"There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy."

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Source : John Christopher (2013). “When the Tripods Came”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

John Christopher

#Thinking Quotes #Worst Quotes #Policy Quotes

“Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.”
“The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.”
“Maybe it's not love that unites the world, but rather it's broken hearts.”
“Regularity chauvinists are people who insist that you have got to do the same thing every time, every day, which drives some of us nuts. Attention Deficit Disorder - we need a more positive term for that. Hummingbird mind, I should think.”
“The guy that's holding the ball gets hit a lot. Sometimes he gets banged up. We feel very comfortable with Jason.”
“Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.”

Source : "Stocktakings from an Apprenticeship". Book by Pierre Boulez, 1991.
“Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”
“As long as we see church life as a meeting weâ€™ll miss its reality and its depth. If the truth were told, the Scriptures tell us very little about how the early church met. It tells us volumes about how they shared life together. They didnâ€™t see the church as a meeting or an institution, but as a family living under Father.”

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