Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Quotes
The modern joint stock firm is the outcome of innumerable decisions made by individual entrepreneurs, owners and managers. For these decision makers the choices among alternatives were limited and the outcomes uncertain, but almost always there were choices. Despite the variability of these individual decisions, taken cumulatively they produced clear patterns of institutional change
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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There's no possible way you can get what you want.
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These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
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The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
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I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid situations in which they will be pushed toward a collision.
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I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.
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Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.
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Dorothy looked, and gave a little cry of fright. There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
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The standard of 'affordable' housing is that which costs roughly 30 percent or less of a family's income. Because of rising housing costs and stagnant wages, slightly more than half of all poor renting families in the country spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs, and at least one in four spends more than 70 percent.
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I have to admit, I was a little bit of a misfit.
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When thousands of men and women work full time but need food stamps to put food on their tables, when they can't get health benefits, when they can't get paid sick days, then we must do whatever we can to stand up for them.
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Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
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I can't help who I fall in love with.
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I've lived in many things - boats, caravans, and buses. I've been homeless, I've had no money: everything. But I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard.
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To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death.
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The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.
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I loved working with Eric Close and J T Walsh.
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Bradbury Fisher shuddered from head to foot, and his legs wobbled like asparagus stalks.
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When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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The modern joint stock firm is the outcome of innumerable decisions made by individual entrepreneurs, owners and managers. For these decision makers the choices among alternatives were limited and the outcomes uncertain, but almost always there were choices. Despite the variability of these individual decisions, taken cumulatively they produced clear patterns of institutional change
