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“Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like children, they see what's actually there. Their perceptions are less clouded by belief systems, taboos, habits of thought. One responsibility of management--an important one--is to call attention to the invisible obvious, pointing it out as a child does (sometimes to the embarrassment of adults). Doing so also requires supporting employees who take that risk, too, and other risks as well.”
Source : Richard Farson, Ralph Keyes (2003). “Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
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“I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.”
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“Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.”
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“If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.”
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“Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.”
Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1835). “Traits of American Life”, p.212
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“I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.”
Source : "José Manuel Barroso: 'How is Britain so open to the world, but so closed to Europe?'". Interview with David Miliband, www.newstatesman.com. July 11, 2012. 
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“If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer, you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it with the proper commands. Likewise, what enables you to get anything you want from your own personal databanks is the commanding power of asking questions.”
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“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
