Bill Gates Quotes
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
Quotes to Explore
-
It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
-
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
-
Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
-
Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.
-
I will forever be proud to call myself a Bruin and will never forget the memories that were made here.
-
It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks.
-
Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
-
The greatest luxury is being free.
-
I discovered that men were just like everyone else, really. They liked you if you were good-tempered and easy to talk to. And being a big girl meant other females trusted you more and confided in you.
-
Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
-
Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,” I say, taking another step forward. “You never were a poet, were you, Todd?” he says.
-
Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.
-
Don't think small and expect to have a big life.
-
You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
-
Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.
-
The psychic development of the individual is a short repetition of the course of development of the race.
-
The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you're doing.
-
When I was kid, yeah, my family, my parents wanted me to marry a Jewish girl because that was what they taught their children, and thought it would be an easier life for me to raise a Jewish kid. And I have a Jewish wife, I have a Jewish kid. They seem pretty happy about it.
-
Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been, icons and monuments of grace and love. It is the deep mystery how wounds and scars can become precious, or a ravaging and terrifying cross the essential symbol of relentless affection.” “Is it worth it?” whispered Tony. “Wrong question, son. There is no ‘it.’ The question is and has always been, ‘Are you worth it?’ and the answer is and always, ‘Yes!’
-
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
