#conduct

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#mary-s-night-light #mutated-sheep #nonmetallic-conductivity #humor

Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#beings #conducted #development #human #human beings

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war. ↗

— John Yoo

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While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right. ↗

— Roger Goodell

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The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#conduct #fact #his #man #regards

The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. We're the only leader in the world today. Some are wishing us well, others think that we're down and are not going to get back up again, but they are all watching with great interest to see how we conduct our business over the next couple of years. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#affairs #again #back #back up #because

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. ↗

— Samuel Alito

#accordance #applicable #been #both #canons

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. ↗

— David Amram

#change #conducting #feeling #music #orchestra