“We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.” Quote by Larry Page
“You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.” AbleTurnsStrongDecisionBusinessStrengthManagementCorporationsBoardsCommittees Author:Rupert Murdoch
“Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa.” UnderstandingDecisionManagementVicesManagersInvestorsVice Versa Author:Charlie Munger
“Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the map in terms of their personalities, attitudes, values, strengths, and weaknesses.” YearsValuesTermDecisionAttitudeLeaderCareersFiveStrengthPersonalityWeaknessManagementFive YearsMapsSixtyCeoConsultingStrength And WeaknessNonprofitsBest BusinessBusiness Management Author:Peter Drucker
“Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests.” PeopleSelfUseSocialInterestDecisionLeaderDangerSmartManagementInstitutionsCorporateServingOur FutureSmart PeopleSelf ServingBusiness ManagementGood To GreatEntrusting Author:James C. Collins
“It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.” ThinkingEarthScienceReligionHumanityNaturalSunFiguresMoralityCallingHighestOvercomingImpressionDesignerNaiveLiving ThingsHandiwork Author:Steven Pinker
“I'll live for me and for other real people. Until some god gives me five minutes of their time...they deserve none of mine.” PeopleGivingRealReligionFiveMinutesMinesMoralityDeserveGive MeFive Minutes Author:Matt Dillahunty
“With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties.” FoundPoliticsIndividualNationsInterestMoralDutyMoralityInseparableMoral Duty Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.” WorldHarmonyMissions Author:Jane Goodall
“Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.” MenUnderstandingSimplePrivilegeMissionsUtilityUnder StressSimple Faith Author:Vannevar Bush
“Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.” PeoplePerfectMissions Author:Andrew Jackson