Optimism and Confidence – Quote by Sophia Loren
“When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude.”
Sophia Loren
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Doctors, Decisions and Perspective
“The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Bring a Light into the World” – Quote by Michael Jackson
“With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.”
Michael Jackson
Science and Society – Quote by Alan Kay
“Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories – much of the debugging has to be done by others.”
Alan Kay
Karl Popper on the Growth of Knowledge and Disagreement
“The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.”
Karl Popper
Ben Carson Quote About Self-Control and Anger
“I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”
Ben Carson
“Don’t Cross a River” – Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Don’t cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Everyone Can Make a Difference” – Quote by Stella McCartney
“Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.”
Stella McCartney
Quote on Tyranny and Freedom by Allan Bloom
“The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.”
Allan Bloom
“People Serious About Software” – Alan Kay
“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”
Alan Kay