#leaders

Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks. ↗

— Scott Walker

#consequences #credit #down #down the road #fiscal

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did. ↗

— Dar Williams

#did #i #i was raised #leaders #left

It is no longer just engineers who dominate our technology leadership, because it is no longer the case that computers are so mysterious that only engineers can understand what they are capable of. There is an industry-wide shift toward more "product thinking" in leadership--leaders who understand the social and cultural contexts in which our technologies are deployed. Products must appeal to human beings, and a rigorously cultivated humanistic sensibility is a valued asset for this challenge. That is perhaps why a technology leader of the highest status--Steve Jobs--recently credited an appreciation for the liberal arts as key to his company's tremendous success with their various i-gadgets. ↗

— Damon Horowitz

#computers #engineers #human-beings #humanism #leaders

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#cheerleaders #cultural #i #i think #indian

I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently? ↗

— Al Yankovic

#imagination #inspirational #leaders #imagination

When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring, ↗

— Alister E. McGrath

#leadership #passion #inspirational

Humble people know their limitations: they know what they know, and they know what they do not know; they know what they can do or be, and they know what they cannot do or be ↗

— John Adair

#leaderships #religion #wisdom #inspirational

In the end,” Callum said, his voice soft, gentle, “it all comes back to you. You protect them [your pack], you love them, you live for them, and someday, you die. That’s what it means, Bryn-girl, to be what we are [to be Alpha]. It’s lonely. It’s impossible. It’s all-consuming.” It is what it is. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#leadership #pack #trial-by-fire #werewolves #leadership

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status. ↗

— Gary Locke

#college #communities #every #get #go

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#city #destiny #leadership #our #preparing