Karl E. Weick Quotes
Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
Quotes to Explore
-
People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
-
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
-
All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
-
There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture.
-
I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
-
I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
-
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
-
If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
-
I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
-
You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
-
Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
-
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
-
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
-
Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
-
'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
-
I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.
-
I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
-
Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
-
Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
-
This is the kind of work that newspapers are in business to do.
-
From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
-
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
-
Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
