Quotes

[Gauss]

“An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.” — Charles F. Kettering

 

[MastanKhan]

 

[jammersat]

 

[MastanKhan]

 

[NP-complete]

 

[Solomon2]

"...Universities and degree awarding institutions (DAI) have a ‘great responsibility of promoting ideology and principles of Pakistan through teachings, dialogues, meetings, conferences, formal and informal gatherings and societal discourse. Demonstration of such rightful perceptions promote nationalism, dispel confusion and infuse beliefs and principles...remain very vigilant and forestall any activity that in any manner challenge(s) the ideology and principles of Pakistan, and/or perspective of the government of Pakistan."

- Letter from Pakistan's Higher Education Commission following the forced withdrawal of Israel-themed booth at a Model U.N. in Pakistan, 2014



...An unthinkable, unbearable thought lurks in the heart of Islam, namely that the return of the Jews to Zion might validate the prophecies of the Jews at the expense of those of the Muslims. That is why the living presence of the Jewish people in their historic homeland and capital city is an existential threat to Muslim identity.

- Asia Times columnist David P. Goldman, 2015.

 

[NP-complete]

"Every great movement on this earth owes its growth to great speakers and not to great writers."
Adolf Hitler

 

[MastanKhan]

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This is not stupid and funny thread---please remove

 

[MastanKhan]

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Solomon2]

“To establish a revolution, you're going to need a much bigger mass of people who focus on that change, and really believe that that change can happen."

- Horace Cudjoe, retired public middle school science teacher, New York City

 

[NP-complete]

In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.
Miyamoto Musashi

The guy was a consummate genius. For eleven years now ive been trying to achieve one difficult aim without success. In the process ive got to know strategy inside-out. I can easily claim no one in the world understands strategy better than me, although countless would be my equals. I can vet the profundity of this man. In this portrait the artist superbly captures his depth and acuteness:

 

[Solomon2]

Meloncholia I, Albrecht Dürer, c.1513

"What profits all our learning if our characters be not correspondingly noble, or all our industry without piety, or all our knowledge without love of our neighbor, or all our wisdom without humility?"
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- Jakob Wimpheling, 1500.

 

[MastanKhan]

This car sales 101------

 

[MastanKhan]

Enjoy the read:---

This is a true story that had happened in 1892 at Stanford University. It's moral is still relevant today.
A young, 18 year old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. A friend and he decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2,000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck. And the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
The big day arrived. Paderewski performed at Stanford.
But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1,600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight. They gave him the entire $1,600, plus a cheque for the balance of $400. They promised to honour the cheque soonest possible.
"No" said Paderewski. "This is not acceptable" He tore up the cheque, returned the $1,600 and told the boys "Here's the $1,600.
Please deduct whatever expenses you have incurred. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left" The boys were surprised, and thanked him profusely.
It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being. Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives.
And most of us only think "If I help them, what would happen to me?"
The truly great people think, "If I don't help them, what will happen to them?" They don't do it expecting something in return.
They do it because they feel it's the right thing to do.
Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was a great leader, but unfortunately when the World War began, Poland was ravaged. There were over 1.5 million people starving in his country, and no money to feed them.
Paderewski did not know where to turn for help. He reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help.
The head was a man called Herbert Hoover - who later went on to become the US President. Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped tons of food grains to fee the starving Polish people. A calamity was averted.
Paderewski was relieved. He decided to go across to meet Hoover and personally thank him. When Paderewski began to thank Hoover for his noble gesture, Hoover quickly interjected and said, "You shouldn't be thanking me, Mr. Prime Minister. You may not remember this, but several years ago, you helped two young students go through college in the US. I was one of them."
The world is a wonderful place. What goes around, usually comes around.....
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