Quotes by Clifford Cohen

It is more important to understand the book you are reading than to finish the book you are reading.

Chronic problems tend to come from chronic habits.

Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to say, you know what that person is going to do.Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to do to others, you know what that person is going to do (or not do) to you.

The tyrant’s formula for every genocide since the beginning of time: differentiate, divide, destroy.

When someone apologizes to you, be sure you know whether they’re sorry, or just scared.

Rare is not synonymous with valuable.

Eating healthy is not so much about what you eat, but what you don’t eat.

Humility and competence are the keys to a successful life.

My philosophy of life: “Don’t just sit around doing nothing and wasting your time—get off your butt and start doing something and wasting your time.

As I get older I find it more and more easy to watch a pot until it boils.

Emotion is the timbre of thought.

A few thoughts on crime and punishment:Punishment—either don’t merit it, or learn to embrace it.It is easy to endure punishment, much harder to accept it.Committing a crime is like incurring a debt: you can either pay it off now, or pay it off later—with interest.

There is no reason to assume our species will survive itself.

In any career, there is a moment when you are no longer need to be pushed up from below, but rather pulled up from above. Know when that moment comes and adjust your strategy accordingly.

Don’t think for a moment that you’ve gotta be perfect to be paid.

Give your ambition a name.

Two examples of irony:...a cheap knock-off of a Chinese Ming vase…made in China....getting murdered in a graveyard.

Just because something is ubiquitous does not mean that it is innocuous.

What is the meaning of life…to give life meaning.

Always try to align your loyalties and commitment with the largest scope of the context you find yourself in. For example, if you work for a department in a company, align yourself with the company—not the department; if you are in an army platoon, align yourself with the army.