Organization Quote by Mary Douglas Download Open image “Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.” — Mary Douglas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Organization Phases
Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Sectarianism is a real problem, but it should be addressed by people engaging with each other - reconciliation. — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity. — George Pell Copy Share Image
Organization has to come from an agreement about principles, rather than just the need to coordinate: so as much as we must all act… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
Even as a Muslim minister in the Muslim movement, I have always said that I would work with any organization. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved. Eliminate politics, by giving everybody the same message. Keep a flat organization… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should… — Lal Bahadur Shastri Copy Share Image
Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful,… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations and even occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Few people may realize that the Department of Homeland Security is the nation's largest law enforcement organization, with about one-third of our 240,000 employees… — Chad Wolf Copy Share Image
Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
What we should have done is kept the same team that played in the '95 World Series. Those trades (Eddie Murray & Carlos Baerga)… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
If you're working in an organization, you want to have respect and communication throughout. I think that's important for everybody. — Jason Taylor Copy Share Image
One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never expect to… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Religion is a disease. It is born of fear; it compensates through hate in the guise of authority, revelation. Religion, enthroned in a powerful… — George Amos Dorsey Copy Share Image
The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
