WIST Quotations

Keynes, John Maynard -- The Economic Consequences of the Peace, ch. 1 (1919)

Dave — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 05:23:04 +0000

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
The Economic Consequences of the Peace, ch. 1 (1919)
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Kettering, Charles F. -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:12:24 +0000

People are very open-minded about new things — as long as they’re exactly like the old ones.

Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman
(Attributed)

Liddell Hart, B. H. -- Strategy, ch. 20 (1954)

Dave — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:31:47 +0000

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible — adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

B. H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970) English soldier, military historian (Basil Henry Liddell Hart)
Strategy, ch. 20 (1954)

Butcher, Jim -- Storm Front, ch. 17 (2000)

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:44:15 +0000

Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It creaked and swayed in the spring thunderstorm and the wind, timbers gently flexing, wise enough with age to give a little, rather than put up stubborn resistance until they broke. I could probably stand to learn something from that.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Storm Front, ch. 17 (2000)

Burgh, James -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:48:04 +0000

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.

James Burgh (1714-1775) British politician and writer
(Attributed)

Stoppard, Tom -- Lord Malquist and Mr Moon, ch. 2 “A Couple of Deaths and Exits” (1966)

Dave — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:02:07 +0000

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) Czech-English playwright and screenwriter
Lord Malquist and Mr Moon, ch. 2 “A Couple of Deaths and Exits” (1966)