Quotes About Clarity

I feel bad to keep someone hanging. So if I'm not inclined to do a film, I am forthright about my decision.

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

The best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes.

Absolutely no one should be arguing for a system aimed at increasing ignorance.

Kids have been a great clarifier - incredibly rewarding.

I don't feel it incumbent on me to make sense of everything.

I can be indecisive about things - and the less important something is, the more indecisive I am.

ASK "WHY?" Asking why you're doing your project will focus you on what matters, your ultimate purpose, and your result. This goes into the box on the right of your project chart.

SAY NO AND WALK AWAY Staying focused is essential for getting projects done. Saying no is essential for staying focused. At the outset, will the project have the people and funds, including contingencies, needed to succeed? If not, walk away. Does an action contribute to achieving the goal in the box on the right? If not, skip it. Say no to monuments. No to untested technology. No to lawsuits. And so on. This can be difficult, particularly if your organization embraces a bias for action.

Small is good. For one thing, small projects can be simple.

remember: not all that is fiction is fictional, and not all that is true is transparent.

La sintesi è possibile solo quando c'è la conoscenza, altrimenti diventa superficialità.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.

We have first rais'd a Dust, and then complain, we cannot see.

I am not for imposing any sense on your words: you are at liberty to explain them as you please. Only, I beseech you, make me understand something by them.

So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

Ne complic?m viaÈ›a vrând s? compunem fraze sofisticate È™i complimente pentru a-i seduce pe ceilalÈ›i; dar Bilsheim b?gase de seam? c? acest simplu cuvânt, "evident", era mai mult decât suficient. Înc? un mister al comunic?rii interumane elucidat.

Qu'y a-t-il de plus jouissif que de s'arrêter de penser ? Cesser enfin ce flot débordant d'idées plus ou moins utiles ou plus ou moins importantes. S'arrêter de penser ! Comme si on était mort tout en pouvant redevenir vivant. Être le vide. Retourner aux origines suprêmes. N'être même plus quelqu'un qui ne pense à rien. Être rien. Voilà une noble ambition.

La différence entre le rêve et le réel ne tient parfois qu'à un rayon de soleil.

it took her years to realise she wasn't being slow and stupid, she leaned the hard way to shoehorn herself into debates, to force them to explain exactly what the hell they were talking about, to hold them to account.