". . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice."

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Source : Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). “Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times”, p.44, Harper Collins

Laurence J. Peter

#Advice Quotes #Good Advice Quotes

“Gorgeous day here in Chicago. Sure is better than Canada.”
“Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.”
“Just as Americans have discovered the hidden energy costs in a multitude of products-in refrigerating a steak, for example, on its way to the butcher-they are about to discover the hidden water costs. Beginning with the water that irrigated the corn that was fed to the steer, the steak may have accounted for 3,500 gallons. The water that goes into a 1,000-pound steer would float a destroyer. It takes 14,935 gallons of water to grow a bushel of wheat, 60,000 gallons to produce a ton of steel, 120 gallons to put a single egg on the breakfast table.”
“Once a month, a woman turns from a beautiful flower into an angry hippopotamus.”
“I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.”
“I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners. I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher.”
“The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethovenâ€™s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most seductive, was written by Max Bruch. But the most inward, the heartâ€™s jewel, is Mendelssohnâ€™s.”
“We're a bit sensitive to blood around here. I'm sure you can understand that.”

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