Tom Peters Quotes

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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect–we all love it.

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.

Tom Peters (born 1942) is an American writer.  Much of his work deals with business management practices.  

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath.  Noted for his advocacy for medical reforms, he was also  an acclaimed writer among his peers.

Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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Ideas come from everything.

Fear isn’t so difficult to understand.  After all, weren’t we all frightened as children.  Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the Big Bad Wolf.

Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was an English film director.  He directed over 50 films during his distinguished career.  

John Maynard Keynes Quotes

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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Once doubt begins, it spreads quickly.

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) was a English economist and philosopher, who was one of the most influential thinkers of his time.

Buckminster Fuller Quotes

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In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model.  You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

(Richard) Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an American architect.  His distinguished career allowed him to pursue other vocations such as philosopher, futurist, writer, and inventor.  Fuller as born in Milton, Massachusetts.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Stay open to a new idea for at least five minutes.  You could be surprised at the benefit of remaining open those three hundred seconds.

From Isaiah 43:19:  “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?  I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Marie Curie Quotes

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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Life is not easy for any of us.  But what of that?  We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was Polish-born and later became a naturalized French citizen.  As a physicist and chemist, her pioneering research in the field of radioactivity led to the discovery of the element of radium.