#out

Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It's all about business. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#anymore #because #bound #business #china

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#book #buy #finished #go #i

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#china #constructed #event #experience #failed

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#become #chinese #common #common sense #essential

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. ↗

— Jack Welch

#developing #gardener #had #i #job

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#architecture #bureaucrats #complicated #criticism #functions

I loved music, but I found myself at the point where I wanted to die. I didn't care about life. ↗

— Brian Welch

#care #die #found #i #life

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. ↗

— Jack Welch

#developing #long #long term #management #managing

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it. ↗

— Jack Welch

#competitiveness #essence #get #important #liberated

If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy. ↗

— Jack Welch

#company #crazy #culture #family #home