Ideas Quote by David Greenberg Download Open image “Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait.” — David Greenberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ideas Preference Rooted Traits
“In a later chapter he describes a massive failure of intuition: Americans elected President Harding, whose only qualification for the position was that he… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
“Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of experience.” — Richard Davenport-Hines Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Historically, individuals possessed of the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers: think only of Franklin D. Roosevelt. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
A lot of different things had to come together over the years, accumulated experiences of a general and personal nature, before the idea and… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Coolidge was a federalist. You go back and read him and it's almost intimidating to write about him because he writes better himself than… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the great creative statesmen of our age was Franklin Roosevelt. He was creative precisely because he preferred experiment to ideology. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To his surprise he also discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“All ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources, and daily used by the gardener with a pride and satisfaction… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist. — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
I find it hard to imagine that future historians will see the Iraq War as a big plus in Bush's ledger, but we have… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in their own… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all. — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image