True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.


Victor Cousin

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Our management team strongly believes that the key opportunity of our business does not only come fr...
VICTOR KOO
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
VICTOR KIAM
Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.
VICTOR KIAM
You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring busin...
VICTOR KIAM
What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I ...
VICTOR KIAM
The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reacti...
VICTOR GRIGNARD
Organic compounds exist in which a hydrogen atom, joined to the carbon, acquires acid properties as ...
VICTOR GRIGNARD
Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, ...
VICTOR GRIGNARD
There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which cor...
VICTOR GRIGNARD
In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intellige...
VICTOR GARBER
I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are v...
VICTOR GARBER
I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it wh...
VICTOR GARBER
I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of e...
VICTOR GARBER
You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
VICTOR GARBER
You can only do so much theatre.
VICTOR GARBER
When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ...
VICTOR GARBER
Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've ...
VICTOR GARBER
Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.
VICTOR GARBER