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I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky. In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes! Remember why the good Lord made your eyes! So don't shade your eyes, But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize - Only be sure always to call it please 'research'." [ Lobachevsky ]
— Tom Lehrer
And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.
— Tony Campolo
She believes that going too far is wrong. Yet she's not trying to prove her point; she's just living it out.
— Travis Thrasher
every organization must contribute in some way to a better world for some group of people, because if it doesn't, it will, and should, go out of business.
— Patrick Lencioni
if we weren't willing to tell a client the kind truth, why should they pay us?
— Patrick Lencioni
an organization that has properly identified its values and adheres to them will naturally attract the right employees and repel the wrong ones.
— Patrick Lencioni
The questions were, 'What did you accomplish?' 'What will you accomplish next?' 'How can you improve?'" "That's it?" "Not quite. The question on the back was, 'Are you embracing the values?
— Patrick Lencioni
You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
— Patrick Morley
Before you develop a conscience, torture is amusing.
— Paul Graham
In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today.
— Paulo Coelho
About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.
— Paulo Coelho
You only need to hide if you're doing something you shouldn't.
— Paulo Coelho