Quotes - Carl Avery (Camden, NY) Showing 1-17 of 17

#1

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
― Pablo Picasso

tags: art, creativity, motivational, picasso, rules, writing

2045 likes

#2

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

tags: ferocity

3905 likes

#3

“Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: blame, delegation, responsibility

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#4

“I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference. We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: humanity, leadership

19 likes

#5

“More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: ability, ambition, rules

14 likes

#6

“Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one's arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: argument, writing

23 likes

#7

“If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: bureaucracy, sin

17 likes

#8

“They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: competence, integrity, pressure

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#9

“Sit down before fact with an open mind. Be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads or you learn nothing. Don’t push out figures when facts are going in the opposite direction.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: facts, open-mindedness

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#10

“What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: common-sense, experience, management

25 likes

#11

“Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: optimism, stupidity

35 likes

#12

“When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: commitment, dedication, loyality, passion

34 likes

#13

“Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

tags: optimism, positive-thinking, success

51 likes

#14

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

42052 likes

#15

“Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.”
― Vince Lombardi

214 likes

#16

“The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.”
― Vince Lombardi

145 likes

#17

“Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
― Vince Lombardi

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