“The purpose of education is to fit us for life in a civilised community, and it seems to follow from the subjects we study that the two most important things in civilised life are Art and Science.” ArtTwoImportantSeemsPurposeCommunityEducationStudySubjectsFitImportant ThingsArt And ScienceCivilisedPurpose Of Education Author:Anthony Burgess
“I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I had that key idea of the software developer as an artist, once I had that idea, a whole bunch of other ideas flowed from that, because I realized that I need to go study the music industry, I need to study the book publishing and Hollywood and figure out how they do things, why they do them that way, and then I need to borrow, and rearrange, the things that they're doing to fit my industry so that I can invent and create this new industry.” WayNeedsI CanBookIdeasWholeArtistStudyFiguresKeysIndustryFitOkayHollywoodEdgesI RealizedBunchSoftwarePublishingMusic IndustryDevelopersBook Publishing Author:Trip Hawkins
“I came from a Hindi medium school the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.” MotivationalWantedSchoolFeltClassStudyCollegeFitMediumsPrincipalAdmissionHindiClasses In School Author:Lakshmi Mittal
“Man becomes fit and functionally valid only when, along with scholarship and expert skills, he has imbibed these values. The person who is wedded to Truth and Love would need nothing more for peace and happiness. When Creation is witnessed through these values, it becomes holy scripture, an inspiring lesson and guide,. Therefore I exhort you: Let Truth and Love be the goals for all your efforts and studies.” MenNeedsPersonsValuesGoalLove IsEffortStudyCreationFitHolyLessonsSkillsAnd LoveGuidesScriptureExpertsScholarshipPeace And HappinessHoly ScripturesTruth And Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people - be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday life situation.” PeopleIfsKnowsTwoDifferentReasonKidsSituationStudyWallFitSittingEverydaySwingsDisguiseEveryday LifeBenchesOld Lady Author:Michael Jackson
“The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have some new study on drought patterns from climate change. Or another little incremental improvement in photovoltaics. Where do those fit in to the daily stream? They don't.” LittlesBigsHappensStudyStreetsWallFitClimateClimate ChangeIraqPatternsOilImprovementStreamsBombsEarthquakesDroughtOil Price Author:Andrew Revkin
“Technology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. I spend most of my time studying new technologies. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in.” PeopleWorldTryingTechnologyStudyFitTasksMy TimeNew Technology Author:Carlos Slim