Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of… — Karl E. Weick Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration has pressured Mexico to keep them away from the Mexican border, so that they don't succeed in reaching… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
These are dark times for a lot of people who believe differently than our incoming administration [of Donald Trump], but there's also… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In times such as ours, however, when there is too much order, too much management, too much programming and control, it becomes… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In a two-year period, all my dreams came true: the birth of a son... publishing a best-selling book... launching a successful organization...… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I think if you want to be a successful president or a manager of a team, you need to understand what the… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Look at the [Bill] Clinton Administration and now the [Barack] Obama administration more recently. What we believe is that we implement policies… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
There aren't many English managers, I suppose, who've had the sort of career that I've had, outside the country. With the amount… — Roy Hodgson Copy Share Image
I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The manager might like it sometimes when I play up front because I can cause trouble for the defenders, but for me,… — Marouane Fellaini Copy Share Image
I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
I had twelve years as a Tottenham player under Bill Nicholson and could not have wished to have played for a better… — Joe Kinnear Copy Share Image
Our management team strongly believes that the key opportunity of our business does not only come from just the increase in terms… — Victor Koo Copy Share Image
Lets cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
As someone who was like a chief spokeswoman for [Donald Trump] and his campaign manager, it wasn't always relevant to what Americans… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost… — David Chang Copy Share Image
In financial services, if you want to be the best in the industry, you first have to be the best in risk… — John G. Stumpf Copy Share Image
I think the asset management industry, especially in the US, is going through a pretty tough time. If you talk to the… — Martin Gilbert Copy Share Image
The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I… — Carol Bartz Copy Share Image
Full employment is a socially hazardous goal. In effect, it aspires to restore through political expedients the pre-industrial state of toil that… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
“In April 1933, Willie's mother, Myrle, gave birth to him in a manger somewhere along the old highway between Waco & Dallas.… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that I have a job to do to help get the new administration ready. If there's some role… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn't either. I… — Bryan Robson Copy Share Image
“With digital awareness, the CIO can transform from a technology manager to a business-savvy leader; from a hands-on technical manager to a… — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
“You don't need a prophet to wake you up from your bed; you need no archbishop to describe the size of your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with… — George Voinovich Copy Share Image
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is… — Marilu Henner Copy Share Image
A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
Once you get into ownership and general managing and coaching, every little move is going to be put under a microscope. Every… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
Managers have to demand more of their HR departments, and they have to demand more of themselves. And we all have to… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method of investment is to put fairly large sums… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Enacted under President George W. Bush's administration with the promise to focus on individual student achievement and overall school performance, No Child… — John Kline Copy Share Image