"I observe that there are two entirely different theories according to which individual men seek to get on in the world. One theory leads a man to pull down everybody around him in order to climb up on them to a higher place. The other leads a man to help everybody around him in order that he may go up with them."

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Elihu Root

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Two Quotes

“Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.”

Source : Thomas C. Foster (2009). “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”, p.17, Harper Collins
“When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.”
“One of the biggest mistakes that most people make is clinging to the excuse that the time isn't quite right to take action. Well, let me tell you something: In my experience, conditions are never right at the right time. The timing is always wrong. So if you're waiting for everything to be perfect before taking action, you have a foolproof excuse for never taking action.”
“As we progress, various shades of meaning and deeper levels of understanding will complement this initial effort.”
“A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information”

Source : "War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.
“Perfect, that's our plan then. But you'll have to give up being a priest first. I wouldn't want to just sit around whispering and sipping hot chocolate.”
“Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.”
“It is easy to sympathize with the MIS staffs around the world, I mean who hasn't lost work due to Windows or a Microsoft application crashing?”

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