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==Aristotle==
A man who is a friend to everyone will not be seen as a friend to any
==Churchill, Winston==
==Churchill, Winston==
In relation to breaking the deadlock in the first World War "'Are there not other alternatives than sending our armies to chew barbed wire in Flanders"
In relation to breaking the deadlock in the first World War "'Are there not other alternatives than sending our armies to chew barbed wire in Flanders"
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==Deng,==  
==Deng,==  
It does not matter if the cat is white or black so long as it catches a mouse
It does not matter if the cat is white or black so long as it catches a mouse
==Diogenes==
Give me three anecdotes of a man and I will give you his character


==Thor, Carl==
==Thor, Carl==
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==Harrington, James==
==Harrington, James==
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it.
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it.
==Heraclitus==
Change is the only constant
==Kennedy, JFK==
==Kennedy, JFK==
Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan
Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan

Revision as of 11:29, 24 December 2011

Aristotle

A man who is a friend to everyone will not be seen as a friend to any

Churchill, Winston

In relation to breaking the deadlock in the first World War "'Are there not other alternatives than sending our armies to chew barbed wire in Flanders"


Deng,

It does not matter if the cat is white or black so long as it catches a mouse

Diogenes

Give me three anecdotes of a man and I will give you his character

Thor, Carl

Approximately right is better than exactly wrong

Harrington, James

Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it.

Heraclitus

Change is the only constant

Kennedy, JFK

Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan

Machievelli

Innovator makes enemies of those who prospered under old order and only lukewarm support from those who prosper