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an hour in running shoes, I got almost instantly from these Kangoo boots," Ted says. "My worldview of what I needed was shattered." Furious and frustrated, he yanked them off his feet. He couldn't wait to shove the stupid Kangoos back in the box and mail them back to Switzerland with instructions for further shoving. He stalked
~ Christopher McDougall
Any product, service, or piece of technology that you acquire comes with instructions, options, and features that someone else – an engineer – designed before it ever made its way to you.
~ Jeff Davidson
Make a right onto Hoover Ave., and then bear left and head back to campus up Webber Road. We'll have to double-park outside Reber Hall." We
~ Jessica Park
How does the subconscious mind work? Is it independent of the conscious mind? Is it programmed by experiences or instructions? Many questions come up, but the one answer is common: if you can access the subconscious, then you can reprogram it, period!
~ Keith Barry
This life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been an actual life, you would have received further instructions as to what to do and where to go.
~ Unknown
his body was cremated and the leaders of the IWW divided the cremated remains into small envelopes that had Hill's picture on one side and his "last will" on the other. The envelopes containing instructions to scatter the remains were sent to people in South America, Europe, Asia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and every state in the United States except Utah because Joe had said that he "didn't want to be found dead" there.
~ Unknown
The King's instructions included that "all persons should kindly treat the savages and heathen people in these parts, and use all proper means to draw them to the true service and knowledge of God."21 As early as 1588, Sir Walter Raleigh had given 100 pounds for the "propagation of Christianity in Virginia."22
~ Unknown
It is as if I have entered what the Tibetans call the Bardo-literally, between-two-existences- a dreamlike hallucination that precedes reincarnation, not necessarily in human form…In case I should need them, instructions for passage through the Bardo are contained in the Tibetan book of the dead- a guide for the living since it teaches that a man's last thoughts will determine the quality of his reincarnation.
~ Peter Matthiessen
Sealed Orders":
~ Hugh Brewster
Jesus Christ and General Jackson, this is the hottest potato they've ever handed me!" - Admiral "Bull" Halsey upon receiving instructions to take the Pacific Fleet and defend Guadalcanal at all costs.
~ Ian W. Toll
Canadians are cold so much of the time that many of them leave instructions to be cremated.
~ Unknown
medium heat. Stir constantly until mixture boils. Continue to cook and stir for 1 minute after mixture starts boiling. Stir in the milk. Heat, but do not boil. Remove from heat and add
~ Unknown
Some stories will help you find happiness and truth. Some stories teach you not to make the same mistakes twice. These ones offer instructions.
~ Lloyd Jones
It regulates what some consider the most private matters, such as human sexuality. Many people think that sexuality is their own business, but the Bible prescribes exact instructions and precepts on the subject, now exhorting and commanding, now forbidding and condemning.
~ Unknown
the Bible is necessary for knowledge leading to salvation, instructions leading to spiritual growth, answers to the ultimate questions, and for knowledge about reality. It is the necessary precondition for all knowledge and for any rational apprehension of God and the universe.
~ Unknown
Matt is grinning at me like I'm the new Christmas toy he really wanted, but can't play with yet because he hasn't read the instructions.
~ Jillian Dodd, That Boy
The computer would do anything you programmed it to do.
~ Vinton Cerf
If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result.
~ Richard Dawkins
Go to Hell." "I'm sure you can give me good directions.
~ Dean Koontz
reception room. Mr. Razin will bring you further instructions." No sooner had she left the office than Petrov pointed his chair toward Alex Razin. "Well, Razin, what do you think?" "Of her? As you said—she is nearly perfect. Let her hair grow longer, eliminate the small cheek scar, shorten the nose slightly, and she is Billie Bradford." "No, I mean my story. Did she believe it?
~ Irving Wallace
God knows wherebthey are now, the people I receive instructions, or rather-let's come right out and say it-take orders. It is obvious I'm a subordinate.
~ Italo Calvino
I call time-outs like these "vigilance breaks"—brief pauses before high-stakes encounters to review instructions and guard against error.
~ Daniel H. Pink
For work that requires more than just climbing, rung by rung, up a ladder of instructions, rewards are more perilous. The best way to avoid the seven deadly flaws of extrinsic motivators is to avoid them altogether or to downplay them significantly and instead emphasize the elements of deeper motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose
~ Daniel H. Pink
I call time-outs like these "vigilance breaks"—brief pauses before high-stakes encounters to review instructions and guard against error. Vigilance breaks have gone a long way in preventing the University of Michigan Medical Center from transmogrifying into the Hospital of Doom during the afternoon trough. Tremper says that in the time since he implemented these breaks, the quality of care has risen, complications have declined, and both doctors and patients are more at ease.
~ Daniel H. Pink