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People's Attitudes Are Determined More By Their Immediate Situation Or Surroundings Than By Any Internal Characteristic.
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"People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic."
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Attitudes are more important than facts. -- Karl Menninge
There is no such thing as a little country. the greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.
-- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)...
An enterprise employing more than 1000 people becomes a self-perpetuating empire, creating so much internal work that it no longer needs any contact with the outside world.
-- Parkinson's Law of 1000...
Internal consistency is more highly valued than efficiency.
Sometimes imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.
People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible and thus can approach a task without constraints of established habits and attitudes....
Quote #360 The tarring of any engineering project with the epithet `simple' is more often than not the result of the feeling of confidence that springs from inadequate comprehension of the situation.
-- SubG...
Peter's Inversion Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.
Lee's Law: In any dealings with a collective body of people, the people will always be more tacky than originally expected.
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical
At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold....