Smart Assessor Quotes & Sayings

The problem was that somewhere along the way I had bought into the myth that a good leader has to be good at everything. So I operated under the assumption that I had to upgrade my weaknesses into strengths. After all, who would follow a leader who wasn't well-rounded? — Andy Stanley

In 2002 scientists demonstrated beautifully just how random the process of X inactivation really is, by cloning a calico cat. They took cells from an adult female cat, and carried out the standard (but still fiendishly tricky) process of cloning. To do this, they removed the nucleus from the adult cat cell and put it into a cat egg whose own chromosomes they'd removed. This egg was implanted into a surrogate cat mother, and a lively and beautiful female kitten was born. And she didn't look anything like the genetically identical cat of which she was a clone.18 — Nessa Carey

As a twig is bent the tree inclines. — Virgil

Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin
" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff. — Barbara Mertz

For the first time, he truly understood what Nietzsche had meant when he had yammered about looking into abysses. Not only had the abyss looked into him, it had noted his name, address and shoe size. — Jonathan L. Howard

It's fun to get really intense and emotionally detailed and complicated. — Laura San Giacomo

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Creativity and expression of one's art can only be measured by the audience to whom it was intended for. Not everyone is going to like my "art" and I don't really care about that. — Anne-Rae Vasquez

Occasionally it can be a little disappointing to see rock gods in their 60s or 70s up on stage. — Charlie Day

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Because life constantly poses challenges, living demands courage — Manuel Neuer

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. — Edward Elgar

Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them. — William F. Buckley Jr.