“Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?” IfsFeelsTryingLittlesHardBodyAsksPayCuttingPolicyNeededBehaviorQuittingFirmBoardsEmployeeUnfairUnemploymentBehalfDissatisfied Author:Janet Yellen
“It is possible to tell things by a handshake. I like the "looking in the eye" syndrome. It conveys interest. I like the firm, though not bone crushing shake. The bone crusher is trying too hard to "macho it." The clammy or diffident handshake - fairly or unfairly - get me off to a bad start with a person.” TryingPersonsHardEyeInterestBonesFirmCrushShakesSyndromesMachoHandshakeTrying Too Hard Book:All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings Source: All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
“I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.” IfsWantHardBeliefChangeWorkBreakBelieverFirm Author:Dolly Parton
“I think that it is a fallacy to suppose that helpful cooperation in the future will be assured by the attempted compulsion of an inflexible rule. Rather will such cooperation depend upon the fostering of firm friendships springing from an appreciation of community ideals, interests, and purposes, and such friendships are more likely to be promoted by freedom of conference than by the effort to create hard and fast engagements.” ThinkingHardPurposeInterestCommunityEffortDependsIdealsAppreciationFirmHelpfulCooperationEngagementAssuredConferencesCompulsionFallacyFostering Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“After the second Die Hard, Bruce Willis stated he would never do another. He should have stayed firm in his resolve. If quality is any indication (and it may be, with all the available blockbusters), box office returns will be disappointing this time around and, if nothing else, that will do to John McClane what dozens of assorted bad guys couldn't manage: kill him.” IfsShouldMayHardGuyDiesQualityReturnOfficeShould HaveBoxesAvailableManageFirmResolveDozenBad GuysIndicationDisappointingBox OfficeBlockbusterAssorted Author:James Berardinelli