"The purpose of information is not knowledge...." - Quote by Peter Drucker
The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.
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“The better a man is the more mistakes will he make – for the more new things he will try.”
“Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.”
“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”
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“The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.”
“I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.”
“An index is a great leveller.”
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“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.”
“We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.”
“When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, endeavor to rouse your faculties, and act up to your kind, and consider that you have to do the business of a man; and that action is both beneficial and the end of your being.”