Herman Kahn Quotes

Failures of perspective in decision-making can be due to aspects of the social utility paradox, but more often result from simple mistakes caused by inadequate thought.

Herman Kahn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1922 - July 7, 1983

Topics

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By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.

Jill McCorkle

TimeDownReadyDoneWayWrite

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

Joan Baez

HumbleOpinionYouBe HumbleWhy

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

John Fowles

AlwaysBeingMustOurAccepting

I want the people of Franklin County to know how much I care about them.

Robert J. Bentley

PeopleCareKnowWantMuchHow

The beauty of recording in L.A. is that most of the musicians that are on the record live here, so it was easy to get world class artists like Rick Braun to swing by and play a little trumpet, Everette Harp on sax, guitarist Paul Jackson.

Jeffrey Osborne

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Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Jean-Paul Sartre

WordsThinkPowerfulMoreThan

I did Scarsdale. I did Weight Watchers. I did Atkins.

Trisha Yearwood

WeightDid

The beauty of the free market is that everyone gets what they want. With governmentally imposed systems, it is always one size fits all.

Roger Ver

BeautyFreeWantAlwaysSizeMarket

First off, you always gotta get your work done.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkYouDoneFirstAlwaysGet

We spent a month in LA using a pool of musicians, a string arranger called Benjamin Wright, some great backing singers, and it gave tracks like Dynamite, which was written there, that kind of flavour.

Jay Kay

GreatMusiciansPoolKindMonth

That was my dream, to drive for Ferrari, but I am not a kid any more. If Ferrari is the best team and if I get the chance to drive for Ferrari, it would be with pleasure.

Jean Alesi

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I've done quite a lot of dying on shows and in movies. To have a good death scene though - come on, it's brilliant. I love a good death scene!

Jared Harris

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