"When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast."

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Source : "The First 100 Days: What Clinton And Trump Want To Get Done" by Scott Horsley, wrvo.org. October 27, 2016.

Benjamin Wittes

#Thinking Quotes #Promise Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“You donâ€™t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, â€˜Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look youngâ€™. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when youâ€™re not makes you look ridiculous.”
“Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
“A drug is a substance which, if injected into a rabbit, produces a paper.”
“Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.”
“I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.”
“As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise, laws that govern human wellbeing. It seemed to me that these laws are fundamental not only to the wellbeing of societies, but also to the miniature societies of organizations. Indeed, that is what we found when we began to apply these principles systematically at Koch Industries. Through our observation of how they could create prosperity in an organization, I began to systematize my beliefs into Market-Based Management.”
“Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives.”

Source : Terhune, Albert Payson (2014). “A Book of Famous Dogs”, p.79, Read Books Ltd
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