tasks Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about tasks.
“I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.”
- Edward Tufte
“Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.”
- John Foster Dulles
“Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.”
- George W. Bush
“Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.”
- Isaac Watts
“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”
- Helen Keller
“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”
- Soren Kierkegaard
“Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.”
- Isaac Watts
“Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.”
- Thomas Nagel