Thursday - 21Feb2019 Filed in:
Quotes & Thinkums““My theory is it’s possible to become very successful in a given field by applying the prevailing orthodoxy and doing exactly as everyone expects without the slightest deviation. Like this, you can become very competent in your chosen subject – until someone chucks a curveball at you and it becomes clear you’ve had no practice in dealing with dissenting opinions.””
Tags: Tim Newman ∙ cross posted ∙ sucessful ∙ orthodoxy ∙ everyone expects ∙ deviation ∙ competent ∙ curveball ∙ dissent
““Private and public life are subject to the same rules—truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than policy or tact of expediency or other words that were devised to conceal a deviation from a straight line.””
— Robert E. Lee
Tags: Robert E. Lee ∙ truth ∙ man ∙ manliness ∙ policy ∙ tact ∙ straight line ∙ expediency ∙ deviation