“... any woman who accepts aloneness as the natural by-product of success is accepting a punishment for a crime she didn't commit. And she is not acknowledging one of the most precious lessons of the women's movement, the lessons of community ... We may not able to tell women that there is safety in freedom. But we certainly can say, with absolute certainty, that for free women, the only safety is in numbers.” MayAbleCommunityNaturalNumbersAcceptingCrimeMovementProductsLessonsAbsolutesSafetyPunishmentCommitCertaintyAbsolute Certainty Author:Marlo Thomas
“One lesson I got from Gandhi, 'Be the change you want to see,' haunts me. I just feel like I can't keep stomping around pointing the finger at BP when I am supporting the oil industry with my very own dollars and actions by buying their products, helping to pay their mortgage - plastic is from oil... polyester, shower curtains.” WantFeelsI CanHelpingActionPayProductsIndustryLessonsDollarsFingersOilBuyingPlasticShowersCurtainsPointingMortgagePointing FingersOil IndustryStompingShower Curtains Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“Outsiders think of Silicon Valley as a success story, but in truth, it is a graveyard. Failure.. is Silicon Valley's greatest strength. Every failed product or enterprise is a lesson stored in the collective memory of the country. We not only don't stigmatize failure, sometime we even admire it. Venture Capitalists actually like to see a little failure in the resumes of entrepreneurs.” ThinkingLittlesCountryStoriesMemoriesProductsLessonsEntrepreneurAdmireEnterpriseCollectivesValleysCapitalistOutsidersVentureGraveyardResumesSiliconSilicon ValleySuccess StoriesCollective MemoryVenture Capitalists Author:Michael Malone
“The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff in your life, write about a lot of stuff and not edit yourself. That is a great lesson to learn for anybody that writes or creates in anyway, to be able to make something without being good or bad.” WritingMomentsSeemsAbleStuffProductsLessonsBe GoodAllowingSublimeEdits Author:Jeff Tweedy
“The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And most people do not get this straight in their heads. But a fellow like Buffett does. For example, when we were in the textile business, which is a terrible commodity business, we were making low-end textiles-which are a real commodity product. And one day, the people came to Warren and said, "They've invented a new loom that we think will do twice as much work as our old ones."” PeopleThinkingDoeSaidRealEndsHelpingTechnologyExampleProductsTerribleLessonsOne DayLowsFellowsCommodityBuffettTextilesMicroeconomics Author:Charlie Munger