Alternatives Quote by Abba Eban Download Open image “Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives” — Abba Eban ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alternatives Exhausted Human beings Humans Inspirational
Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have to be able to adapt to new situation. It's another form of the definition of intelligent behavior. — Hasso Plattner Copy Share Image
“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger and trouble.... Nature never appeals to intelligence… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The problem with humans is that they are unable to handle their own intelligence. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Yet human intelligence has another force, too: the sense of urgency that gives human smarts their drive. Perhaps our intelligence is not just ended… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --” — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
“If Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable. — Twiggy Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look… — Dan Barber Copy Share Image
[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN. — Harold Covington Copy Share Image
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Maximise the alternative forms in which a user might receive a service, and the alternative sources of supply. — Don Chipp Copy Share Image
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
