"Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground."

--

Phil Bredesen

#Thinking Quotes #Feet Quotes #Tanks Quotes

“When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which man finds himself.”
“Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't win.”
“You can't keep changing the rules based upon who holds political power.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!”
“A couple years ago, I felt like I was in a dead end, and I kept asking myself, "How do you get out of a dead end?" People would say the answer is, "You just turn around." But that was not the answer that I was going to accept. I realized, for me, that getting out of a dead end was literally the world turning upside down, and I had to fall out of the dead end. So you have to surrender, so I've really learned how to surrender, practice unconditional love. With my art, I've always put out things I love.”
“Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to believe your own lies. You canâ€™t leak your hidden intentions if you donâ€™t think they are your intentions. According to his theory of self-deception, the conscious mind sometimes hides the truth from itself the better to hide it from others. But the truth is useful, so it should be registered somewhere in the mind, walled off from the parts that interact with other people.”
“People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.”
“Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones.”

Source : "Yelp CEO talks mobile growth, global expansion... and doner kebabs". Interview with Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2013.

You may also like:

Bart Gordon
Former U.S. Representative
Bill Frist
Former United States Senator
Bob Corker
United States Senator
Jim Cooper
U.S. Representative
John Jay Hooker
Attorney
Marsha Blackburn
United States Representative
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Zach Wamp
Former U.S. Representative