"Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots"

-- Conrad Black

#Fads Quotes #Zealot Quotes

“Remember that fear causes to happen the very things it fears. That's why fear should be unknown to us.”
“I don't know why it's so hard for me to say those three words. Most guys throw it around like breath, like bait.”
“When our inner vision opens, our horizons expand.”
“Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask ...”

Source : Mary Renault (1974). “The Mask of Apollo”
“"But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if He knows all that we need, and better far than we do ourselves, why should it be necessary to ask Him for anything?" I answer, "What if He knows prayer to be the thing we need first and most? What if the main object in God's idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need - the need of Himself?"”

Source : George Macdonald (2012). “Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III”, p.128, Simon and Schuster
“I think if we have a policy of zero violence, it won't be met, but the policy of getting the Iraqis in the fight and marginalizing those who are trying to stir up trouble will be effective.”
“For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don't care if anybody knows I'm gay' especially if you're a leading man. Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out,”

Source : "Gay actors say coming out affects roles they get" by Alex Needham, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2012.
“Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.”

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