#epa

A corporation is organized as a system - it has this department, that department, that department... they don't have any meaning separately; they only can function together. And also the body is a system. Society is a system in some sense. And so on. ↗

— David Bohm

#any #body #corporation #department #function

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#coincidence #consumed #dinners #eighteen #hours

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#characters #choose #could #find #i

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. ↗

— Julian Bond

#behind #demand #education #energy #got

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that? ↗

— Omar Epps

#because #believe #door #going #i

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#age #approach #aware #childhood #children

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democracy #just #law #mechanic #organic

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#analyze #belief #believe #business #business school

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#appropriate #be prepared #cannot #cost #deal

At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia. ↗

— Amar Bose

#anything #business #could #electronic #fix