Collected quotations – Published on the occasion of Art Nesse’s 85th birthday.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice because its extremes are not subject to the regulation of conscience (anonymous)
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Lined coat, warm cap and easy felt slippers
in the little home, at the window, sitting near the fire
body at rest, heart at peace; no need to rise early
I wonder if the workers at headquarters know of these things or not
Po Chu i 800AD
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“Don’t allow your subnordinate to delegate up, “he said “don’t find yourself doing his job you are the coach; you don’t play his position for him. If you are spending too much time guiding somebody, correcting his errors, cleaning up after him, you have not choice–you have to make the inevitable decision.” (unattributed)
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“I have thoroughly conceptualized my work for this week, but to my chagrin, I find it is simply not operationally feasible.” Yale University Professor, in New Yorker Magazine, May 1967