“To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.” ProcessTermResultsDemocracyConsequenceOneselfDefinitionsPracticalsCharacteristicsUnwanted Author:Thomas Sowell
“A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure.” ResultsPlansRiskSeriousDefinitionsPlanningOptimisticUnderestimateScenarios Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.” WayMotivationalSimpleResultsInspireDefinitionsDefinition Of Leadership Book:The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything Source: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
“The more elevated a culture, the richer its language. The number of words and their combinations depends directly on a sum of conceptions and ideas; without the latter there can be no understandings, no definitions, and, as a result, no reason to enrich a language.” IdeasReasonCultureLanguageUnderstandingResultsNumbersDependsDefinitionsCombinationLatterNo ReasonConception Author:Anton Chekhov
“Senator Rand Paul reflected on Mitt Romney's potential 2016 campaign and said, 'It's sort of what Einstein said, that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.' When someone told him Einstein didn't actually say that, he said, 'In the words of Gandhi, 'My bad.''” SaidDifferentResultsDefinitionsCampaignsInsanitySenatorsRomneyDefinition Of Insanity Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Though it is fairly easy to describe what constitutes a bad home, there is no simple definition of a good one. Conformity with the traditional pattern certainly is no guarantee of the happiest results.” HomeEasySimpleResultsFamilyPatternsDefinitionsTraditionalGuaranteesConformity Book:Women's Two Roles: Home and Work Source: Women's Two Roles: Home and Work
“Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition. We would be humiliated in that defeat.” StatesWould BeUnitedResultsUnited StatesDefeatIraqDefinitionsDefeatedHumiliationHumiliatedWithdrawal Author:Howard Dean
“Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition. We would be humiliated in that defeat. I don't think there's any other way to argue it. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is a separate question.” ThinkingWayStatesWould BeUnitedResultsUnited StatesGood ThingsDefeatIraqDefinitionsArguingBad ThingsDefeatedHumiliationHumiliatedWithdrawal Author:Tucker Carlson
“Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of good and bad and what is right and wrong in itself, and not just as a result of the process.” PeopleIfsStillsEndsDoneLawUniverseProcessJusticeResultsMoralPrinciplesDefinitionsAlternativesGood And BadEnd ResultsAmerican Law Author:Francis George