"One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better."

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Source : "Ringworld". Book by Larry Niven, 1970.

Larry Niven

#Decision Quotes #Leader Quotes #Mark Quotes

“Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.”
“Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.”
“[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the orderly, Georgie, both of us on drugs, looking down at a patient with a knife sticking up out of his face. 'What seems to be the trouble?' he asked.”
“Why was Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the Fox debate such a big deal?”

Source : "Roundtable: Donald Trump's Media Tactics". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 30, 2016.
“Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who shall gather there in after times what manhood could do and dare for right, and what high examples of virtue and valor have gone before them. But let us make our offering to the ever-living soul. Let us build our benefactions in the ever-growing heart, that they shall live and rise and spread in blessing beyond our sight, beyond the ken of man and beyond the touch of time.”
“Iâ€™m not going anywhere near a motel with you.”
“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.”
“The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.”

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