#pete

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#compete #experience #firstly #i #me

Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#philosophy #work #beauty

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#before #competed #i #lucky #rock

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#compete #funny #group #leadership #people

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#ambassador #any #compete #dependent #far

American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India. ↗

— Andy Stern

#american #american workers #china #companies #compete

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#distant #future #hope #judgment #shall

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. ↗

— William Glasser

#connecting #education #eliminating #improve #schooling

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers. ↗

— Luke Ford

#fire #gut #had #i #incompetent

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#best picture #competent #crafty #dark #films