Management Quotes - Page 17

• The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

  David Bohm

  Learning, Knowledge, Thinking

  New Scientist (p. 42), February 1993.

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• Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.

  David Bohm

  Real, Learning, Knowledge

  David Bohm, Mark Edwards (1991). “Changing consciousness: exploring the hidden source of the social, political, and environmental crises facing our world”, Harpercollins

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• Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

  Edward de Bono

  Learning, Knowledge, Argument

  Edward De Bono (1991). “I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic”, Penguin Group USA

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• Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Change, Moving On, Stay Strong

  "Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations". Book by John Gordon Burke and Ned Kehde, 1976.

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• If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

  Eli Broad

  Jobs, Poor Management, Unions

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• In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three major functions: prevention, management and surveillance.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Osteoporosis, Needs, Prevention

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• When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people in my management, then my wife and my boys and my friends, and if they're all lovin' it, it's kind of withstanding all the criticism I need.

  Luke Bryan

  Song, Writing, Boys

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• Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.

  James Buchan

  Optimistic, Government, Numbers

  "Market failures" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.

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• We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, Investing

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.153, John Wiley & Sons

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• The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, School

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• When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Integrity, Patriotic, Power

  Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.124, Take Root Media

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• If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

  John Cleese

  Teamwork, Fun, Business

  "Best New Games" by Dale N. LeFevre, (p. 9), 2002.

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• After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.

  Mason Cooley

  Mean, Acceptance, Silence

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• Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Business, Today, Tomorrow

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

  Richard Dawkins

  Death, Atheist, Learning

  "The Two Types of Faith" by Greg Cootsona, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2016.

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• There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?

  Richard Dawkins

  Respect, Atheist, Learning

  Speech at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, April 15, 1992.

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• All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Pride, Quality, Chance

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• The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Jobs, Business Success, Quality

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• Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Reality, Quality, Improvement

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• Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Expanding, Wells, Can Do

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• When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Mistake, Quality, Workers

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• Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Learning, Knowledge, Quota

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• Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

  Denis Diderot

  Mean, Power, Order

  "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage". Book by Denis Diderot, 1796.

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• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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