"Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force."

-- Henry Watson Fowler

#Running Quotes #Long Quotes #Ease Quotes

“When there's fear people act out in desperate ways.”
“Always do more than is required of you.”
“We (the DOE) are poisoning our people in the name of national security.”
“At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.”
“We have an army far better adapted to attack than to defend. Let us fight at advantage before we are forced to fight at disadvantage.”
“The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.”
“Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."”
“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”

Source : Antony Jay (1994). “Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft”, Jossey-Bass

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