“To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.” HoursDifferencesLevelsNumbersAttitudeQualityTrainWorkersManagersWorking ItFlexibilityQuality Work Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.” IfsBelieveBigsSeemsWould BeYoungGamesI BelieveBoysViolenceVideo Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.” KnowsWantYearsAgeThreePoorConditionsBlameLazyThree YearsPoorestToddler Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.” KnowsNumbersTalkingPercentVocabularySidelines Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Why are video games so violent? The ones I've seen remind me of the 4th of July, with everything exploding, buildings, cars, airplanes, men and women. Kill, kill, and kill for sport and entertainment.” MenGamesSportsCarBuildingMen And WomenEntertainmentViolentVideoAirplane4th Of JulyJulyExploding Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.” IndividualPercentCampaignsCorporationsContributionStringsUsualPullingBrakeCampaign Contributions Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.” WorldSelfActivitySkillsEnormousSelf RealizationRealizationVolunteerLaboratoryLeadership SkillsNonprofits Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.” MadeStuffGoodnessGreedGenerositySelfishness Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having a voice, being able to shape the future. Women's absence from decision-making positions has deprived the country of a necessary perspective.” NeedsCountryAblePoliticalIndividualVoiceDecisionEconomicPositionPerspectiveShapesCreatingCapableAbsenceDecision MakingDeprivedEconomic PowerCreating Change Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.” LifeActionResponsibleProtectionPassivity Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.” ActionSafeComfortableContraryReputationRefugeInaction Author:Madeleine M. Kunin