“Ernest Bevin had many of the strongest characteristics of the English race. His manliness, his common sense, his rough simplicity, sturdiness and kind heart, easy geniality and generosity, all are qualities which we who live in the southern part of this famous island regard with admiration.” HeartKindEasyCommonRaceQualityRegardSimplicityCommon SenseGenerosityIslandsCharacteristicsRoughAdmirationStrongestSouthernManlinessKind HeartGeniality Author:Ernest Bevin
“The practice of first developing a clear and precise definition of a process without regard for efficiency, and then using it as a guide and a test in exploring equivalent processes possessing other characteristics, such as greater efficiency, is very common in mathematics. It is a very fruitful practice which should not be blighted by premature emphasis on efficiency in computer execution.” ShouldFirstsProcessCommonPracticeClearGreaterComputerTestsRegardMathematicsDefinitionsGuidesDevelopingCharacteristicsExecutionEfficiencyExploringPreciseEmphasisPossessingPremature Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant. In other words, when qualified people are hired without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, religious or other differentiating characteristics, that will be the most significant, indeed momentous, event of all.” PeopleMomentsReligiousRaceEventsRegardGenderSignificantCharacteristicsMinoritiesQualifiedHiringReferringEthnicitySignificant Moments Author:Amy Trask
“If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''” IfsEndsChallengesNumbersQualityFieldsPersonalityPicksDeterminationRegardAdversityEndurePerseveranceGet UpPersistenceCharacteristicsTraitsPersistSeventiesSelectPerserveranceKnocked DownDetermination And SuccessDetermination MotivationalDetermination PerseverancePerseverance And DeterminationInspirational PerseveranceDetermination And PersistenceGreat DeterminationPerseverencePersistence InspirationalPerseverance Motivational Author:Richard DeVos
“It is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the intellectual that he judges new ideas not by their specific merits but by the readiness with which they fit into his general conceptions, into the picture of the world which he regards as modern or advanced.” WorldIdeasPhilosophyPoliticalModernJudgingFitIntellectualEconomicsRegardFeaturesMeritCharacteristicsConceptionNew IdeasReadiness Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain' does entail 'I feel a pain'. So scepticism loses its force - cannot open up its characteristic gap - with regard to that which ultimately most concerns us, pleasure and pain.” FeelsDoeSeemsPainSufferingForceLosesPleasureConcernRegardTablesCharacteristicsGapsPain And PleasureScepticism Author:Galen Strawson