Five percent of the people think …
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
― Thomas A. Edison
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
― Thomas A. Edison
“We don’t learn from our mistakes, we learn from thinking about our mistakes” – Ralph Tyler
“”I chose you because of your unique style of teaching,” he surprises me. “Teaching through open discussion?” I’m astonished. “Yes,” he says categorically. “For this program I’m more and more convinced that that is the only prudent way. The students have the relevant day-to-day experience. Open debate, steering a group of people to develop the…
“In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the…
“The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’.” – Taiichi Ohno
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” Steve Jobs
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford