You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!
Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do.
Some people like telling people what to do. I don't like telling people what to do.
Know thyself. Remain steadfast. Follow your dreams. These are great directives and perfectly fitting for graduates. But reality is that achieving dreams takes a solid education - education that remains elusive for too many Americans.
Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.
When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go.
