- True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. Winston Churchill
- The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. George Bernard Shaw
- Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. Albert Einstein
- We cannot discover what ought to be the case by examining what is the case. We must decide what ought to be the case. Paul Taylor
- The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous this is asking the wrong question. Peter Drucker
- One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. Milton Friedman
- The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple! Oscar Wilde
- First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure. Mark Twain
- My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts! Unknown
- A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. Irvin S. Cobb
- There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. Maya Angelou
- It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before. Unknown
- We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. Jessamyn West
- If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. Unknown
- Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Carl Sagan
- Evaluate what you want -- because what gets measured, gets produced. James Belasco
- Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. Warren Buffett
- For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Tony Robbins
- Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.Carl Sagan
Discussion of the design, monitoring and evaluation of international development project and programs.
Design, Monitoring and Evaluation - Save the Children (SC)
- LARRY DERSHEM - Tbilisi, Georgia
- Tbilisi, Georgia
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Nice quotations! Thanks It helps me much in writing my session guide!
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