"A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along."

-- Keith Waterhouse

#Authority Quotes #Process Quotes #Consultation Quotes

“Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond to life's events and challenges. Our character is our profile of habits and dispositions to act in certain ways.”
“Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't?”

Source : L. J. Smith (2014). “The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection: The Return: Nightfall, The Return: Shadow Souls, The Return: Midnight, The Hunters: Phantom, The Hunters: Moonsong, The Hunters: Destiny Rising”, p.116, Harper Collins
“Weâ€™ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might slow consumption spending a bit.Â I donâ€™t think itâ€™s going to drive the economy too far from its full employment path, though.”
“Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.”
“If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a scant fifteen minutes ago, and all of recorded history has blinked by in the last sixty seconds. Luckily for us, our planet-mates--the fantastic meshwork of plants, animals, and microbes--have been patiently perfecting their wares since March, an incredible 3.8 billion years since the first bacteria. ...After 3.8 billion years of research and development, failures are fossils, and what surrounds us is the secret to survival.”
“It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.”

Source : "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," Foreign Affairs, July 1947
“Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.”

Source : Song: Leaving The Past, 2003
“The fashion industry now has a direct relationship with its customers. Thanks to things like Twitter, ideas can be shared and circulated.”

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