#kin

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#creativity #idea #mystical #nurtured #practised

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#africa #after #among #breaking #every

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. ↗

— Elayne Boosler

#always #door #every #figure #go

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#america #ancestors #been #beloved #echo

I've never really been concerned about being typecast, for me it's just about enjoying my work and being very professional in taking things on. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#been #being #concerned #enjoying #i

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#disappears #either #else #flower #forest

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#appealing #beautiful #beautiful woman #cooking #dinner

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#achievements #asking #envisaged #had #him

I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but musically I was kind of bored. If I was to continue, it would have been about the money and not about the true music, and I don't want to lie to myself, or to them or to fans of Limp Bizkit. ↗

— Wes Borland

#been #bored #continue #could #fans

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#further #goes #heaven #know #knows