“It is this sense of democracy which empowers us, the people of Brazil, to elect someone like Lula who- in turn- uses that same democratic power to pursue policies to successfully combat inequality. This then reflects on the psychology of the people of our nation.”— Celso Amorim
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You must surround yourself with great people, and as you grow, never forget the generosity gene. Building a great team is what this business game is all about. The team with the best players working together wins.
— Jack WelchFormer CEO of General Electric; Pioneered "Jack Welch Management" Techniques
Establishing a culture of truth and trust is absolutely critical to being a great leader, and that takes effort and energy every day. You have to ceaselessly reach for truth and trust every day, and you have to be relentless in your pursuit of trust, and show your people that you have their back.
— Jack WelchFormer CEO of General Electric; Pioneered "Jack Welch Management" Techniques
Your corporate's social responsibility is to win. You cannot be generous from an empty wagon! This nonsense about giving when you're broke is ridiculous. Corporate responsibility, first and foremost, is to win. You can then take those resources from winning and allocate them as you see fit.
— Jack WelchFormer CEO of General Electric; Pioneered "Jack Welch Management" Techniques
In my experience, great advisors are the ones who give you the scaffolding to observe your gut-instinct from every angle and arrive at decisions which allow you to flourish.
— Not specifiedThere is no such thing as true-altruism (even philanthropists get something out of giving!). What is this individuals' payoff from working with you?
— Not specifiedMuch like whiskey, advice is best when it's of a high-quality, with provenance, and in short amounts. Have too much? And you're likely to be on the floor unable to make any good decisions.
— Not specifiedHad the first astronauts or explorers listened to advice, chances are they would never have embarked on those world-changing adventures. The same is true of entrepreneurs. First and foremost, entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs because their gut had an insight or an idea that's driven them.
— Not specifiedWe crystallize and store knowledge in specialised sounds and language, and then play with it – build and forge and mould it and model with it – using it to grip hold of the past and to imagine and plan the future.
— Professor Gary ThomasThe brains of our ancestor Homo sapiens were the same as our brains. How to draw, how to write, how to think, have all been learned, sometimes with great difficulty, and the learning has been passed on.
— Professor Gary ThomasOut of our cleverness has emerged something almost more important than the cleverness itself. Out of it has come learning about how to share ideas and pass down skills and knowledge. Out of it has come education.
— Professor Gary ThomasWe are the same people, physically: today, we have no additional neurons, no better wiring. But our tools for thinking – our ideas, hypotheses, theories, models – are marvellously improved. The only reason we are better at thinking and doing things now is that we accumulate knowledge and pass ideas and information from one generation to the next.
— Professor Gary ThomasIf you go to any rave, or any football event, you will find people chanting in a rhythm- human beings do that. We have this sense to participate and organise- Music lets you rediscover your humanity, and your connection to humanity. When you listen to Mozart with other people, you feel that somehow- we're all in this together.
— Hans ZimmerAcclaimed film composer known for scores like The Lion King and Inception
We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans- because we can… We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings… That's why we paint, that's why we dare to love someone- because we have the impulse to explain who we are.
— Maya AngelouRenowned poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist; author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
— Albert EinsteinPhysicist who developed the theory of relativity and E=mc².
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes...
— Pope John Paul IILeader of Catholic Church for 27 years; advocated for human rights and peace
The sleep revolution is finally hitting the workplace. The business world is waking up to the high cost of sleep deprivation on productivity, health care, and ultimately the bottom line. I expect the nap room to soon become as universal as the conference room.
— Arianna HuffingtonCo-Founder of The Huffington Post & Wellness Advocate