(1864 quotes found)
“Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.”
William Arthur Ward
“I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.”
Claude Levi-Strauss
“The reason the Yankees never lay an egg is because they don't operate on chicken feed.”
Dan Parker
“Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies"? Chester W”
Chester W. Nimitz
“He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.”
Norman Schwarzkopf
“Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.”
Gerry Spence
“When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.”
Calvin Trillin
“Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside.”
Helene Cixous
“Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I had, since it has made me young again and philosophical which means that I don't want to fritter away the new lease on life I've been given.”
Henri Matisse
“Operation Drive Out the Rubbish.”
Robert Mugabe