"Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know."

-- Philip Sheridan

#Military Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained to them”
“Inspiration is everywhere so don't get trapped in reading and watching too much. Get out. Talk to people, friends, family, loved ones. Draw inspiration from everyday life. It has inexhaustible references and is always original.”
“The invisible government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the opinions and habits of the masses. To advertise on a scale which will reach fifty million persons is expensive. To reach and persuade the group leaders who dictate the public's thoughts and actions is likewise expensive.”
“Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.”

Source : "Future of the field calls for charisma and courage" by Kurt Riesselmann, www.fnal.gov. June 28, 2002.
“Modern economics and the welfare state borrowed heavily on the future.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.445, Spectra
“Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome.”
“The Heavenly City will vie with the moon and even the sun for beauty and splendour!”
“Beginning with the first day of life outside the womb, every child is asking two core questions: 'Am I loved?' and 'Can I get my own way?' These two questions mark us throughout life, and the answers we receive set the course for how we live.”

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