Rain comments on Rationality Quotes November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rain 30 November 2009 03:14:23AM * 7 points [-]

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking and go in.

-- Napoleon Bonaparte

Comment author: gwern 30 November 2009 02:49:37PM 8 points [-]

"One mark of a good officer... the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better."

--Ringworld, Larry Niven