Tim Tigner > Tim's Quotes

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
― Francis Bacon

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of simplicity.”
― E. C. Zeeman

“I just provide the words. I let the client provide most of the meaning and all of the significance.”
― Tim Tigner, Flash

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“who wishes to fight must first count the cost”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
For what every man wishes,
that he also believes to be true.”
― Demosthenes

“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”
― Thomas Hobbes

“Why was she thinking about such silly stuff at a time like this? She knew the answer. Her mind was spinning its tires, looking for traction on friendly ground.”
― Tim Tigner, The Price of Time