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A convention manager shows up in Moscow to finalize hotel accommodations… 09/07/2010 - 20:58
A legitimate hallmark is unexpected behavior that leads to deeper understanding… 09/07/2010 - 17:14
A political entrepreneur refers to a political player who seeks to gain... 09/02/2011 - 01:02
A … vision of [an] underlying unity illuminating nature and humankind is… 09/12/2010 - 21:28
All scientific work is incomplete – whether it be observational or experimental. 09/07/2010 - 21:05
As a man's income increases, so the sacrifice of risk-taking becomes less ... 09/05/2011 - 08:37
Ask any magician ... and they will tell you that there is no better audience… 10/16/2010 - 18:33
Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. 03/31/2011 - 19:31
Before, I knew everyone by name. We were a close-knit team... 09/07/2010 - 21:12
But these small research firms specialize in the development of prototypes! 09/07/2010 - 21:21
Can you imagine. We did this for free, as our hobby... 11/08/2010 - 12:38
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations… 09/07/2010 - 21:26
Consider the story about the ignorant businessman, the intelligent businessman and the wise 04/02/2011 - 10:58
Controlled variation is the foundation of empirical scientific knowledge 10/16/2010 - 18:59
Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells… 09/07/2010 - 21:35
Don’t trust the Federal Reserve? Then consider mobile money. 09/07/2010 - 21:30
Dr. Moriarity, a metaphysician, sets up fifty numbered dominoes... 11/29/2010 - 09:29
Exploratory Data Analysis lets the data speak to you without the interference of models. 09/07/2010 - 21:39
Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen 03/31/2011 - 19:34
Faith, if it is ever right about anything, is right by accident. 03/31/2011 - 19:46
Get me FDA approval on concrete in a capsule and I can sell it! 09/07/2010 - 21:45
Gilbert’s lab … the tone of the place was casual, almost fiercely informal 01/29/2011 - 12:30
Head of R&D to CEO: You are not qualified to understand the science behind this research proposal. 09/07/2010 - 21:47
Here are my annual goals. This book lists all the projects we're working on in R&D. 09/07/2010 - 21:23
How much will it cost to move Mount Fuji 100 miles to the north? 09/07/2010 - 21:57
I can’t just include the quantitative results from my experiments in the shared database. 09/07/2010 - 21:59
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep doing so… 09/07/2010 - 22:04
I don’t know how we’re going to be able to do this without you. 10/16/2010 - 19:29
I had never felt such an intense experience in my life... 09/07/2010 - 22:08
I have no need for World Class R&D. I discovered the Acme blockbuster product. 09/07/2010 - 22:09
I just contribute a small portion to the overall success of commercialization. 09/07/2010 - 22:11
I know the obvious winners and losers... 09/08/2010 - 19:51
I know what being effective means when we talk about the claims process… 09/07/2010 - 22:13
I started off as an accountant, but my bosses quickly realized… 10/11/2010 - 18:24
I take from the rich and give to the middle class. Well, the upper middle class. 09/08/2010 - 19:19
I very much believe in the Lipinski Rule of Five... 09/07/2010 - 22:14
I wasn't totally unaware of the number of people who had failed... 04/16/2011 - 09:31
I worked at a start-up. It was fun. 11/08/2010 - 22:22
I would go into these meetings with 6-10 individuals from research... 09/07/2010 - 22:17
I would go to these cocktail parties held by the CEO. All the top brass would be there... 09/20/2010 - 17:09
I would go to these meetings where the CEO would expound... 09/07/2010 - 22:20
I'm not talking about publicity, Bob. 02/01/2011 - 20:33
If a human intelligence tried to examine and judge all the particular cases … 10/08/2010 - 19:15
If I only have one or two investments the researchers can blow smoke in my eyes. 09/07/2010 - 21:42
If we can agree the problem is mainly one of rapid adoption to changes… 09/08/2010 - 13:44
If you keep sending me losers, there’s only so much I can do to stem the bleeding… 09/07/2010 - 22:25
If you're faced with a traffic signal, you don't have to think anymore... 09/07/2010 - 22:34
In 1995 a comprehensive review of [fingerprint] examiner proficiency was performed... 09/07/2010 - 22:37
In a meeting to trade research insights... 11/08/2010 - 12:38
In the dictator game, the sociologist/economist places $100 on a table... 11/08/2010 - 12:38
In their 1985 quest to attract funding for new biotech research ... 09/02/2011 - 00:45
Innovation must be financed by turning to ...credit above and beyond the circular flow 03/27/2011 - 09:37
Inside Gilbert’s lab, the paramount concerns were novel information and speed 01/28/2011 - 19:51
It is incumbent on us all to work toward understanding ‘big picture' issues… 09/07/2010 - 23:21
it occurred to me that for something of this importance, that there was enough money 01/27/2011 - 23:25
It seems to me that anything that can be taught is relatively inconsequential... 09/02/2011 - 00:23
It takes a special kind of person to overcome these difficulties. 03/27/2011 - 09:39
It's hard to do good science when you're always looking over your shoulder. 09/08/2010 - 19:47
It’s amazing. We forecast a full 18 months in advance... 09/07/2010 - 23:23
I’m so p’d off. I just received a poor performance review. I’m quitting. 09/07/2010 - 22:22
I’ve had plenty of days when all my trades worked, quickly taking me over my profit expectations 04/02/2011 - 11:01
Just build this database! I’m certain it will give untold benefits to millions... 09/07/2010 - 23:25
Layers of depth or specialization can be pursued… 09/07/2010 - 23:26
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. 09/08/2010 - 18:50
Makes a businessperson a little twitchy. 03/31/2011 - 19:52
Man simply overreaches himself... 09/08/2010 - 19:23
Man with no Medical Training Cures Cancer in His Basement 09/07/2010 - 22:16
My first reaction to that is: Are you kidding me? Do you really think you've been able... 10/08/2010 - 18:20
Myth: The facts will set us free. Reality: Narratives, not facts, guide our thinking. 09/07/2010 - 23:29
Never let a serious crisis go to waste... 09/07/2010 - 23:35
Over long periods of time, small differences in rates of productivity... 10/17/2011 - 18:01
Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into... 09/02/2011 - 00:53
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere... 09/02/2011 - 00:11
Probably the most important thing is doing this in the right places... 09/08/2010 - 07:55
Public management is not an arena in which to find Big Answers 09/30/2011 - 07:39
Pull together an analysis that shows why this project should take place in Ensenada. 09/08/2010 - 08:00
Pull together an industry survey that will show how our firm is at the bottom… 09/08/2010 - 08:01
Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket. 09/02/2011 - 00:49
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me… 09/08/2010 - 10:47
Scientific research ... evolves over time through generally incremental changes… 09/08/2010 - 08:03
Since there have been literally thousands of utopian, cooperative ... 10/25/2011 - 08:41
Situs inversus, the left-to-right transposition of all internal organs... 09/08/2010 - 08:07
Some would-be advisor puts a logo on some fancy stationery... 03/31/2011 - 18:57
Strategy is the expression of intent used to direct all actions… 10/16/2010 - 20:15
The directors of such companies, however, being the managers of other people's money... 09/08/2010 - 19:13
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules. 09/08/2010 - 19:09
The general atmosphere... these people moved always in a field of resistance 01/28/2011 - 19:42
the innovators, the men without heavy commitments to the system 01/27/2011 - 23:18
The marketing department estimated first year sales of Lipitor™ at 200-300 million U.S. dollars. 09/08/2010 - 08:14
The mechanism of action of Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis is currently unknown. 09/08/2010 - 09:05
the medium gave them the opportunity to express themselves in new ways 02/09/2011 - 08:31
The past century has been the one and only century... 09/07/2010 - 20:09
The path from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production remains tortuous… 09/13/2010 - 17:44
The reason a compound is placed in the compound library is because it's already dead. 11/18/2010 - 10:34
The reason that God was able to create the world in seven days... 01/27/2011 - 23:13
The system of peer review is biased, unjust, unaccountable, incomplete… 10/24/2010 - 08:17
The U.S. market will not embrace your ideas. Head to Asia... 02/02/2011 - 12:54
The upcoming conference on the growing threat from the Antarctica ozone hole… 09/22/2010 - 16:14
The value of fiat money and its acceptance in transactions emerge as properties 03/31/2011 - 18:40
The way I really taught myself to become a day trader… 10/11/2010 - 18:22
There are just too many moving parts that have to be synchronized… 09/08/2010 - 09:05
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law... 09/08/2010 - 09:11
There is one question to answer in the decision-making process. 09/08/2010 - 09:08
There once was a man name of Gödel. Whose work gave logicians a hurdle. 09/08/2010 - 09:09
These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 09/08/2010 - 18:56
These worked very well, until some years later the SEC decided... 02/02/2011 - 10:21
Today’s crop of senior latent fingerprint examiners rose through the ranks… 09/08/2010 - 09:14
Two peer review panels were both given the same papers to adjudicate… 10/24/2010 - 08:13
We can’t do any of the changes you recommend 01/27/2011 - 23:15
We don’t want our researchers distracted with commercial concerns. 09/08/2010 - 10:05
We had six researchers we really wanted to keep... 09/09/2010 - 14:57
We had to place many hundreds of millions of dollars of pension money... 02/02/2011 - 13:55
We have met the enemy and he is us. 09/08/2010 - 10:06
We have one of the best electronic patient record systems of any major hospital group... 09/08/2010 - 10:08
We know the weaknesses of using portfolio analysis to make our investment decisions… 09/09/2010 - 15:01
We set up an outsourcing mechanism... 09/08/2010 - 10:10
We suffer from a confusion of ideas about what people need to know ... 11/20/2011 - 10:41
We tried counting work-in-process 01/27/2011 - 23:10
We were brought in to automate a very tedious operation in research. 09/08/2010 - 10:12
We worked with one of the top management-consulting firms… 09/09/2010 - 14:59
We would go to these CEO conferences... 09/08/2010 - 10:13
We would hold wakes at the death of a project... 09/08/2010 - 10:15
Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do... 09/08/2010 - 10:22
We’ve tried that and it doesn’t work. 09/08/2010 - 10:21
What are you going to tell me that every other consultant hasn't already said? 09/08/2010 - 10:23
Why have any employees at all? Why have a building? Why not just sit [at] home... 09/08/2010 - 10:26
With Lipitor™ we could have lowered the dosage to be much safer... 09/08/2010 - 10:28
Without firm fixed goals folks declare victory regardless of the outcome... 09/08/2010 - 10:29
Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. 09/08/2010 - 18:41
You can’t fix stupid 09/02/2011 - 01:06
You have to know the rules in order to be able to break them. 11/08/2010 - 19:33
You must build a methodology for deciding go / no-go at each stage... 09/08/2010 - 10:33
You'll be able … to drop the old ways of people management... 09/08/2010 - 10:38