Quotes with rapid

  • A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.
  • We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

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  • B. F. Skinner A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Benjamin Graham Unusually rapid growth cannot keep up forever; when a company has already registered a brilliant expansion, its very increase in size makes a repetition of its achievement more difficult.
    The Intelligent Investor Ch. 7, Portfolio Policy: The Positive Side, p. 75
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Bill McKibben A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Brad Feld If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it's simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn't known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Jean Paul Getty In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • George Washington Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
    Letter to James Madison, 02-03-1788
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Arthur Levitt One way for investors to protect themselves from a rapid change in the price of a stock is to use a limit order rather than a market order.
    Arthur Levitt
    American SEC chairman (1931 - )
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  • Bing Gordon Somehow, the company must stay true to the founding vision while avoiding the pitfalls of rapid growth - and perhaps survive the hiring of a previously successful executive who doesn't work out.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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  • Cordell Hull That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.
    Cordell Hull
    American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944 (1871 - 1955)
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  • Boris Spassky We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Bill Maris When you apply computer science and machine learning to areas that haven't had any innovation in 50 years, you can make rapid advances that seem really incredible.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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