“(Powell) came through the door ... and he had in his hands a sheaf of papers, and he said, 'This is what I've got to present at the United Nations according to the White House, and you need to look at it,' ... It was anything but an intelligence document. It was, as some people characterized it later, sort of a Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose.”
Lawrence Wilkerson
“For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.”
Henri Bergson
“When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.”
Bible
“I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to focus attention and resources on the opportunity at hand.”
Thomas J. Powell
“Efficiency is only truly great when it is focused on effectiveness.”
“Mastering the art of under promising and over delivering requires the ability to say no, when and how with conviction.”
“I have learned that a smile is a better persuader than a fist, in the long run.”
