“I think this is one of the major challenges that we face in the U.S. The major incidents in the U.S. have not conformed to our stereotype of an established terror organization attacking a major iconic landmark.” ThinkingFacesChallengesMajorsOrganizationTerrorConformityStereotypeAttackingIncidentsIconicLandmarks Author:Bruce Hoffman
“Producing major change in an organization is not just about signing up one charismatic leader. You need a group - a team - to be able to drive the change. One person, even a terrific charismatic leader, is never strong enough to make all this happen.” NeedsPersonsEnoughHappensAbleStrongLeaderGroupsTeamMajorsOrganizationTerrificStrong EnoughSigningCharismaticMajor ChangeSigning Up Author:John P. Kotter
“There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness.” PeopleLongUseTodayCompanyMajorsOrganizationStudiosNewspapersErasFactoriesParallelsUsefulnessHooverSociety TodayJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“Our subtle-energy bodies play a major role in maintaining our health. Energy disturbances in the etheric body precede the manifestation of abnormal patterns of cellular organization and growth.” PlayBodyEnergyGrowthRolesMajorsOrganizationPatternsManifestationSubtleMaintainingAbnormalDisturbanceCellular Author:Richard Gerber
“In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on farmers. It's hard to believe, but it was based in Texas, and it was quite radical. They wanted their own banks, their own cooperatives, their own control over sales and commerce.” BelieveHardWantedCenturyMovementLateMajorsLaborOrganizationUnionsRadicalTexasFarmersCommerceKnights19th CenturyHard To BelieveCooperativesPopulist Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Great Society went wrong for three major reasons. First, the self-organization the Johnson administration promoted turned out to be not the pooling of family and community resources into shops and businesses, but political pressure for government handouts. Second, the Great Society failed to anticipate the perverse side-effects of handing money out to people who have done nothing to earn it. Third, while the Great Society was showering money on the poor, the Supreme Court was with childlike glee smashing to bits traditional methods of maintaining law and order.” PeopleFirstsSelfReasonDoneGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderThreeBitsSidesCommunityPoorEffectsMajorsResourcesOrganizationThirdsPressureMethodCourtSupremeTraditionalAdministrationShopsSupreme CourtMaintainingJohnsonAnticipateChildlikeLaw And OrderGleeSide EffectsSmashingHandoutsGreat Society Author:David Frum
“I don't think people talk to me because I'm such a good, charming, good-looking guy. I don't - whether that's true or not. I think they do it because I work for a major news organization, and they think that it can probably be helpful to them and their business interests or their personal interest and what have you.” PeopleThinkingGuyInterestMajorsNewsOrganizationHelpfulCharmingLooking GoodTalk To MePersonal InterestGood Looking Guys Author:Mark Leibovich
“I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step.” FirstsBigsStepsMajorsOrganizationAfrican AmericanConservationChairman Author:Jerome Ringo
“You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military training, the first rule is to instill soldiers with trust in their officers - because without trust, they won't fight.” PeopleFirstsFightingMilitaryReadyBattleMajorsTrainingOrganizationSoldierOfficersCatastropheInstillWithout TrustMilitary Training Book:Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices Source: Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices
“Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a large armed division and interface with other senior executives in a team-oriented, multinational initiative in the global marketplace. Successful candidate will have above-average oral-presentation skills” PersonsActionChallengesSuccessfulTeamDirectorsSkillsMajorsOrganizationExcitingAverageManageCandidatesExecutivesDivisionInitiativeSeniorMarketplacePresentationInterfacesNew ChallengesMultinationalsPresentation SkillsPublic SectorAbove Average Author:Winston Churchill
“When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.” MatterOpportunityTeamPositionHonorMajorsOrganizationPrivilegeManagersLeagueMajor LeagueDodgers Author:Tommy Lasorda
“The idea that the United States of American might shut down its government over abortion and funding to an organization that is 0.01% of the U.S. budget seems completely insane. Anyone looking at this debate around the world is thinking 'What is this country doing? They have three wars going on, they're trying to manage major problems and they're thinking of shutting down their government over abortion?'” ThinkingWorldTryingIdeasWarCountryStatesProblemSeemsGovernmentMightThreeUnitedUnited StatesMajorsOrganizationDebateInsaneManageAround The WorldBudgetsAbortionFundingMajor ProblemsShutting Down Author:Katty Kay
“I'm not going to get establishment support. I'm not going to get the support of the governors and the senators, with few exceptions, and many of the major organizations.” SupportMajorsOrganizationExceptionEstablishmentGovernorsSenators Author:Bernie Sanders
“So it's exciting for me to be able to be with him [my father, Donald trump] for major moments and stand by his side, and I'm very proud of him as a daughter and as somebody who's worked beside him for the past decade at The Trump Organization.” MomentsAblePastFatherSidesTrumpProudMajorsDaughterOrganizationExcitingDecadesProud Of Him Author:Ivanka Trump
“There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.” ThinkingRealCountryMovingPoliticalThreeUnitedPowerfulPartyBrotherCitizensRepublicanTaxesMajorsOrganizationElectionDemocraticEducationalBillionsCampaignsReformMost PowerfulRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyFundingTanksTax ReformCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm not saying that you need a State Department that looks like the litigation department of a major law firm. But you need people who are not afraid to make the case for the United States, who are not afraid to stand their ground, not afraid to be isolated in international organizations when that's the correct approach for our diplomacy. This is a cultural change that has to be effected through incentive systems, promotion systems, career training systems. This is not something that you can do with the stroke of a magic wand, it's going to take years to make this change.” PeopleNeedsYearsLooksStatesLawCan DoUnitedCareersCasesUnited StatesMagicApproachMajorsTrainingOrganizationInternationalFirmDepartmentNot AfraidIsolatedStrokesDiplomacyIncentivesPromotionWandsMagic WandsCultural ChangeLaw Firms Author:John Bolton
“One of the things that any kind of studies bring out is that the mere act of schooling - getting together, the organization involved, going to classes on time, and there're things being taught, sitting down with others with different backgrounds, chatting with them, and, sometimes when there are big barriers, eating together when there are school meals, which are big things together with a big social impact - they themselves have a major effect.” KindDifferentSometimesBigsSchoolTogetherSocialClassStudyEffectsTaughtInvolvedEatingMajorsSittingOrganizationImpactMereBackgroundsMealsBarriersBig ThingsSchoolingSitting DownChattingDifferent BackgroundsSocial ImpactEating Together Author:Amartya Sen
“In studying language we can discover many basic properties of this cognitive structure, its organization, and also the genetic predispositions that provide the foundation for its development. So in this respect, linguistics, first of all, tries to characterize a major feature of human cognitive organization. And second, I think it may provide a suggestive model for the study of other cognitive systems. And the collection of these systems is one aspect of human nature.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHumansMayLanguageStudyHuman NatureDevelopmentMajorsModelsAspectOrganizationFoundationStructurePropertyFeaturesCollectionsCognitiveLinguistics Author:Noam Chomsky
“Domestic and supranational regulatory capture leads to two things: on the one hand, to an inequality spiral where the rich get richer because they can influence rulemaking and rule application in their favor; on the other hand, it also leads to instability. This is so because the relatively few organizations capable of influencing supranational rulemaking through the lobbying of major governments have diverse interests. This will, in some cases, lead to compromises. But it will also lead to spheres of influence.” TwoHandsGovernmentInterestCasesRichInfluenceMajorsCapableOrganizationFavorsCompromiseInequalityTwo ThingsCaptureApplicationSpheresDiverseGet RichSpiralsInstabilityLobbyingSphere Of Influence Author:Thomas Pogge
“One of the major causes of poverty is a lack of family planning. Governments and nonprofit organizations need to encourage poor people to use birth control so that they don't have unexpected babies, which will only make poorer families poorer.” PeopleNeedsUseGovernmentCausesPoorPovertyBabyBirthMajorsOrganizationPlanningUnexpectedPoor PeopleBirth ControlNonprofitsFamily PlanningCauses Of Poverty Author:Philip Kotler
“Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.” PeopleKnowsShouldSupportHealthDutyMajorsResearchOrganizationCancerFraudCancer SurvivorDerelictCancer Research Author:Linus Pauling
“Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.” IfsLosesBenefitsMajorsAdvantageOrganizationTradeDollarsCriminalsBillionsIllegalMarijuanaMexicoElsewhereCommodityCompetitive AdvantageBeneficiaries Author:George Soros
“I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.” KindPoliticalSportsMajorsOrganizationJournalismArenaIntriguingCommentary Author:J. C. Watts