolutionaryComplexityProgrammingBroadsReal WorldAdsMultipleLinearSpecial InterestsOptimalInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:George Dantzig
“Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” MayWisdomTogetherPeaceGoalFreedomAbilityLibertyKnowledgeSecurityMilitaryHugeDifficultyAdversityMethodDefensePeacefulFarewellMachineryUfoKnowledgeableKnowledge WisdomCitizenryMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell AddressTake Nothing For GrantedSecurity And Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.” UseChristianOrderCoursesAbilityCompassionMeditationBuddhismMethodForgivingTechniqueDevotionBuddhistMonkNun Author:Dalai Lama
“The easiest method of acquiring the habit of scholarship is through acquiring the ability to express oneself clearly in discussing and disputing scholarly problems. This is what clarifies their import and makes them understandable. Some students spend most of their lives attending scholarly sessions. Still, one finds them silent. They do not talk and do not discuss matters. More than is necessary, they are concerned with memorizing. Thus, they do not obtain much of a habit in the practice of scholarship and scholarly instruction.” StillsMatterProblemAbilityPracticeStudentsHabitConcernedMethodSilentOneselfInstructionSessionScholarshipDiscussingAttendingImportsScholarlyMemorizing Author:Ibn Khaldun
“Teaching is not about information. It's about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students. It requires no method, no tools, and no training. Just the ability to be real. And if you can't be real, then you have no right to inflict yourself upon innocent children.” IfsChildrenRealAbilityTeachingHonestInformationStudentsIntellectualTrainingToolsMethodInnocentBeing RealInnocent Children Author:Paul Lockhart
“The close-up has no equivalent in a narrative fashioned of words. Literature is totally lacking in any working method to enable it to isolate a single vastly enlarged detail in which one face comes forward to underline a state of mind or stress the importance of a single detail in comparison with the rest. As a narrative device, the ability to vary the distance between the camera and the object may be a small thing indeed, but it makes for a notable difference between cinema and oral or written narrative, in which the distance between language and image is always the same.” MindMayStatesFacesLiteratureLanguageDifferencesAbilityWrittenObjectsImportanceStressCamerasMethodDistanceDetailsNarrativeCinemaComparisonDevicesState Of MindLackingSmall ThingsVaryNotable Author:Italo Calvino
“I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I made a kind of road for them, you might say. If I raised my price, they found out about it and raised theirs. But somebody had to start it, to make the first move. You have to have the courage and confidence in your own ability. You have to know what the hell and who the hell you are in this business. Music may change, but I don't think that ever will.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsKindMayMadeDoneMightMovingFoundAbilityHellBandMethodRaised Author:Benny Goodman
“Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.” PeopleWellsProcessAbilitySourceFineSkillsMethodTortureSubtleInvestigationGiftedColleaguesPlaygroundsDegeneratesCultivatingQuick Fixes Author:Vladimir Bukovsky
“I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.” MenPlayUseLife IsCultureLanguageStrongAbilityMachinesMethodHip HopCurrentsDetailsWork OutRhythmHipsHopsRapperVery StrongCliffsWashingSlangWashing MachinesDetails Of LifeLaundromats Author:Jim Jarmusch
“One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.” FormAbilityGeniusMethodIgnorantFlightFortunateRoutineMediocrity Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and yet do not work by method ; thus Cratistus in our time was able to obtain the required result from first principles, and those the fewest possible, but it was his natural gift which helped him to the discovery.” FirstsMayAbleScienceNaturalAbilityResultsPrinciplesHard WorkSolutionsDiscoveryMethodAidsOur TimeAptitudeNatural Gifts Author:Proclus
“The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures simply won't suffice. Even with oversight the policies and procedures may not be effective: my access to Motorola, Nokia, ATT, Sun depended upon the willingness of people to bypass policies and procedures that were in place for years before I compromised them successfully.” PeopleYearsMayAbilitySunSecurityInformationPolicyTrainingMethodAccessCompromiseWillingnessUsersProceduresComprehensiveOversightBypassIntrudersTraining And EducationNokiaPolicies And Procedures Author:Kevin Mitnick
“I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the theory of probability. Perfect knowledge alone can give certainty, and in nature perfect knowledge would be infinite knowledge, which is clearly beyond our capacities. We have, therefore, to content ourselves with partial knowledge - knowledge mingled with ignorance, producing doubt.” GivingWould BeScienceSoundAbilityPerfectKnowledgeDoubtImpossibleIgnoranceTheoryCapacityInfiniteMethodConvincedCertaintyProbabilityInfinite Knowledge Author:William Stanley Jevons
“When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, 'Jump,' no one asked how high. People simply pushed off or leapt up to the extent that physical ability and personal decorum allowed. In that airborne instant Mr. Halsman clicked the shutter. He called his method jumpology. The idea of having people jump for the camera can seem like a gimmick, but it is telling that jumpology shares a few syllables with psychology. As Halsman, who died in 1979, said, 'When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears.'” PeoplePersonsSaidIdeasRealSeemsFallAsksAbilityAttentionPsychologyShareDiedCamerasMethodPhotographerInstantMaskJumpingSyllablesReal PersonGimmicksShuttersDecorumAirbornePhysical Ability Author:Philippe Halsman
“If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and those who play Chopin. It might seem that they involve different skill sets, but I don't think that's true: whether playing Ives or Bach or Beethoven, you must bring the same imagination, the same sensitivity, and an ability to deal with same kinds of musical problems. The method behind my madness, anyway, is to keep plugging away at this idea.” IfsThinkingFeelsKindIdeasDifferentPlayProblemSeemsMightImaginationAbilityDealsBehindsOne ThingSkillsMadnessMethodMusicalDistinctionVery StrongSensitivityPianist Author:Jeremy Denk