“I gave up myself, but myself did not give up me; and so, I am still myself!” Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids to interpretation is unnecessary, and cannot be indulged in to narrow or enlarge the text; but where there is ambiguity or doubt, or where two views may well be entertained, contemporaneous and subsequent practical construction is entitled to the greatest weight.” WellsMayTwoLawNaturalViewsClearDoubtWeightConstitutionAidsPracticalsInterpretationConstructionUnnecessaryEntitledEmployedResortsAmbiguityFramersCollateral Author:Melville Fuller
“I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.” IfsWayTryingI CanHappensWalksDirectorsManageThese Days Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Act! the wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants. Mark with deeds the vanishing traces of swiftrolling time. Let us make happy the circle around us,--be useful as much as we may. For that fills up with soft rapture, that dissolves the dark clouds of the day!” MayActionDarkKnownWiseFameMarkCloudsDeedsCirclesImmortalityRaptureVanishingDark CloudsMake Happy Author:Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
“Courage! even sorrows, when once they are vanished, quicken the soul, as rain the valley.” SoulSorrowRainValleys Author:Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
“Too many companies these days can't tell the difference between good profits and bad.... By now you're probably wondering how in heaven's name profit, that holy grail of the business enterprise, can ever be bad. Short of outright fraud, isn't one dollar of earnings as good as another? Certainly, accountants can't tell the difference between good and bad profits. They all look the same on an income statement. While bad profits don't show up on the books, they are easy to recognize. They're profits earned at the expense of customer relationships.” LooksBookShowsNamesHeavenEasyDifferencesCompanyWonderHolyDollarsProfitCustomersIncomeStatementsThese DaysEnterpriseExpensesFraudEarningGood And BadAccountantsHoly GrailCustomer Relationship Author:Fred Reichheld
“We have the potential for making massive change... and the bottom line is that we can't be the generation responsible for wiping out three-fourths of life forms on the Earth.” LifeEarthFormThreeChangeLinesGenerationsResponsibleBottomLife ChangingMassiveBottom LineWiping OutMassive Change Author:Anthony D. Barnosky
“Little by little people are understanding that we need to change, but whatever we decide to do in next 10 to 15 years will decide the future of biodiversity on Earth.” PeopleNeedsYearsLittlesEarthNextUnderstandingChangeNeed A ChangeBiodiversity Author:Anthony D. Barnosky
“European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern a four-year parliamentary term, european Union partners will be spaced out in an optimal way, in a way that is in tune with our bargaining stance in Europe and also with the fiscal position of the Greek state.” WayYearsSaidStatesTermFourPositionPromiseEuropeConcernUnionsPartnersGreekTunesFour YearsEuropean UnionStanceBargainingParliamentaryOptimal Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.” Compromise Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.” CountryTogetherPeaceFriendshipSeaSouthChinaOperationsWorking TogetherRelevant Author:Ashton Carter