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“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it.

(Young India 1924-1926)”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Age is a seasoned trickster. To our parents, we will always be children. Within ourselves, the same yearnings of youth; the same aspirations of adolescence, will last a lifetime. Only to the young - blinded by our grey hair and slowing gait - do we appear old and increasingly beyond the pale.”
― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe

“Underpromise;overdeliver.”
― Tom Peters

“If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.”
― Tom Peters

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Art only begins where Imitation ends.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“The official Islam of the kingdom was not any Islam, but Wahhabism, the ultraconservative and intolerant interpretation that was woven into the kingdom’s history.”
― Ben Hubbard, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman

“It’s just like playing Monopoly with a bunch of guys, but you are in charge of everything and you can change the rules,” he said. “But everyone has to stay at the table and play with you.”
― Ben Hubbard, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman

“Mohammed bin Salman declined to be interviewed for this book”
― Ben Hubbard, MBS Rise To Power Of Mohammad Bin Salman

“the human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol”
― Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

“It is much easier to be fired for being illogical than it is for being unimaginative. The fatal issue is that logic always gets you to exactly the same place as your competitors.”
― Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

“Irrational people are much more powerful than rational people, because their threats are so much more convincing.”
― Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life

“the uber map is a psychological moonshot, because it does not reduce the waiting time for a taxi but simply makes waiting 90% less frustrating”
― Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

“Not everything that makes sense works, and not everything that works makes sense.”
― Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life