What corporations fear is the phenomenon now known, rather inelegantly, as 'commoditization.' What the term means is simply the conversion of the… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
“I left wide margins. In the left-hand one I noted any mannerisms, expressions and gestures that seemed to add something to her… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I think I'm enjoying writing for me.I know what's in my head, so there's a little less margin for error, but I… — David Finch Copy Share Image
If you start to give of yourself, be it ever so simple a fashion, the world will observe your spirit and show… — David Dunn Copy Share Image
Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line; Let me, less cruel, cast the… — John Gay Copy Share Image
The Tour (de France) is essentially a math problem, a 2,000-mile race over three weeks that's sometimes won by a margin of… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was never really satisfied with writing only text or with the way my texts looked when they were published. Most online… — Masha Tupitsyn Copy Share Image
If you invest and don't diversify, you're literally throwing out money. People don't realize that diversification is beneficial even if it reduces… — Jeff Yass Copy Share Image
Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Love is a war of lightning, and two bodies ruined by a single sweetness. Kiss by kiss I cover your tiny infinity,… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
A new poll says that if the election were held today, both John Kerry and John Edwards would beat President Bush by… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Don't be a perfectionist, because perfectionists often spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared… — Bobby Jones Copy Share Image
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world.… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
[Concerning the Water Ouzel, now called American Dipper:] In a general way his music is that of the streams refined and spiritualized.… — John Muir Copy Share Image
There is nothing that will discombobulate and degrade [more] the lives of people near the margin on this planet. You don't have… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Money is indispensable to a long-circuit heavy load energy system. It must be used when a sufficient surplus is being produced to… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
I've been winning with 70 percent of the vote, and if you look at my district, you know it's a majority Christian… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A nationwide Harris Poll showed that the public favoured the use of Laetrile by a 30% margin. ...In over 250 cases of… — Leon Chaitow Copy Share Image
I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that… — Nancy Spero Copy Share Image
I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
To wade in marshes and sea margins is the destiny of certain bird, and they are so accurately made for this that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Back in the '60s and '70s, data were scarce, and while analysts knew that companies with fat gross margins lagged those with… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Evaluation and coaching get tangled together. When this occurs, the noise of evaluation drowns out coaching efforts. Think of this like a… — Sheila Heen Copy Share Image
I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the… — Ernest Shackleton Copy Share Image
The year after I graduated college I had a job in a library. When people underlined passages in the library books, or… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Profit margins are probably the most mean-reverting series in finance, and if profit margins do not mean-revert, then something has gone badly… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
“It’s a collection of pointers that treat the margins as seriously as the noisy center. For change has always happened in the… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become… — Felicity Huffman Copy Share Image
Everything that explains the world has in fact explained a world that does not exist, a world in which men are at… — Gerda Lerner Copy Share Image
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![“[Concerning the Water Ouzel, now called American Dipper:] In a general way his music is that of the streams refined and spiritualized. The deep booming notes of the falls are in it, the trills of rapids, the gurgling of margin eddies, the low whispering of level reaches, and the sweet tinkle of…” quote by John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c0/john-muir-678_ends_concerning-the-water-ouzel-now-called-am_1937573.jpg)
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