November 23, 2012

Because This Is The Way We've Always Done It


"It is the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind, stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past."

Hannah Arendt
20th century German born American political philosopher

That's just the way things are.

Six words that do more to impede progress than anything else.

2 comments :

  1. One of my favorite quotes comes from Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, "the most damaging phrase in the english language is 'we've always done it that way'.".

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  2. True, Chapa, but's that's the way things have always been and there's no sense in changing now.

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