It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying unintended disadvantage. — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
If we live in the Nineteenth Century, why should we not enjoy the advantages which the Nineteenth Century offers? Why should our… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with perfection. I want to work. I don't want to stop. I want to take advantage and make myself the… — Drake Copy Share Image
“More often, they insist that their advantage lies not in having more to give but rather in being able to give more… — Fitzgerald Matt Copy Share Image
When the lights go out at a power plant sometime in the future, we're going to know that that's a consequence of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
I would love to do something on the other side of the world. I'd trade places with some guy on a ranch… — Justin Deeley Copy Share Image
The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
there are all kinds of wonderful new inventions that give you nothing as owners except the opportunity to spend a lot more… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Today knowledge is free. It's like air, it's like water... There's no competitive advantage to knowing more than the person next to… — Tony Wagner Copy Share Image
Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with… — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
The great cry that rises from our manufacturing cities, louder than their furnace blast, is all in very deed for this, that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of… — Samuel Dash Copy Share Image
For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. .… — Laozi Copy Share Image
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league. — Tristan Thompson Copy Share Image
In life, try your best to do the right thing. Have fun while you're alive. Take advantage of every asset you have.… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men… — GarciLaso De la Vega Copy Share Image
Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
The government of Mexico is terrific. I don't blame them for what's happened. I don't blame them for taking advantage of the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage… — John H. Johnson Copy Share Image
Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to… — Adriano Giannini Copy Share Image
No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered. — Michael Harrington Copy Share Image
Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
With my size and speed, my ability to make moves and great vision, I'm sometimes feel like it's an unfair advantage over… — LaDainian Tomlinson Copy Share Image
The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image