Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

— Alcott, Amos Bronson

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

— Amiel, Henri Frederic

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.

— Chesterton, Gilbert K.

When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: LEAVE SLIDE RULES HERE! If I didn't do that, I'd find some engineer reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, Boss you can't do that.

— Kettering, Charles F.

The unlived life is not worth examining.

— Morris, Tom

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

— Ross, Harold Wallace

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

— Saying

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

— Smith, Adam