Quotes About Flexibility

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?

When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.

But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn't you argue the other side?" He said, "That's true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?

When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.

I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong.

When the facts change, I change my mind

Wage flexibility may not cure an ailing economy, but simply make the rich richer and the poor poorer; you get an economy driven not by wages, but by assets and if those assets stay in the same hands, there is no dynamism and social mobility.

Open-minded people will not necessarily agree with me, not when my arguments don't make sense to them. But open-minded people do listen, and if I explain (and when it is important), they are willing to invest in reevaluating their cause-and-effect connections.

to avoid feeling disappointed, one has to expect that things will, most probably, not work the first time.

The above doesn't mean that, for environments in which the assumptions of Lean are not valid, fragments of Lean cannot be used

Just remember this, Emma -- not every Jell-O salad turns out perfect. But it can still taste real good.

How to Find Your Joylah 1. Try new things 2. Be open to new friends 3. Visit new places 4. Listen to new ideas 5. Remember each day is a new day 6. And it's really no big deal if beads get mixed up every once in a while

Change what you can. Accept that which you cannot change. Forgive it all.

We get along with carnivorous plants and talking screwdrivers. I don't know what should be so hard about getting along with you.

I'm a Conservative, Connie." "That's okay," she answered. "You can switch.

You'll be happy if you'll remember that men don't change much. Women do. Women adapt themselves, and if you think that means they lose their individuality, you're wrong. Show me a happy marriage and I'll show you a clever woman.

Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.

By definition 'winging it' is not a plan.

We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

To see things in surprising ways, you have to extend yourself a bit.