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William Benton Clulow
"Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies."
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Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.136
William Benton Clulow
#Regret Quotes
#Knowledge Quotes
#Ignorance Quotes
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“Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them reality. Because you can be the best designer, but designing in your own place and with nobody wearing [your clothes], then what happens? You're nowhere.”
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“The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.”
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“But still it's like I said, when you hop in a cab in Italy and the guy doesn't speak English, uhh, you know, you have to start pointin' at things. You learn how to deal with it. What I'm tryin' to say is that it's not as convenient as touring in the states or say somewhere like Australia or even England where they speak the same language fluently.”
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“To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you; no two readers can ever inhabit the same world”
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“Products, profits, and paychecks are not enough anymore. These days, society cares how you treat your own workers. Customers want to know you promote the same values inside your walls as you do outside; job hunters want to know you care about them before they send in an application. Your culture is your brand. You need to create an organization where your employees believe in what you do.”
Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
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“The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from pure logic.... Most of the time, reaching the right decision requires little reasoning.... Expert systems are, thus, not about reasoning: they are about knowing.... Reasoning takes time, so we try to do it as seldom as possible. Instead we store the results of our reasoning for later reference.”
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“You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.”
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“The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its mission is to protect property.”
