the quote

Curiosity

2008-12-10T16:53:00.000+11:00

“Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”
-Linus Pauling

Ideas and Brainstorming

2008-12-10T16:50:00.000+11:00

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”
-Linus Pauling

Martin Vanbee

2007-10-14T20:27:00.000+10:00

"Learn from the mistakes of others-you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
-Martin Vanbee

Quote of the day - Josh Billings

2007-10-08T03:25:00.000+10:00

"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe."
Josh Billings

Experience

2006-12-28T22:41:00.000+11:00

"the only source of knowledge is experience"
-Albert Einstein

The final Harry Potter book

2006-12-22T14:50:00.000+11:00

"I'm now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more. I both want, and don’t want, to finish this book."

But she reassured expectant fans: "Don’t worry, I will."

"We are dealing with pure evil here. "They don’t target extras, do they? They go for the main characters - well, I do."

- JK Rowling hinted that two characters were expected to die in the Harry Potter finale - and Harry himself might not survive.

justice system

2006-12-22T14:14:00.000+11:00

“If we want to have a justice system that is taken seriously around the world, then we have to be capable of disciplining our own, of at least trying our own,”
- Kathleen Duignan on the Haditha incident, executive director of the Institute of Military Justice in Washington.

keep learning

2006-03-29T16:41:00.000+11:00

"never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months."
-quote by 'anthony j d'angelo'

"develop a passion for learning. if you do, you will never cease to grow."
-quote by 'anthony j d'angelo'

if there's no action

2006-02-07T21:39:00.000+11:00

"a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. if there's no action, you haven't truly decided."

-anthony robbins- an american motivational speaker and writer

the success of any corporation

2005-11-13T00:44:00.000+11:00

"...dedicated employees are key to the success of any corporation, and marketing and innovation should come before worries about finances."

-peter druker-author of more than 30 books, was known as the father of modern management.

not interrupt

2005-08-26T15:02:00.000+10:00

"the person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
-chinese proverb

news advertising

2005-07-13T13:03:00.000+10:00

"The real gold is getting people to talk about something…News advertising is proven to sell more than any kind of advertising you pay for,"

-Lindsay Meredith from Simon Fraser University marketing professor on the accidental release of the Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Failures and Opportunities

2005-06-10T18:17:00.000+10:00

"Failures should be looked upon as simply the beginning of another opportunity"
-Unknown

Firefighter's doctor: Never give up

2005-05-17T14:33:00.000+10:00

Doctor put as much faith in God as in medications

"God will not help you unless you try something,If you try something and if you believe, God may help you."
-Dr. Jamil Ahmed on how his brain-injured patient had snapped out of a stupor lasting almost 10 years from Boston University Medical Center

Inspire a new leadership drive

2005-05-09T17:13:00.000+10:00

"Though the military has a very hierarchical structure, it's very supportive of those people out on the ground."

"People would not fulfil their potential, he cautioned, if they were banned from ever departing from scripts and could not easily converse with senior figures."

"Whenever people are trained to go to war they are expected to grasp the initiative whenever it presents itself - to not waste the opportunity by wondering what the penalty will be if they get it wrong."

"If the entrepreneur doesn't appreciate that it takes people to turn his vision into action and reality, he's lost it,"

-Philip Chaganis, a retired colonel who was awarded an OBE for his leadership during the first Gulf War, is a co-founder of Icon Training.

Dreams

2005-05-03T14:43:00.000+10:00

"If you have a dream and don't work at it, what good is the dream?"
-Rita Simo from the People's Music School

NASA's management 'Culture Changes'?

2005-05-03T14:35:00.000+10:00

"Now, it's mostly about power and prestige and preserving ones own stature in the organization,"
-former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee.

"Do I think we are headed in the right direction? No, I think we need to improve and change the culture. We need to develop a system where the rulers at the top are willing to listen the folks down at the bottom,"
-former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee.

"We are never going to be able to say, 'We've fixed our culture.' If we ever say we have fixed our culture and it's perfect, then we have a problem because we should always be trying to make ourselves better,"
-Space Shuttle Discovery commander Col. Eileen Collins.

quote

2004-11-16T12:40:00.000+11:00

quote (kwt)

v. quot·ed, quot·ing, quotes
v. tr.

1. To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
2. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
3. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.