Ricardo Semler Quotes

There are companies which are prepared to change the way they work. They realize that nothing can be based on what used to be, that there is a better way. But, 99 percent of companies are not ready, [they are] caught in an industrial Jurassic Park.

Ricardo Semler

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• You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
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  • Different

• Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.

  

  Natasha Richardson
  • Work
  • Moving
  • New York

• I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Kitchen

• I don't marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.

  

  Valerie June
  • Just
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  • Marry

• In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Change
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• My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • Life
  • She
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• I thought of myself as an adult trapped in a kid's body. Had I known what adulthood was like, I would have embraced childhood a little more.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Myself
  • Thought
  • Childhood

• The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Writing
  • Real
  • Lucky

• There came a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, and I resolved as a lawyer and a judge I would try the Book as I would try anything in the courtroom, taking evidence for and against. It was a long, serious and profound study and using the same principles of evidence in this religious matter as I always do in secular matters, I have come to the decision that the Bible is a supernatural Book, that it has come from God, and that the only safety for the human race is to follow its teachings.

  

  Salmon Portland Chase
  • Life
  • Time
  • God

• Love is the greatest form of loyalty, one that places happiness of the beloved over the lover.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Love Is
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• We only see things coming and going, we need food, we need water.

  

  Amanullah Khan
  • Food
  • Water
  • Things

• Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

  

  Carol Leifer
  • Beautiful
  • Self
  • Authentic Self

• No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.

  

  Kelly Clarkson
  • Good
  • Matter
  • Size

• Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Society
  • Education
  • Compassion

• A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

  

  Douglas Jerrold
  • Long
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• I don't write about Google except to insult the company.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Company
  • Insult
  • Google

• There's a tradeoff. Yeah, I lose the deduction that I really like, but my tax rate is going to go down, and I don't have to fill out that form anymore. It's much simpler, rates are lower, and that tradeoff has worked in many countries. Many countries have just cleaned house of all those exemptions in order to provide lower rates, and people buy it.

  

  T.R. Reid
  • People
  • House

• There are companies which are prepared to change the way they work. They realize that nothing can be based on what used to be, that there is a better way. But, 99 percent of companies are not ready, [they are] caught in an industrial Jurassic Park.

  

  Ricardo Semler
  • Company
  • Realizing
  • Prepared