"It is the prerogative of wizards to be……" — Jim Butcher
"It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes, ma'am. How can I help you today?"
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474 Quotes by Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher has 474 quotes on this site.
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No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst…
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Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what…
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A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care…
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Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s…
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If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.
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Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a…
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I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a…
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Life can be confusing. Good God, and how. Sometimes it seems like the older I get, the more confused I…
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Death is only frightening from the near side.
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Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created…
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Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in…
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I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass.
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Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.
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You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when…
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I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of…
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Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants,
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Seal the Deal, more than a traditional book, is a series of powerful coaching sessions dealing with a big breakdown…
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Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a…
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I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as…
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Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel…
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I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say…
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If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user…
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I've been covering the art industry for nine years, and I still don't feel like I have a clear grasp…
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Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive…
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