Sacks shouldn't be the only thing that determines if you had a good year.
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
I never look at scores or anything.
OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.
The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have.
Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve.
The ranking... it's just a number.
Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.
We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.
All achievement should be measured in human happiness.
Dan Marino never won the big game. Does that mean his career is a failure? No, not at all.
Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
