"A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me."

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Source : Eli Broad (2012). “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking”, p.43, John Wiley & Sons

Eli Broad

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“Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.”
“The next time you see John Stossel or Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity - these Flat Earthers, these corporate toadies, lying to you, lying to the American public, and telling you that global warming doesn't exist - you send an email to their advertisers and tell them that you are not going to buy their products anymore.”
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.”
“Basically the tax reform ideas are to clean up the tax system and to eliminate the loopholes that only very few make use of, to eliminate the possibility of people making millions of dollars every year and not paying any tax at all through oil depletion allowances and things like that.”
“I don't find the whole 'cougar' word that offensive.”
“What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.”
“So help me God,â€ I said slowly, clearly, when Cate looked up at me. â€œIf you go back on your word, I will tear you apart. And I wonâ€™t stop, not ever, until Iâ€™ve destroyed your life and the lives of every single person in this organization. Believe me, you may not always keep your promises, but I do.”
“In spite of all the talk and study about our next years, all the silent ponderings about what lies within them...it seems plain to us that many things are wrong in the present ones that can be, must be, changed. Our texture of belief has great holes in it. Our pattern lacks pieces.”

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