The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best. — Randy Schekman Copy Share Image
Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that's at least 10 times better at doing something… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Like Nietzsche's own writings on education, most of mine were relatively youthful ones. Both were inspired by a critical animus against prevailing… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
In a game there are winners and losers. But a business deal is always advantageous for both parties. If both the buyer… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
To the degree to which they correspond to the given reality, thought and behavior express a false consciousness, responding to and contributing… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: For still… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The strong are always free by virtue of their superior strength. So long as government is a mere contest as to which… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Psychic disturbances are the consequences of the sexual chaos of society. For thousands of years, this chaos has had the function of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
We cannot and must not sit back and let the anti-biblical world system determine the prevailing values of our day. — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to feast upon… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The purpose of revival is to fire the church with divine energy for her divine assignment. Revival will tear us away from… — David Shibley Copy Share Image
The open frontier, the hardships of homesteading from scratch, the wealth of natural resources, the whole vast challenge of a continent waiting… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The prevailing conception is that education must be such as will enable one to acquire enough wealth to live on the plane… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
