#rob

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#i #know #lynched #lynching #my own

No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#around #behind #corner #days #disappointments

In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#back #been #case #contention #course

Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#maybe #mentally #more #ones #others

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#billion #century #end #environmental #had

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#down #drain #i #liberals #millions

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#just #makers #money #more #out

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#come #competing #defeat #experience #forces

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#consequences #ecology #every #every time #example

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#action #blame #cause #created #effect