"Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great."

-- James C. Collins

#Enemy Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“God, think of the great men that have nibbled on me, and now I'm nothing but a snack for a virus - something that can't even decide if it's a plant or an animal.”
“At what point mustÂ a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over her male colleagues?”
“The technologists claim that if everything works [in a nuclear fission reactor] according to their blueprints, fission energy will be a safe and very attractive solution to the energy needs of the world. ... The real issue is whether their blueprints will work in the real world and not only in a "technological paradise."... Opponents of fission energy point out a number of differences between the real world and the "technological paradise." ... No acts of God can be permitted.”
“Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that have strong brands.”
“The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.”
“Donâ€™t try to capture a man in one synthetic portrait, but rather in lots of snapshots taken at different times and in different circumstances.”
“Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman like some buried treasure. All endeavors to introduce permanence in love, the most changeable thing in this changeable human existence, have gone shipwreck in spite of religious ceremonies, vows, and legalities.”

Source : Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (2015). “Venus in Furs”, p.29, Cosimo Classics
“Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.”

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