"WORDS of WISDOM!?"
“I didn’t say that I didn’t say it.I
said that I didn’t say that I said it.
I want to make that very clear.”Former
Michigan Governor George Romney
“If it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be;
but as it isn’t, it ain’t.”Lewis
Carroll
The following quotes are categorized under various
topics.Many of the listed topics are addressed from
time-to-time during class.The task here is to analyze
the quotes as to their conceptual authenticity when applying each to specifically
related facts and examples of practices that may pertain to the said topics.You
may discover that some quotes are “right-on” in many instances and that
others are only occasionally applicable, given the situation.
This is an adventure of evaluating information
as to structure and elements of thought that are responsive to values that
transcend the variables of subject matter, issues, and purposes.It
entails examination through interpretative criteria of accuracy, clarity,
precision, relevance, depth, consistency, and fairness.It’s
an exercise of assessing assumptions, implications, and practical consequences.
For detailed insights into the process described
above, go to Home Page and click on X-Files (using "user
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Hats of Dr. Edward de Bono;” and Theme 7: “Critical Thinking.”Next,
go back and click on the LAW door and then review “Introduction
to Critical Thinking and Writing in the Legal and Regulatory Environment.”
Additional “Topics” and “Quotes” will be added
to this site from time-to-time.
Change
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) Physicist. [Interview (December 1930)].
To make knowledge productive . . . requires the systematic
exploitation of opportunities for change.
Peter Drucker (b.
1909) Management consultant and academic. [Post-Capitalist Society (1993)].
It is change . . . that is the dominant factor in society
today. No sensible decision can be made without taking into account
not only the world as it is, but the would as it will be.
Issac Asimov (1922-92)
Novelist, critic, and scientist. ["My Own View,"Asimov
on Science Fiction (1981)].
To Change and to improve are two different things.
Anonymous.
German proverb.
People are no longer content to talk merely of "organizational
change" . . . the new aspiration is for "organizational transformation."
S.K. Chakraborty
(b. 1957) Indian academic [Ethics in Management: Vedantic Perspectives
(1995) ].
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan (b. 1941)
Singer ["The Times They Are A-Changin'" 1964].
Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant
to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.
H. Ross Parot (b.
1930) Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and politician. [International
Management (1987)].
If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?
Gloria Steinem (b.
1934) Entrepreneur, editor, and writer. [Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
(1983)].
Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.
Alvin Toffler (b.
1928) Social commentator and writer [Future Shock (1970)].
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transition.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Statesman, orator and lawyer [ManagingTransitions].
Incremental change is not enough. The whole "command
and control" tradition is being turned on its head.
Richard Pascale (b.
1938) Academic and author. [Managing on the Edge (1990)].
If it ain't broke, break it.
Richard Pascale
(b. 1938) Academic and author. [Managing on the Edge (1990)].
The nanosecond nineties.
Tom Peters (1942).
[Referring to pace of change during the 1990s in Liberation Management
(1992)]
Current Issues
If you have a problem with the sink, you don't tear down the entire
house.
AARP advertisement of March 21,2005 pertaining to Social Security
Negotiation
Let us never negotiate out of fear. Bus let us never fear to
negotiate.
President John F. Kennedy [Inaugural Speech, January 20, 1961]
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Benjamin Franklin [Poor Richard’s Almanack (1735)]
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
David Frost
Never make concessions.
Gertrude Stein [Independent Magazine (1995)]
My style of dealmaking is quite simple and straightforward.
I just keep pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.
Donald J. Trump [Time (January 1989)]
When money is at stake, never be the first to mention sums.
Ahmed Zaki Yamani (b. 1930) Saudi Arabian politician [Yamani by
Jeffrey Robinson (1988)]
Power
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton (1834-1902)
Britrish historian [Letters to Bishop Mandell Creighton (April 5, 1887)].
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks
you have.
Saul Alinsky (1909-72)
Activist. ["Tactics," Rules for Radicals (1971)]
Why should I run for Mayor when I'm already King?
Walt Disney (1901-66)
Founder of Walt Disney Company. [Responding to Ray Bradbury's suggestion
that he run for Mayor of Los Angeles. Quoted in "Listner (London)
(October 7, 1982)].
Life is a search after power.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-82) Essayist, lecturer, and poet. ["Power," The Conduct of Life (1860)].
Power is the ability to change things.
Carly Fiorna (b.
1954) Former President/CEO of Hewlett-Packard. ["Secrets of the Fastest
Rising Stars," Fortune (Patricia Sellers; 2000)].
Power is neither male nor female.
Katharine Graham
(1917-2001) Newspaper publisher and ower of the Washington Post. [Quoted
in "Company Man: the Rise and Fall of Corporate Life" (Anthony Sampson;
1955, ch.19)].
The longer I keep quiet, the sooner others move their
lips.
Robert Keister, author of "The 48 Laws of Power" (1998)
You're right not because others agree with you, but because your
facts are right.
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Make a fool of yourself. Otherwise you won't survive
Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways and the Virgin
Group
Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire people
who have them.
Howard Schultz, Chairman of Starbucks
Have the courage to stick with a tough job.
A.G. Lafley, Chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble
Fellow your own instincts, not those of people who see the world
differently.
Sumner Redstone, Chairman and CEO of Viacom
Be nice, do your best -- and most important, keep it in perspective.
Meg Whitman, CEO and President of eBay
Be yourself.
Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric
Don't listen to the naysayers.
Sallie Drawcheck, CFO of Citigroup
Don't limit yourself to past expectations.
Vivek Paul, President and CEO of Wipro Technologies
When you negotiate, leave a little something on the table.
Dick Parsons, Chairman and CEO or Time Warner
When "everyone knows" something to be true, nobody know nothin'.
Andy Grove, Chairman of Intel
Remember the parable of the cow in the ditch.
Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox
All you really own are ideas and the confidence to write them down.
Brian Grazer, Academy Award -- winning movie and TV producer,
Imagine Entertainment
Regularly sit at the feet of Peter Drucker.
Rick Warren, Minister, founder of Saddleback Church and author
of "The Purpose-Driven Life"
The real discipline comes in saying no to the wrong opportunities.
Jim Collins, Author of the bestseller "Good to Great"
Get good -- or get out.
Peter Drucker, Business Educator and Consultant
Start Young.
Ted Turner, Founder of CNN and former vice chairman of Time Warner
Balance your work with your family.
David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue
Bail out of a business that isn't growing.
Mickey Drexler, CEO of J. Crew
Let others take the credit.
Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast
Incorporate philanthropy into your corporate structure.
Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
Surround yourself with people of integrity,k and get out of their
way.
Hector Ruiz, CEO of AMD
If you love something, the money will come.
Donny Deutsch, CEO of Deutsch Inc. and host of CNBC's "The Bid
Idea with Donny Deutsch"
Keenly visualize the future.
Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of Siemens
Don't chart your career path too soon.
Ann Fudge, Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands
Respect people for who they are, not for what their titles are.
Herb Kelleher, Founder and Chairman of Southwest Airlines
You can learn from anyone.
Clayton Christensen, Harvard Bujsiness School Professor
Do what you love.
Ted Koppel, Anchor of ABC's "Nightline"
Miscellaneous
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Anonymous
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
Anonymous
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison – if it wasn’t for him, we’d be watching
television by candlelight.
Milton Berle
I remember your name perfectly, but I just can’t think of your face.
Reverend William Spooner
Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parent’s
shortcomings.
Laurence Peter
Jogging is for people who aren’t intelligent enough to watch television.
Victoria Wood
A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
Alec Issigonis
Please don’t talk while I am interrupting.
Todd Rockefeller
It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure why take a
chance?
President Ronald Reagan
Smoking is one ot the leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Knobel
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Woody Allen [Without Feathers (1972)]
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be
modest about.
Winston Churchill
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
Stanislaw J. Lee
Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?
Harold Pinter [The Homecoming (1965)]
If it weren’t for the optimist, the pessimist would never know how
happy she wasn’t.
Anonymous
If he were any dumber, he'd be a tree.
Barry Goldwater of Senator William Scott of Virginia
Bill Gates
Here is a message from the richest person on earth as given to the Student body at Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia, California.
Rule
1:Life
is not fair - get used to it.
Rule
2: The world won't care about
your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE
you feel good about yourself.
Rule
3: You will NOT make $40,000
a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car
phone until you earn both.
Rule
4: If you think your teacher
is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule
5: Flipping burgers are not
beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger
flipping -- they called it opportunity.
Rule
6: If you mess up, it's not
your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule
7: Before you were born, your
parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying
your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool
you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your
parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule
8: Your school may have done
away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools, they have
abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want
to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to
ANYTHING in real life.
Rule
9: Life is not divided into
semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested
in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
Rule
10: Television is NOT real
life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go
to jobs.
Rule
11: Be nice to nerds. Chances
are you'll end up working for one.