The minimum could be defined as the perfection that an artefact achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by… — John Pawson Copy Share Image
Since those don’t hit financial reports, the opportunities you had but didn’t accept, most people don’t bother thinking about them very much.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
The truth and regularity of a character is not, in justice, to be looked upon as broken, from any one single act… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I do believe that the collapse of the traditional media is catastrophic for our democracy, but I wasn't about to mythologize it.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
He, then, that would mortify any disquieting lust: let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“Analyze and correct your past mistakes before they paralyze your future! An undiscovered error will always crave for repetition. Kick out errors;… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they… — D. Michael Quinn Copy Share Image
The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? The text, whether of prophet or of poet, expands for whatever we can put… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Market values are fixed only in part by balance sheets and income statements; much more by the hopes and fears of humanity;… — Gerald M. Loeb Copy Share Image
In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important',… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
