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People Quotes by Margaret Heffernan
- [For constructive conflict,] we have to resist the neurobiological drive which means that we really prefer people mostly like ourselves.
- When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.
- Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.
- Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.
- Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.
- Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.
- What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.
- Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.
- Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent no…
- I hate people walking down the street listening to the soundtrack of their lives which responds to them but not their setting. I hate the…
- The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior and…
- How can any company know if its processes, products, people are safe? Only if everyone is watching and telling the truth. The first part can…
- All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human…
- Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
- Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other…
- Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle