“It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” PeopleWayImportantMatterBigsNextOpportunityAbilityPerfectQualityLeaderFitThese DaysThings To DoBig ThingsLeaning InPerfect Fit Author:Padmasree Warrior
“I am a skateboarder, and to stay fit for skating I have to stay away from a lot of things. I go to parties and that's fun for me, but between skating and lifting and everything, I know what I have to do the next day, so I'm very conscious about my schedule and keeping it.” KnowsNextFunPartyFitConsciousSchedulesNext DayLiftingSkatingSkateboarder Author:Ryan Sheckler
“I laugh at it now, but one time I had an agent tell me I would never work in TV if I didn't get a nose job. People tell you to change yourself to fit into the L.A. scene, but the advice usually doesn't make any sense. The next agent told me my nose was great!” PeopleIfsJobsNextLaughingAdviceTvsFitSceneAgentsNosesOne TimeChange Yourself Author:Amanda Righetti
“The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.” AgeNextEffortYouthFitGratitudeRewardsDuesEsteemGovernors Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin
“My work is so strongly fashion, and it meant I had to downplay my exuberance and sculptural dimension to something that would fit into jewelry cases and sit next to Rolex watches and David Yurman [pieces].” NextWatchesCasesPiecesFashionFitDimensionsJewelryExuberanceRolex Author:Robert Lee Morris
“Next to the love between man and his Creator, The love of one man and one woman, Is the loftiest and the most illusive ideal, That has been set before the world. A perfect marriage is like a pure heart: Those who have it are fit to see God.” MenWorldHeartHas BeensNextPerfectLove IsFitPureIdealsCreatorOne ManOne WomanPure HeartPerfect Marriage Author:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
“At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share in the imperial merriment. Caligula, wiping the tears from his eyes, managed to gasp, "You'll never guess! It suddenly occurred to me that I had only to give a single nod, and both your throats would be cut on the spot."” IfsGivingMightWould BeEyeNextCuttingShareTearsFitLaughterSpotsHis EyesThroatHelplessBanquetsMerriment Author:Suetonius
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.” SometimesHappensUsedCertainNextFitHappeningsUp And DownManuscripts Author:Terry Pratchett
“You're always going to need those folks that introduce certain things to the next generation and I fit in that sense.” NeedsCertainNextGenerationsFitFolksIntroducingNext Generation Author:Mic Geronimo
“If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.” IfsThinkingWould BeNextChurchVisionFitDetermineMinistryOwnershipPastor Author:John C. Maxwell
“The idea of listening to a record that's in one generic style, it becomes quite boring after the third or fourth song, in my opinion. It just becomes a bit... when you've got the same arrangement on a song, your ears get tired. I come from a DJ background and it's about trying to put songs together that don't fit necessarily but you can get away with putting them next to each other. I think of myself as a punter and ask myself: what would I like to hear?” ThinkingTryingIdeasTogetherSongNextAsksBitsOpinionRecordsStyleListeningFitEarsThirdsTiredBoringBackgroundsGet AwayFourthArrangementsDjsGenericPunters Author:Dom Thomas
“A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.” MatterMightRunningGuyNextIndividualPrinciplesPracticeTeacherEventsFitSmartCurrentsRunnersNever ChangeFittingPupilsInspirational RunningBasic Principles Author:Bill Bowerman