"When it's easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent."

-- Malcolm Gladwell

#Thinking Quotes #Development Quotes #Incentives Quotes

“The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.”

Source : "Leslie Nielsen: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 29, 2010.
“But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and that alone?”
“There are moments in history that people should be reminded of.”
“Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we are converted, or born again, we must be miserable forever.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“Common sense is that which tells us the world is flat.”

Source : "Language in Thought and Action". Book by S. I. Hayakawa, 1952.
“A mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she didn't see it herself.”

Source : Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Willem Samuels (2002). “The girl from the coast: a novel”, Hyperion Books
“I think the production thing was a stroke of luck really. But for me, I had to do it, as it was always part of the plan. But my biggest claim to fame was to recognize those who were at the time unrecognised. Soul II Soul was like a festival to all these artists who wanted to be a part of it. We travel to all these different destinations and everyone gets off where they need to.”
“Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.”

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