Jim McDonough famous quotes

Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.
-- Jim McDonough

#Military #War #Fire

A lot of times your best sales rep, that A++ player, kills it on a regular basis...but can never describe how they do it. They look at sales as an art, not a science.
-- Jim McDonough

#Art #Player #Looks

When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.
-- Jim McDonough

#Numbers #People #Use

At the expansion stage, it's really easy to lose focus and chase the shiny object, instead of staying focused on what you're good at and the customers that are already successful.
-- Jim McDonough

#Successful #Focus #Expansion

The best advice I got throughout my career was understanding what my current managers' pains and challenges are - it's not always just about hitting the number.
-- Jim McDonough

#Pain #Careers #Numbers

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

The world is witnessing first hand, live on television, the hearts ofAmerican warriors - and the spirit and pride only displayed by magnificent young men and women who are volunteers in the fight for the cause of freedom. Its all about heart.

When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.

The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'