Words to Start the Week (Nov. 19, 2024)
Nuggets from past notes
“All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the [internal combustion] engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself.
That is the way with wise people — they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.
That is why I never employ an expert in full bloom.
If ever I wanted to kill opposition by unfair means I would endow the opposition with experts. They would have so much good advice that I could be sure they would do little work.”
“The fear of making mistakes is the root of bureaucracy and the enemy of development.”
“The fundamental rule of engagement is that any force can defeat any other force if it can define the battle.”
“Never risk something that is important to you, for something that is unimportant to you.”
“Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form.”
- Leonardo da Vinci