#one

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#discretion #else #every #every man #forget

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#best #done #solitude #thinking #turmoil

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done. ↗

— Casper Van Dien

#different people #done #i #like #me

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#competitive #concept #days #excellence #explicitly

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#much #oneself #perfecting

The surest sign of age is loneliness. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#loneliness #sign #surest

No; small timers get into it, and ruin it for everyone. ↗

— John Dillinger

#get #into #ruin #small

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat. ↗

— Jonathan Dimbleby

#believe #cutting #generally #honestly #i

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone. ↗

— John Dingell

#alone #go #going #hussein #i

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal. ↗

— Walt Disney

#certain #coordinating #done #efforts #goal