Quotes About Resourcefulness

A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.

Shackleton faced many of the same problems encountered by managers today: bringing a diverse group together to work toward a common goal; handling the constant naysayer; bucking up the perpetual worrier; keeping the disgruntled from poisoning the atmosphere; battling boredom and fatigue; bringing order and success to a chaotic environment; working with limited resources.

Icilma always noted that their poverty never ran so deep as to prevent them from beautifying their surroundings:

I'd rather drop dead doing for myself than add a day to my life by acting helpless.

The smell of hot bread came from underneath the tent walls, and Perseus said that the ovens had just been opened. You haven't eaten in three days. You'd better strengthen yourself. How can I eat, Alessandro answered, pointing his nose to his padded hands. Don't be ridiculous, they're perfect for holding a hot loaf of bread. You'll look like a kangaroo, but you'll be able to eat all you want. Now you can pick up a bowl of boiling soup as if you were a Cossack.

Then came the matter of food. For ten hours he picked grains of rice off the floor and collected pasta, sugar, and individual tea leaves. He would not eat anything that had been tainted with blood, and was left with less than a third of his rations. Some things—powdered cocoa, for example—were uncollectible, or had risen on the wind. He had kerosene enough for one pot of boiling water and one hour of lamplight each day. Some of his blankets had bullet holes.

Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

it won't be easy to prepare the vegetarian dishes." "Why?" asked Pilgrim. "Oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar," replied Sha Monk, "none of these can be found here.

don't look to jump over seven-foot bars: I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over. —WARREN BUFFETT

Don't spend it all in one place!

The difference between those who succeed and those who fail isn't what they have—it's what they choose to see and do with their resources and their experience of life.

Porque no hay poder como el del estado de plenitud de recursos.

He always kept up his spirits, and was able in literary circles to show that he could hold his own. But he was driven by the stress of circumstances to take such good things as came in his way, and could hardly afford to be independent. It

On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.

What's the use of crowbars? It's not crowbars that we need, it's intelligence and common sense

There was something supremely sexy about a man who planned ahead like this, who wore his options like a tool belt, ready for any emergency.

If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere.

Men's minds were too valuable to waste on tasks that a few thousand transistors, some photo-electric cells, and a cubic

Men's minds were too valuable to waste on tasks that a few thousand transistors, some photo-electric cells, and a cubic meter of printed circuits could perform.

I have taken to living by my wits.

Tut, tut, we have solved some worse problems. At least we have plenty of material, if we can only use it.

As long as I have my trousers I have a hip-pocket, and as long as I have my hip-pocket I have something in it.

for in days when books were few and readers scarce, a long memory and a ready tongue were of the more value;

There were, it appeared, more ways to skin a Katz than one Ã¢â'¬Â¦