Approach Quotes - Page 3

• Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And then that becomes his point of view.

  David Hilbert

  Sad, Zero, Men

  "Hilbert - Courant". Book by Constance Reid, p. 104, 1984.

  81 Copy quote

  Show source

• Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

  Patrick Henry

  Giving Up, 4th Of July, Jealous

  Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention, June 5, 1788.

  91 Copy quote

  Show source

• A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Stars, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Clever, Humility, Skulls

  "The humble programmer" by Edsger Dijkstra in "Communications of the ACM", Volume 15, Issue 10 (pp. 859-866), dl.acm.org. October 1972.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

  Indra Nooyi

  Inspirational, Business, Thinking

  "How Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi Learned To Be A CEO". Interview with Gary Burnison, www.fastcompany.com. April 29, 2011.

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• The way one approaches a wilderness story is to fashion a quest - find something that you are truly interested in finding or discovering.

  Tim Cahill

  Fashion, Art, Finding The One

  "Wild Life: An Interview With Tim Cahill". Interview with Erik Kancler, www.motherjones.com. March 25, 2005.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.

  Spencer Bachus

  Powerful, Technology, Giving

  34 Copy quote

• For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

  Frank Gehry

  Motivational, Work, Sweat

  79 Copy quote

• The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

  David Suzuki

  Responsibility, Reality, Social

  10 Copy quote

• My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

  Dr. An Wang

  Technology, Needs, Philanthropy

  8 Copy quote

• A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

  Martin Buber

  Individual, Divine, Reaching

  10 Copy quote

• There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

  19 Copy quote

  Show source

• In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items.

  Phil Crosby

  Zero, Defects, Items

  "Let's Talk Quality: 96 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask Phil Crosby". Book by Philip B. Crosby, 1989.

  90 Copy quote

  Show source

• Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

  David Gerrold

  Acceptance, Loving Life, Interesting

  36 Copy quote

• When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

  Tadao Ando

  Thinking, Space, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  90 Copy quote

  Show source

• The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

  Stephen Gardiner

  House, Influential, Aloofness

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Sports, Attitude

  62 Copy quote

• I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh.

  Alberto Sordi

  Real, Simple, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.

  Wendy Cope

  Men, Years, Two

  "Bloody Men" l. 1 (1992)

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will allow us to pay more attention to those potential terrorists.

  John S. Pistole

  Sea, Limited Resources, Attention

  21 Copy quote

• Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

  George Meredith

  Duty, Felicity, Possession

  'The Egoist' (1879) ch. 14

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

  Mike Johanns

  Taken, Thoughtful, Support

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Google is making a huge investment in developing the Ajax approach.

  Jesse James Garrett

  Ajax, Google, Investment

  7 Copy quote

• The reason why I have survived as long as I have survived is what my friends, comrades and supporters thought was an extraordinarily cautious approach.

  Ernst Zundel

  Friends, Long, Reason Why

  9 Copy quote