"Please your eye and plague your heart."

-- William Cobbett

#Eye Quotes #Heart Quotes #Plague Quotes

“First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.”

Source : Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.
“The only way to maximize group creativityâ€”to make the whole more than the sum of its partsâ€”is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In part, this is because the acceptance of error reduces cost. When you believe your flaws will be quickly corrected by the group, you're less worried about perfecting your contribution, which leads to a more candid conversation. We can only get it right when we talk about what we got wrong.”
“Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge.”
“The Democratic Party will now stick with its guy forever, no matter how harmful he is. Perhaps you call that loyalty, and perhaps there's something to it, but a bigger part, I believe, is that you have come to think that winning is everything-that victory is the purpose of politics.”
“Bowman turned his back on her and began to search the place methodically and exhaustively. When one searches any place, be it a gypsy caravan or a baronial mansion, methodically and exhaustively, one has to wreck it completely in the process.So, in a orderly and systematic fashion, Bowman set about reducing Czerda's caravan to a total ruin.”

Source : Alistair MacLean (1974). “Caravan to Vaccarès”
“The Montessori Method- learning by doing-once again became my stock in trade...”

Source : Katharine Graham (1998). “Personal History”, Vintage Books
“There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship”
“Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".”

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