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A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone read more
A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
Trust, but verify.
Trust, but verify.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
