![If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when you think you are mastering them - it is nonetheless perpetually fascinating, frequently surprising, occasionally rewarding, and it comes already assembled. [...] Alas! the brain is a toy that plays games of its own. Its very most favorite game is the one-thing-leads-to-another game.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-little-else-the-brain-is-an-educational-toy-why-it-may-be-a-frustrating-pla.jpg)
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educational world stones
Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world. Ben Parr
educational keys political
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. Barbara Jordan
educational world this-world
Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted. Eleanor Roosevelt
educational positive-experiences share
How much do you as a consumer value a positive experience with a brand or its customer service department? How willing are you to share that with your friends? How inclined are you to let that person know that you're interaction with them was positive? Simon Mainwaring
educational giving decision
Train your staff (if you have any) to be always helpful, courteous, and knowledgeable. Most importantly, give every member of your staff enough information and power to make those small customer-pleasing decisions, so he never has to say, "I don't know, but so-and-so will be back at..." Susan Ward
educational listening problem
Listen to your customers. Can the sales pitches and the product babble. Let your customer talk and show him that you are listening by making the appropriate responses, such as suggesting how to solve the problem.
educational irony promotion
The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!
educational motivational-sales stories
In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do. Tate Taylor
educational views luxury
Too many people view on [space exploration] as a luxury rather than as a fundamental driver to stimulate interest in science to everyone in the educational pipeline. It's vital to our prosperity and security. Neil deGrasse Tyson
philosophy responsibility men
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand
philosophy civilization trying
And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something that at our company we're kind of, we're so irreverent about everything, we're sort of irreverent about the establishment, we're irreverent about civilization, we're irreverent about philosophy, we're irreverent about religion. Brian Henson
philosophy acting triumph
I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me. Jamie Sives
philosophy enemy doe
Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free. Janis Ian
philosophy philosopher
To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal
philosophy wonder
Philosophy begins with wonder. Aristotle
philosophy medicine nerves
I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. e. e. cummings
philosophy race views
The folkish philosophy is fundamentally distinguished from the Marxist by reason of the fact that the former recognizes the significance of race and therefore also personal worth and has made these the pillars of its structure. These are the most important factors of its view of life. Adolf Hitler
philosophy sunset west
Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West. Ani Difranco
thinking proud bryan
Superman is there to unite us all, I think. I'm proud of Bryan for respecting that and not making it just about us. Brandon Routh
thinking bridges age
I was trying to get into the business from a young age, but I don't think I really realized how much I loved it until I booked my first movie and found myself in New Zealand for six months filming Bridge to Terabithia. Bailee Madison
thinking challenges would-be
I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge. Ashton Eaton
thinking issues want
A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue. Azar Nafisi
thinking islam needs
I think Islam is in a sense, in crisis. It needs to question and re-question itself.
thinking looks alive
Now look at me! Take a good look! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. What do you think is alive in me? Why do you think I'm alive? Because I have a stomach and eat and digest the food? Because I breathe and work and produce more food to digest? Or because I know what I want, and that something which knows how to want—isn't that life itself? And who—in this damned universe—who can tell me why I should live for anything but for that which I want?
thinking religion trying
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. Bertrand Russell
thinking drawing important
I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of drawing whatever interests you. If there is something that you want to draw, to make, then I think you should pursue it and not let anybody tell you that you cant do it. Brian Selznick
thinking goal tragedy
The tragedy is that everyone thinks they already have goals. But what they really have are hopes and wishes. Brian Tracy