“A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.” PeopleIfsKnowsGoalLeadershipNumbersKnow HowMissingHigherTenPercentToughManagersEmployeeRealisticStaffExceedSuperbQuotaRealistic Goals Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
“I've written a number of songs over the years and it's a big part of my life, this sort of tension between a longing for home and the call for the open road. It's sort of like a tug between two families. I even love to miss my home.” YearsTwoHomeBigsSongNumbersWrittenMissingLongingTensionOpen RoadLonging For Home Author:James Taylor
“The element which is conveniently missing from today's Republican Party is the human one. People's hopes and realities become numbers and words, devoid of personality and easy to erase.” PeopleHumansRealityTodayEasyPartyNumbersMissingPersonalityRepublicanElementsRepublican PartyErase Author:Steven Weber
“Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In the case of quantity, there is no such jump; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity, it is impossible for any quantity to be exact. You can have exactly three tomatoes. You can never have exactly three gallons of water. Always quantity is approximate.” WorldMeanTwoThreeNextWaterNumbersCasesImpossibleMissingProductsQuantityAccurateCountingMeasurementTomatoesGallonsDiscontinuityIntegers Author:Gregory Bateson
“The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'.” FunnyLostNumbersMissingTravelInsightfulGiverLikelihoodGetting Lost Author:Hal Roach
“I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.” IfsWayHardTodayRomanceThreeNumbersMissingBandInstrumentsSevenGuitarRhythmMelodyAccentsPercussion Author:Gene Kelly
“I mean, the criticism of Donald Trump is that he could win this race, and that he was doing well and he was rebounding and his numbers in various states were rebounding - and then he went after Miss Universe and talked about her being too fat and talked about women's looks again, and women don't like that...” WellsLooksMeanStatesUniverseWinningNumbersRaceMissingTrumpCriticismVariousFats Author:Megyn Kelly
“War to me is very much like sex. You can develop a theory that says sex is primarily for the exchange of genetic material, or that it's a celebration of life, or you can make up 50,000 theories about why human beings have sex, all of which are in some sense true, all of which by themselves miss the point. Because the answer is extraordinarily complex. It may be for fun, it may be for reproduction, for financial reasons, any number of things.” HumansMayWarReasonFunSexHuman BeingsAnswersNumbersMissingMaterialsTheoryComplexesFinancialCelebrationReproductionCelebration Of Life Author:George Friedman
“I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It's not about a production number, it's about a meaningful moment between two people that's witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoRealMomentsCarePurposeNumbersMissingProductionsMeaningfulObsessedExpensesWeddingMeaningful Moments Author:Jane Seymour