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Herbert Hoover Quotes

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: president
Nationality: american
Birth: August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964

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Great Men Mistakes Step Blame Judge

'The Dark Knight,' 'The Rocketeer' and definitely the first 'Superman' movie by Richard Donner are the best. I tend to be softer in my judgment about what's a bad movie - I don't think anyone intends to make a bad movie, and sometimes it just doesn't click for some reason.

Best Think Bad Dark Sometimes First

Don't think you're going to be happy when you get something. You have to be happy on your way to happy.

Happy Be Happy Think You Way Going

The digitally-native vertical brand drives a lot more customer intimacy than its competition. The data is better because every transaction and interaction is captured.

Competition Brand Better Data More

I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.

Good People Think Radio Just

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

Government Me Saying Think Remember

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

Direction Profit Desire Duty Line

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

Service Believe Rest Rise Above Rise

Reorganization to me is shuffling boxes, moving boxes around. Transformation means that you're really fundamentally changing the way the organization thinks, the way it responds, the way it leads. It's a lot more than just playing with boxes.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Me Organization Moving Transformation

So many famous iconic American songs are protest songs, and I think that the vast majority of artists will only continue to add to that body of work.

Work Think Famous American Body

For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a lot of people a lot of pain.

Good Pain People Me Think Flag

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

Life Environmental Diet Choose Down

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.

Bruce Dickinson

Inspirational Engineering Interesting

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