#nsa

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#insane #insane people #many #mentally #people

The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation. ↗

— Stanley Smith Stevens

#estimation #magnitude #measure #method #provided

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#anything #come #disagree #find #get

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#anything #indispensable #meetings #want #you

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#insanity #logic #mind #often

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#am #clinical #definition #different #expect

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn. ↗

— Jay McShann

#called #city #days #first #first time

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#err #get #go #gut #honest