Frances Cornford famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

  • The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

  • So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

  • When a planner speaks of implementing goals rationally, he implies that it is possible to demonstrate logically and experimentally the relationship between the proposed means and the ends they are intended to further.

  • I spend 60 percent of my time planning, 60 percent with people, and all other duties are completed with whatever time is left

  • To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

  • Give yourself a deadline to stop planning and to start taking action.

  • If you attack the Clintons publicly, make sure all your friends know that you are not planning suicide, that you're not careless when you drive a car.

  • Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.

  • Those who are unprepared to demonstrate tolerance cannot expect or even demand tolerance for themselves.