“Along with our passivity, we're entering a profoundly masochistic phase everyone is a victim these days, of parents, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, even love itself. And how much we enjoy it. Our happiest moments are spent trying to think up new varieties of victimhood.” ThinkingTryingMomentsParentEnjoyCompanyDoctorsVictimVarietyThese DaysPhasesEnteringPassivityVictimhoodPharmaceuticalMasochisticPharmaceutical Companies Author:J. G. Ballard
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.” PeopleFirstsHardMotherFatherStarsParentCompanyPlayerHard WorkIntegrityInternationalNbaSecretaryNba PlayerAll Stars Author:Brian J. White
“My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.” MotherParentCompanyTeachSpeechVictimIncomeHospitalsStrokesPercentagesTherapistsSingle Parent Author:Mona Simpson
“In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are made--a child of 10 years old, will chat and keep you company, while her parents are busy or out etc.--with the ease of a woman of 26. But then, how does this education go on?--Not at all: it absolutely stops short.” YearsChildrenDoeMadeGirlParentWomenEducationCompanyGoes OnEnglandBusyEaseEtc Author:Fanny Burney
“I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover, this behavior eventually leads to resentment. There's always a hidden agenda of What's in it for me? It's often suppressed, and this is why sacrifice is ultimately unwise and incomplete. Does this mean that there's no such thing as altruism, philanthropy, or generosity? No, it just means that anytime these exist, so do egocentricity, misanthropy, and greed. There's always a balancing force, even if it's sometimes hidden or unconscious.” IfsGivingMeanChildrenDoeSometimesCareForceParentCompanySacrificeLoversBehaviorWorkersGreedDon't CareGenerosityI Don't CareUnconsciousAgendasResentmentPhilanthropyAltruismIncompleteUnwiseMisanthropy Author:John Frederick Demartini
“It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.” PeopleLifeParentBornCompanyTaxesFairsClaimsPropertyInheritanceNot FairLater In LifeOffshoreDomsInheritance Tax Author:George Osborne
“The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time better, and you recognize people for their contributions. You also become more valuable as a spouse, parent and friend.” PeopleParentCompanyInfluenceValuableManageContributionSpouseCommunicators Author:Jim Rohn
“My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentWantedUsedArtistFunParentCompanyPerspectiveGrewIndustryGrew UpTheaterIndependentIndependenceRaisedSweden Author:Robyn
“Digital technology has eaten classic radio as we know it. Independent stations with disc jockeys who chose their own music have all gone; it's these huge parent companies that own a hundred stations and then decide what we should hear.” KnowsShouldParentCompanyTechnologyGoneHugeHundredIndependentRadioClassicDigitalStationsDiscsJockeysDigital Technology Author:Joe Walsh
“When you're working on a game that has a budget of tens of millions of dollars and you have to sell millions and millions and millions of copies to break even, you have a lot more layers between you and the audience. You have a marketing department, and there's a different marketing department for every continent, and the parent company has stockholders, and all that kind of stuff.” KindDifferentGamesStuffParentCompanyBreakMillionsAudienceSellsDollarsMarketingBudgetsDepartmentCopiesLayersContinentsBreak Even Author:Steve Gaynor
“Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.” YearsTwoHardParentCompanyBillionsApplesEmployeeGarageTwo Of Us Author:Steve Jobs
“It's time to place the market within a moral framework - even if that means standing up to companies who make life harder for parents and families.” IfsMeanParentCompanyMoralStandingHarderFramework Author:David Cameron