A Quote by Fred Brooks

Present to inform, not to impress. If you inform, you will impress.

Fred Brooks

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Fred Brooks
American - Scientist
Born: April 19, 1931

The goal of this presentation is to impress, rather than inform.

W. A. H. Rushton

I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're trying to impress a girl, you're not going to impress her. But if you aren't trying to impress a girl, you'll probably impress her because you're not trying.

Mike Posner

The rules are now clear: no one is going to inform you, but it's easier than ever to inform yourself.

Seth Godin

I'm not impressed by people's degrees. Harvard doesn't impress me, Yale doesn't impress me, Columbia doesn't impress me.

Sean Hannity

My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform.

Michael Hayden

Its just tryna impress the world and then realizing that, that doesn't even matter really, you gotta impress yourself.

SonReal

Inform yourself, inform your children, talk to your friends! And let's try to make a better, stonier world than the one we inherited!

Terence McKenna

You dress to impress," I said approvingly. "No, Angel." He leaned in, his teeth softly grazing my ear. "I undress to impress.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I don't know who he (Wladimir) was trying to impress in that homo-erotic video of his doing bicep-curls. It didn't impress me.

David Haye

When you impress yourself, you're going to automatically impress us.

Eric Thomas

On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.

Whittaker Chambers

I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

Angela Bassett

The past has to inform the present.

John Turturro

The past has to inform the present...

John Turturro

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.

Henry Rollins

My philosophy as a filmmaker is to inform and entertain at the same time. And when I went away from documentaries into miniseries like 'Roots,' I did the reverse. Instead of just entertaining, I want to inform at the same time.

David L. Wolper

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