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Work Quotes by James Surowiecki
- Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and…
- But, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that self-regulation doesn’t work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to…
- This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises. It's the reason the Internet…
- Unfortunately, there is something of a flaw in this idealized picture of the way the scientific community discovers truth. And the flaw is that most…
- In order to work well, markets need a basic level of trust.
- Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of…
- Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment…
- From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view,…
- I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets…
- If you work for Google or Apple, stock options give you a chance to share in the increasing value of the company. In the N.F.L.,…
- In practice, downsizing is too often about cutting your work force while keeping your business the same, and doing so not by investments in productivity-enhancing…
- In terms of productivity - that is, how much a worker produces in an hour - there's little difference between the U.S., France, and Germany.…
- Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to…
- Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races,…
- For most Americans, work is central to their experience of the world, and the corporation is one of the fundamental institutions of American life, with…
More Work Quotes
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Successful people don't relax on a chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with their dreams and wake up with… — Ritu Ghatourey
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball
- A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the… — Clive Bell