George Wallace (1919–1998) 45th Governor of Alabama
Absurdities, Scandals & Stupidities in Politics (2006) by Hakeem Shittu and Callie Query, p. 106
“For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.”
The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
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Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Managing Teams in a Week (2013) https://books.google.ae/books?idqZjO9_ov74EC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIIDAB#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, p.2 <br class="br">Context: Very few people can succeed in their careers without having to manage, supervise and lead other people... virtually everyone is part of a team, and at some point in their working lives they must take a leadership role – if only to chair a team meeting or a project in their boss’ absence.
“People who have goals succeed because they know where they're going. It's that simple.”
Earl Nightingale (1921–1989) American motivational speaker
Source: How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
“That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
“Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t? - Damon”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: Nightfall
“Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“To succeed in science, you have to avoid dumb people”
James D. Watson (1928) American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
Succeeding in Science: Some Rules of Thumb (1993)
Context: To succeed in science, you have to avoid dumb people (here I was still following Luria's example). Now that might sound inexcusably flip, but the fact is that you must always turn to people who are brighter than yourself.