"History is the great propagator of doubt."

-- A. J. P. Taylor

#History Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment in which getting the order out the door is the only thing that matters.”
“I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.”
“The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.”
“I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bahn, tv.avclub.com. July 17, 2009.
“At its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice.”
“I believe that in your heart you already know something is profoundly wrong. When bartenders are responsible for drunk drivers' acts, and gunmakers are responsible for criminals' acts, and nobody is responsible for O. J. Simpson's acts, something is wrong.”
“One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.”
“Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2011). “On Canaan's Side”, p.13, Faber & Faber

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