James Gobbo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.
The art of reading consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting non essentials.
There can be no question of masking the evidence, of suppressing the absurd by denying one of the terms of its equation. It is essential to know whether one can live with it or whether, on the other hand, logic commands one to die of it.
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

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