Wa Sump Quotes & Sayings

The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation. — Piero Scaruffi

Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words. — Chico Buarque

To having no self esteem to feeling wonderful about yourself doing what you love to do and making the money that you want to be making. That is my contribution to humanity. — John Assaraf

Find optimism in the inevitable — Rem Koolhaas

There is an almost linear relationship between the methodological quality of a homeopathy trial and the result it gives. The worse the study - which is to say, the less it is a "fair test" - the more likely it is to find that homeopathy is better than placebo. — Ben Goldacre

A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem. — T. B. Joshua

Psychological despotism, whether enlightened or not, is gross misuse of psychology. The main purpose of psychology is to acquire insight into, and mastery of, oneself. Not for nothing were what we now call the behavioral sciences originally called the moral sciences and "Know thyself" their main precept. To use psychology to control, dominate, and manipulate others is self-destructive abuse of knowledge. It is also a particularly repugnant form of tyranny. — Peter F. Drucker

The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do. — Robert Andrews Millikan

When I was little I used to wish I could talk to the illustrators because I wanted to discuss something about the books. With so many of the other art forms that children experience, such as movies and television, they don't get to control the pace. — Jan Brett