"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution"

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Source : "Here Comes Clay Shirky". Interview with Parul Sehgal, www.publishersweekly.com. June 21, 2010.

Clay Shirky

#Creativity Quotes #Trying Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Does the devil know he is a devil?”
“Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.”

Source : Mary Astell (2002). “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”, p.67, Broadview Press
“Strong ethics keep corporations healthy . Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.”

Source : "Building a Better Business". Book by Patrick Dixon, 2005.
“I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.”
“Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry by pursuing chimerical problems and theories which are false. In physical science, which is more advanced than biology, we might still cite men of science who make great discoveries by relying on false theories. It seems, indeed, a necessary weakness of our mind to be able to reach truth only across a multitude of errors and obstacles.”
“Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.”
“So I don't think being an artist you can ever satisfy - the moment you do get satisfied is the moment you're done, really. I'm actually starting to bug out now, because it's not enough. I get joy and pleasure in the movies out there in the world that people are seeing, but for me, it's about making it. That's why I do it, is to make it, to deal with my life.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.”

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