"Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges!"

-- Jim George

#Issues Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Transition Quotes

“I can't decide if this movie is so spectacularly, breathtakingly dumb as to induce stupidity in anyone who watches, or so brutally brilliant that it disarms all reason. What's the difference?”

Source : "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Autobots" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2011.
“I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.”
“Turn wishful thinking into positive action. Those who take a proactive stance in their lives tend to have an ample supply of joy and pleasure”
“What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you read, laugh. We all know that the pundits can't predict short-term market movements. Yet there they are, desperately trying to sound intelligent when they really haven't got a clue.”
“Don't look at people like they're fools. I don't want to be misunderstand...and I don't want to be a fool again.”
“Rigor is not a substitute for imagination.”

Source : Gary A. Klein (2017). “Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions”, p.269, MIT Press
“At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon to be her death by drowning way too far out at sea.”

Source : Dana Stabenow (2011). “Dead in the Water”, p.10, Gere Donovan Press
“For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause.”

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