Jason Fried Quotes
It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride and ownership when you don't understand where things are going.
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I'm not politically correct.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.
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The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.
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I am most anxious to get into my London painting-room, for I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas. I have done a good deal of skying for I am determined to conquer all difficulties, and that among the rest.
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I wasn't recommending that we make the links for them, only provide them with the tools to do so if they want to take the gamble (or the gambol).
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It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride and ownership when you don't understand where things are going.
