In art, vitality is the chaotic initial state; beauty is…

“The final state of affairs may not have been foreseen. Perhaps we are merely reading a plan into the world after the fact.”

— B.F. Skinner

Perfection is not a final state. It is a state of mind. There are ten thousand states of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

“Quantum mechanics says that it is completely correct to say that the universe’s evolution is determined not by how it started in the Big…

— Frank J. Tipler

One of the things all entrepreneurs struggle with is where their efforts will have the highest impact. Unfortunately, too many of us continue to…

— Lewis Schiff

Many companies forget what it means to make great products. After initial success, sales and marketing people take over and the product people eventually…

— Steve Jobs

It was as if nothing quite erased the initial shock of being kissed by someone who was not hers, a kiss that was stolen,…

— Suki Kim

After initial needs are met—enough food, shelter, comfort—there is no correlation between money and happiness. That's a difficult thing for people to believe.

— Geneen Roth

Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude…

— Marsha Petrie Sue

As our initial click fraud research study showed last year, there is an obvious problem in the online advertising world. The challenge is that…

— Flint McGlaughlin

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

— Lisa Guerrero

This bill would allow an employee to bring a claim against an employer decades after the alleged initial act of discrimination occurred. Trial lawyers,…

— Buck McKeon

I know that some of the folks in the press are uptight about this [moving the press corps out of the West Wing ],…

— Reince Priebus

. . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

— Howard Snell

Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated and that…

— John C. Maxwell

I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial…

— Ted Martinez