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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#every #idle #must #silence #word

What I'm saying is simply that every totalitarian society, no matter how strict, has had its underground. In fact, two undergrounds. There's the underground involved in political resistance and the underground involved in preserving beauty and fun--which is to say, preserving the human spirit. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#still-life-with-woodpecker #tom-robbins #totalitarianism #beauty

Here is the way life is: whether we live to be 30 or 90, we all have a death sentence hanging over us. As Garfield says, "What's important in our lives is that we make the best of this, that we immerse fully in love. ↗

— Jumana Farouky

#time-magazine #death

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#checking #decision #executives #expectations #improve

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#constantly #improved #increased #knowledge #vanishes

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#fellow #important #individuals #jobs #organization

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#does #give #imposes #power #privilege

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#always #change #entrepreneur #exploits #opportunity

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#almost #anybody #fact #treat #volunteer

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#being #capability #confidence #gave #me