 | Richard K. Lester, Michael J. Piore - 2004 - 254 lehte
...148 8. Learning the Right Lessons about Competitiveness 170 Notes 197 Acknowledgments 207 Index 211 The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald... | |
 | F. Scott Fitzgerald - 2005 - 378 lehte
...almost without your knowing it but is realized suddenly indeed. Before I go on with this short history let me make a general observation — the test of...same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them... | |
 | David J. H. Hart - 2005 - 290 lehte
...B... Irrational? Perhaps. Rare? Yes. Difficult? Absolutely. But as F. Scott Fitzgerald pointed out, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability...same time, and still retain the ability to function. This is exactly what the visionary companies are able to do. 5 This is also what religious people must... | |
 | Maureen Dowd - 2005 - 564 lehte
...Afghanistan. i63 November 21, 2001 Blessings and Bombings In The Crack- Up, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "[t]he test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability...same time and still retain the ability to function." So now we know for sure that George W. Bush has a first-rate intelligence. The president, his team... | |
 | Dick Stoken - 2005 - 372 lehte
...task indeed. F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of early-nineteenth-century America's most admired authors said, "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability...same time, and still retain the ability to function." The pay off may be: Understanding "The Great Game of Politics." olitical F aradhtfnms FAuring the 1980s... | |
 | Rob Brezsny - 2005 - 310 lehte
...award. FitzgeraId Went Both Ways "The test of a first-rate intelligence," said F. Scott Fitzgerald, "is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind...same time, and still retain the ability to function." Bohr Went Both Ways "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement," said the physicist... | |
 | Andrew Ballantyne - 2005 - 324 lehte
...course of action seems to be wrong. 'The test of a firstrate intelligence,' said F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind...at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.'5 This is the most observable kind of example, when the mental conflict is more or less conscious;... | |
 | Oliver Wilhelm, Randall W. Engle - 2005 - 560 lehte
...Contributors 504 Author lndex 509 Subject lndex 529 PREFACE The test of a first-rate intelligence is llie ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the...same time. and still retain the ability to function. F. Scon Fitzgerald Although there has been great progress in intelligence research over the past KX)... | |
 | William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch, Victor L. Katch - 2006 - 794 lehte
...different environmental conditions and special aids affect physiologic function and exercise performance. The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and : : retain the ability to function. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES • Define each of... | |
 | Robert V. Smith - 2005 - 240 lehte
...respectively, of professional life. F. Scott Fitzgerald had one sense of ambiguity when he wrote about having "two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retaining] the ability to function."The opposed ideas may be differing points of view of direct reports... | |
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I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation — the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. 
