"Nature is a tinkerer, not an inventor."

-- Francois Jacob

#Inventor Quotes

“Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.”

Source : "Evan Davis: 'I'm a presenter who is gay rather than a gay presenter'". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. May 07, 2011.
“A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.”
“There is peace even in the storm”
“Except for some effects that I attribute mostly to age, my intuitive thinking is just as prone to overconfidence, extreme predictions, and the planning fallacy as it was before I made a study of these issues.”
“The bulk of my calls are from agents who are letting you know about material that's coming your way.”
“Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.”

Source : Elizabeth Janeway (1971). “Man's world, woman's place: a study in social mythology”
“On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.”
“There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified.”

Source : Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1870). “Political Economy for Beginners”, p.2, London ; Cambridge : Macmillan

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