“I wish to preface my reflections by saying that I am conducting this prayer service and am speaking to you now with great reluctance. I did not seek to enter any controversy and I don't relish being part of one. But I have given this matter a great deal of thought and prayer, which has led me to the conviction that God is calling me to speak out and conduct these prayers.” MatterSpeakGivenWishPrayerDealsCallingReflectionConvictionControversyRelishSpeaks OutConductingReluctanceThoughts And Prayers Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“There is too great a tendency (perhaps encouraged by popular journalism) to deal with the dramatic moments, forgetting that these are not always the most significant moments. ... To find the significant rather than the dramatic features of industrial controversy, of a disagreement in regard to policy on board of directors or between managers, is essential to integrative business policies.” MomentsForgetDealsBusinessPolicyDirectorsEssentialsRegardSignificantTendenciesJournalismManagersFeaturesBoardsDramaticControversyDisagreementBoard Of DirectorsSignificant Moments Book:Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s Source: Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s
“I think it is a wise course for laborers to unite to defend their interests.... I think the employer who declines to deal with organized labor and to recognize it as a proper element in the settlement of wage controversies is behind the times.... Of course, when organized labor permits itself to sympathize with violent methods or undue duress, it is not entitled to our sympathy.” ThinkingCoursesInterestDealsBehindsWiseElementsLaborMethodViolentOrganizedPermitDeclineEntitledControversyEmployersSettlementLaborersOrganized LaborDuress Author:William Howard Taft
“There's always been a little bit of the crusader in me, and you need dragons to slay, without the conflict and the controversy I think that what I managed to do less, and I take a great deal of pride in the accomplishment.” ThinkingNeedsLittlesBitsDealsPrideConflictLittle BitAccomplishmentDragonsControversy Author:Hugh Hefner