"I make a strong case for poor sexual communication as the root cause of some assaults. I say some assaults because we know, as well, that there are dyed-in-wool, compulsive predators like Harvey Weinstein on campuses too. But there are guys we can reach here. Once again, I'd like to be optimistic in the way that we look at this problem."

-- Vanessa Grigoriadis

#Strong Quotes #Communication Quotes #Optimistic Quotes

“Not everyone has something to say. This will not stop them from saying it.”
“The central problem of brand-building is getting a complex organization to execute a simple idea.”

Source : Marty Neumeier (2009). “The Designful Company: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation”, p.158, Peachpit Press
“When a woman starts talking about her duty, her regard for appearances, and her respect for religion, she raises so many bulwarks which she delights to see captured by storm.”
“Lesson for the day: vision is always ahead of execution - and it should be.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.15, Image Continuum Press
“No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, you would see some different things each time, but the scene would be generally the same.”
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

Source : Quoted in Thomas J Peters and Robert H Waterman Among Friends (1982).
“What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.”

Source : John Bunyan, William Mason (1814). “The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come;: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country:”, p.97
“Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion.”

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