Norio Hayakawa Quotes & Sayings

Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is the power of surprise. After hearing someone shout out an errant answer, we work to understand it, which causes us to reassess our initial assumptions and try out new perspectives. "Authentic dissent can be difficult, but it's always invigorating," [Charlan] Nemeth [a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley] says. "It wakes us right up. — Jonah Lehrer

These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are. — Paul Bremer

It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey. — Steve Maraboli

Yet I understood the poetry of such mind games one day when, attempting to ask for my glasses (lunettes), I was asked what I wanted to do with the moon (lune). — Jean-Dominique Bauby

If a boy, if a man, asks you if you're all right and you say yes, he'll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It's just the way they're made. — Aidan Chambers

The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side. — Sun Tzu

Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless. — Robert Kiyosaki

For what it's worth: trust your feelings. I can't promise that you'll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it. — Rick Riordan

When introducing a character, you're usually better off sticking with broad strokes. The important thing at that point is not what color hair someone has or how tall they are, but rather, what kind of person they are. — Jason Black

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list. — Marilyn Vos Savant