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“In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell.”

Ifs World Has Beens Stills Ideas Age Order Differences Company Modern Genius Needed Rivers Invention Fallen Gray Bells Solitary Telephones Modern Age Graham Bell

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“The national debt has given rise to joint stock companies, to dealings in negotiable effects of all kinds, and to agiotage , in a word to stock-exchange gambling and the modern bankocracy .”

Kind Given Company Modern Effects Debt All Kinds Gambling Joints Dealings National Debt Stock Exchange Joint Stock Company

Book:Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production

Source: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production

“I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company.”

Thinking Children Littles Enjoy Company Virtue Too Much Modern Negative Importance Educational Merit Interfere Theorists

Book:In praise of idleness: and other essays

Source: In praise of idleness: and other essays

“To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.”

“It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.”

Littles States Company Modern Bores Fatigue

Book:Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus

Source: Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus

“Several months ago, out of the blue, a company named "Cingular" started sending me bills. I had never heard of Cingular, and I honestly did not know what these bills were for, so I put them in the pile where I keep documents that I intend to scrutinize more carefully later on, after my death. Then I started seeing TV commercials for Cingular, but of course they did not make it clear what Cingular is, because the First Rule of Modern Advertising is: "Never reveal what you are advertising."”

Knows Firsts Courses Company Clear Seeing Heard Modern Tvs Months Blue Bills Honestly Advertising Documents Scrutinize Tv Commercial

Author:Dave Barry

“Advertising is the spur on the flank that keeps modern company-helping economy out of hand till the day common sense is restored, if ever it happens.”

Ifs Helping Hands Happens Common Company Economy Modern Common Sense Advertising Spurs

Author:Robert W. Sarnoff

“I have always been obsessed by the company and making sure that the company is the most contemporary, the most modern of all the players, and delivering the most accurate service for our client.”

Company Player Modern Contemporary Obsessed Accurate Clients Delivering

Author:Maurice Levy

“Our tenants now are companies like Uber, the taxi service, Meituan.com, China's version of Groupon - and a large number of startups. These companies operate in a modern way, just like their customers: They go on the Internet, look for an offer and take it.”

Way Looks Numbers Company Modern Goes On Internet Offers China Customers Versions Large Numbers Taxi Tenants Uber

Author:Zhang Xin