3 December 2020 Edward de Bono Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
3 December 2020 Angelina Jolie I’m getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can’t stop lifting it, and I love that you know.
3 December 2020 LeBron James When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.
3 December 2020 Elliot Richardson Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?
3 December 2020 Nelson Mandela Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
3 December 2020 King Hussein I Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari’a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.
3 December 2020 Elizabeth I My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England’s hate neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
3 December 2020 Nancy Pelosi Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
3 December 2020 Jose Marti Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
3 December 2020 Stone Gossard I think if you exercise, your state of mind – my state of mind – is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.
3 December 2020 Fran Lebowitz As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
3 December 2020 Ben Stein I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
3 December 2020 Bob Kerrey There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
3 December 2020 Jane D. Hull I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.
3 December 2020 Abdul Kalam English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.
3 December 2020 Jean-Bertrand Aristide I will work to bring peace to everyone – whatever economic level – as long as you are Haitian.
3 December 2020 Theodore Sturgeon My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working.
3 December 2020 John Ralston Saul Bankers – pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.
3 December 2020 Chaim Potok But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.
3 December 2020 Emily Mortimer So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven’t realised.
3 December 2020 Jon Porter The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.
3 December 2020 Randall Terry For us to think we can enjoy, understand and practice the Christian religion with just Matthew to Revelation is foolishness.
