“Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature.” MenLongResultsMoneyVirtueTradeChiefsMaking MoneyApplicationMistakenCompetenceSomething BetterIgnoble Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.” ArtistResultsAspectCodeInabilityCompetenceLiteralDepartureTrue ArtistsExactness Author:Edgar Alwin Payne
“The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt.” GrowthWealthResultsEffortAchievementAmbitionEnglandStriveBusyCirclesFranceVainContinentsMultitudesExpansionCompetenceNew EnglandToiling Book:Pioneers of France in the New World Source: Pioneers of France in the New World
“When reputable scientists correct flaws in an experiment that produced fantastic results, then fail to get those results when they repeat the test with flaws corrected, they withdraw their original claims. They do not defend them by arguing irrelevantly that the failed replication was successful in some other way, or by making intemperate attacks on whomever dares to criticize their competence.” WayResultsSuccessfulFailingAtheismTestsScientistClaimsOriginalsDarePositive AtheismArguingExperimentsFantasticRepeatsFlawsCriticizeCompetenceReplication Author:Martin Gardner