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“Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they have become the backbone of our theoretical formulation of physical laws.”
Source : "Particle Physics and Introduction to Field Theory: Revised and Updated First Edition". Book by Tsung-Dao Lee, 1981.
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“Leaders are active instead of reactive, shaping ideas instead of responding to them. Leaders adopt a personal and active attitude toward goals. The influence a leader exerts in altering moods, evoking images and expectations, and in establishing specific desires and objectives determines the direction an organization takes. The net result of this influence is to change the way people think about what is desirable, possible, and necessary. In other words, leaders are visionaries and managers operate within those established visions.”
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“She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ...”
Source : Barbara Pym (2015). “Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic”, p.8, Pan Macmillan
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“The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.”
Source : Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister (2013). “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams”, p.136, Addison-Wesley
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“I enjoy my time alone.”
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“This is the hardest job I've ever had, being a mom, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever had.”
Source : Interview with Andy Patrizio, www.ign.com. August 22, 2003.
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“It's not always that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. Sinners can surprise you. And the same is true for saints.Why do we try to define people as simply good or simply evil? Because no one wants to admit that compassion and cruelty can live side by side in one heart. And that anyone is capable of anything.”
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“I'm always frustrated that most Americans, even activists, know so little about the movements and people that have made America a better country. Yes, we still have plenty of problems and progressives have much more work to do, but we also need to celebrate the progressive pioneers who fought and won many victories that have made America a more democratic, inclusive country.”