Thinking Quotes

In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.

H. R. McMaster
- Up
- Power
- Political
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

Carlos Castaneda
- Thinking
- Man
- Knowledge

If you take a good look at the book [ Stock Photographs], it's largely a portrait gallery of faces - faces that I found dramatic. And some of those turned out to be reasonably dramatic photographs. But that's all it is, I think.

Garry Winogrand
- Good
- Book
- Stock
I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

Kevin Spacey
- Thinking
- Success
- Needs
Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.

Harri Holkeri
- Thinking
- Help
- Results
My standards are higher than they used to be, I think. They don't necessarily have to make sense, but I certainly work on them a lot harder now -- partly because I do them on the computer, and I print them out and fix them, and print them and fix them over and over again, whereas in the early days I used to just scratch down a few things on a piece of paper.

Dean Wareham
- Work
- Computer
- Print
To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.

Kapil Sibal
- Up
- Long
- Health
As a result of overdiversification, their (active managers) returns get watered down. Diversification covers up ignorance. Active managers haven't done enough research into any of their companies. If managers have 200 positions, do you think they know what's going on at any one of those companies at this moment?

Bill Ackman
- Up
- Done
- Moments