"People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations."

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Source : "Capt. Chesley Sullenberger". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. June 15, 2012.

Chesley Sullenberger

#Organization Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.”
“It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what sustains everything else. Alan Jones is a pioneer in reimagining a Christian faith that emerges from authentic spirituality. His work stimulates and encourages me deeply”
“It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.209, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Whatever the history of U.S. intervention in Iraq, our priorities now should be to protect our people and defend our national security interests, not to try to resolve an intractable religious divide some 1,500 years in the making.”
“This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.”
“the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!”
“In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform.”
“In pursuing certain virtues - colorful local effects, personae and personality, juxtaposition, close calls with nonsense, uncertainty, critiques of ordinary language - the current crop of American poets necessarily give up on others.”

Source : Stephen Burt (2009). “Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry”, Graywolf Press

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