Quotes on Basics

There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires.

Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone.

If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.

If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.