Btpn Quotes & Sayings

Plate glass ... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through it you can see all that is happening outside. That is the equivalent of writing that is plain and unadorned. Ideally, in reading such writing, you are not even aware that you are reading. Ideas and events seem merely to flow from the mind of the writer into that of the reader without any barrier between. I hope that is what is happening when you read this book — Isaac Asimov

Real winners in a rapidly changing world will be those who are open to alternatives and able to respect and value those who are different. — Mary Catherine Bateson

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child. — Francis Of Assisi

Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever. — Donald A. Norman

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this. — Holly Near

It was not for the sake of oil that the risky decision to cease this corrupt coexistence was made. But at least now the Iraqi people have a chance of controlling their own main resource, and it will be our task to ensure that the funding and revenue are transparent instead of opaque. — Christopher Hitchens

QBLH(qabbalah) which means to receive. The Qabbalah is not handed down from generation to generation but something which requires receptivity in those who are initiated into the mysteries. — Paul Foster Case

If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer. — William O'Neil

The writing does not define me, but says something about who I am. — Liv-Christine Hoem