In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand,… — George E. P. Box Copy Share Image
Pharmacogenomics holds great promise to shed scientific light on the often risky and costly process of drug development, and to provide greater… — Mark McClellan Copy Share Image
Intellect is neither practical nor impractical; it is extra-practical. — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to expense… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
Might it be that the Transition approach, of creating vibrant local economies with increased community ownership, meeting practical needs from as nearby… — Rob Hopkins Copy Share Image
How we shall earn our bread is a grave question; yet it is a sweet and inviting question. Let us not shirk… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Modern research divides nature into tiny pieces and conducts tests that conform neither with natural law nor with practical experience. The results… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
Living in a house where domestic violence goes on every day never feels like home. You don't have to suffer in silence.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Instead of going to the gym, I dress in black - a lot more practical and much more fun. — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
Girls study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory. — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in....… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical. — Les Brown Copy Share Image
Abstractness, sometimes hurled as a reproach at mathematics, is its chief glory and its surest title to practical usefulness. It is also… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
The Quest for Prosperity is an important book. Written with verve and clarity, it reflects a deep understanding of global economic issues,… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I also want to raise the possibility that there are, in the very long term, "virtue effects" in economics- for instance that… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful,… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
There were two practical reasons we moved to Venice. One was that there was an artists movement and a countercultural movement. Lots… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
One thing I hate about the New Deal is that it is killing what, to me, is the American pioneering spirit. I… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering. — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
