#them

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. ↗

— John Adair

#chief #chief executive #effective #executive #far

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#correspond #few #many #them #too

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.' ↗

— Amy Adams

#because #girl #hair #i #kid

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. ↗

— Henry Adams

#anarchist #art #i #i am #impressionist

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#allowed #anyone #capable #fact #facto

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did. ↗

— Jack Adams

#believe #better #did #equipment #fighting

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#allowed #anyone #capable #getting #job

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#give #hedgehog #just #mirror #out

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#themselves #those #thoughts #true #understand

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#case #get #good #how #many