"Adolescence has been recognised as a stage of human development since medieval times--long, long before the industrial revolution--and, as it is now, has long been seen as a phase which centers on the fusion of sexual and social maturity. Indeed, adolescence as a concept has as long a history as that of puberty, which is sometimes considered more concrete, and hence much easier to name and to recognize."

-- Terri E Apter

#Maturity Quotes #Names Quotes #Long Quotes

“A manager's ability to turn meetings into a thinking environment is probably an organization's greatest asset.”
“I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never dispute that I am a privileged person. Nevertheless, when I started work I made 11 grand a year. I got my book deal on my own, my father didn't write those books for me, I did all of that entirely on my own. I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.”
“I think one of things that Steve Jobs, in his own funny way, encouraged us to remember with those "Think different" posters of Gandhi and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King was, "How do you make the world a better place?"”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: â€œI canâ€™t live without my Smythson notebook, Pomegranate Noir cologne by Jo Malone and Frette sheetsâ€. In the grip of madness, materialism begins to look like an admirable belief system.”

Source : Emma Forrest (2012). “Your Voice in My Head”, p.30, A&C Black
“You know, we live here in America and sometimes don't understand the realities of geography and demographics in Eastern Europe.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“It's incredible how the human body is. That it could do so much. That it can go beyond the everydayness of life; That it can be extraordinary and powerful, and harbor a spirit of hope and pure will.”
“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child â€” miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”
“The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to be like you.”

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