"Communicating and celebrating the times when individuals have made values-based decisions is, of course, empowering and can provide role models. But perhaps more importantly, it removes the sense of futility that often prevents employees from speaking up."

“Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three continents. The Book of Negroes recites the pain, misery and liberation of one African woman, Aminata Diallo, who was stolen from her homeland and sold into American slavery. Through Aminata, Hill narrates the terrifying story of slavery and puts at the centre a female experience of the African Diaspora. I wept upon reading this story. The Book of Negroes is courageous, breathtaking, simply brilliant.”

“An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.”

“The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.”

“There are three basic personality factors in cats: The kind who run up when you say hello and rub against you in cheap romance; the kind who run away certain that you mean to ravish them; and the kind who just look back and don't move a muscle. I love all three kinds.”

Source : Eve Babitz (2015). “Eve's Hollywood”, p.134, New York Review of Books

“Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. 100 years from now your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.”

“You cannot stop the unstoppable”

“Reason gains all people by compelling none.”

Source : "Alzira: A Tragedy". Play by Aaron Hill, 1736.

“Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Just think about the customer.”