Quotes
Authors
Peter Senge

"We tend to think that, in a traditional organisation, people are producing results because management wants results, but the essence of a high-quality organisation is people producing results because they want the results. It's puzzling we find that hard to understand, that if people are really enjoying, they'll innovate, they'll take risks, they'll have trust with one another because they are really committed to what they're doing and it's fun"

-- Peter Senge

#Fun Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Essence Quotes

“A skater goes through a lot of different feelings during a competition. Staying calm is the key point. You feel a little anxious, a little nervous, a little unsettled. That's when you've got to trust your feelings, trust your abilities. Believe in what you have worked for so long to achieve. Have faith in yourself.”
“I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.”
“All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we share. No altruism this, for we receive tenfold what we give.”

Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1939). “Friends and fiddlers”
“A lot of bands don't really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a different aspect of a band. They don't really like each other - they work together and they kinda exist together and that's how they like it. They're like, "we didn't get into this band looking for friends."”

Source : Source: www.rollingstone.com
“Some people`s photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that`s fine. But that`s not why I do them. I`m a gun for hire.”
“Just as the apparent openness of rectitude will have its hidden places where foul things moulder in the dark, so, in the shadowed lives of those outside the law may sometimes be found concealed honesty and naive ideals.”

Source : William McIlvanney (2013). “Strange Loyalties (Laidlaw 3)”, p.157, Canongate Books
“Is this your bedroom?" she asked, and turned to look at him. Myrnin straightened and jammed the big red floppy hat back on his head. The feathers waved back and forth. "Don't get any ideas," he said. "I'm far too young and innocent for that kind of thinking.”
“As we talk about devices, you should never forget that behind every one there is a person - a customer. Itâ€œs not the Internet of Things, but the Internet of People - of customers. We are moving to one-to-one relationships.”

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