"The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And in Denmark every single one of them is engaged and willing to do whatever it takes to get Denmark to be a leader in electric vehicles."

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Source : "In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars" by Nelson D. Schwartz, www.nytimes.com. December 1, 2009.

Shai Agassi

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Leader Quotes

“Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm.”
“What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect of life, to supply conceptual tools which will do a certain necessary kind of work. Wide though that area of work may be, it is never the whole, and all ideas lose their proper power when they are used out of their appropriate context. That is why one great philosopher does not necessarily displace another, why there is room for all of them and a great many more whom we do not have yet.”

Source : Mary Midgley (2011). “The Myths We Live By”, p.223, Taylor & Francis
“If you can't keep your hands off your girlfriend, then keep your hands off of God's daughter.”
“The treatments themselves do not 'cure' the condition, they simply restore the body's self-healing ability.”
“Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.”
“I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success.”
“A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.”
“You've been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-'fess up! With your great experience, don't you honest, cross-your-heart, think that perhaps-just maybe-when a country has gone money-mad, like all our labor unions and workmen, with their propaganda to hoist income taxes, so that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne'er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!”

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