A Quote by Robert Heller

If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.

Robert Heller

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Action Calculations Justify Needed Sophisticated

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Robert Heller
American - Businessman
1826 - 1878

The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.

Sun Tzu

[The designated or chosen leader tries to] articulate and justify the resentment dammed up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breathtaking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages the world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.

Eric Hoffer

I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself.

Pablo Picasso

Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation?

Daniel N. Robinson

I can understand how technologically advanced action has become in our movies, but unless there is emotion or a strong story, it doesn't work. With every action sequence, there must be an emotion to justify it.

Sajid Khan

If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

Dick Gregory

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

Sanaa Lathan

These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!

John Brown

Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.

Mahatma Gandhi

I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.

George Allen

Through the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the hard, exhilarating pleasure of action.

Ayn Rand

I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.

Lindsay Fox

In my humble opinion, propaganda is one of the most evil tools humans have used against humans throughout history to justify wars, justify atrocities, justify evil. ISIS has taken it to a new extreme.

Matthew Heineman

There is so much bloodshed and action packed into our films these days. Pretty women provide the much-needed respite to the masses from the melee of non-stop action.