"Your time as a manager is finite and valuable."

-- Matthew Yglesias

#Valuable Quotes #Finite Quotes

“The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.”
“A classic engineering mistake and one I've made is confusing what is hard and what is valuable.”
“That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.”
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”
“I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.”
“Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.”
“A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.”

Source : Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.216, Simon and Schuster
“WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS.”

Source : Darlene Zschech (2001). “Extravagant worship”

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