#ow

Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance. ↗

— Ben Cohen

#power #social-entrepreneurship #triple-bottom-line #business

You have no idea how expensive it is to look this cheap. ↗

— Steve Tyler

#expensive #how #idea #look #no idea

But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power. ↗

— Friedrich List

#exertions #general #general welfare #individuals #must

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick. ↗

— Rich Little

#angry #day #douglas #go #i

Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich? ↗

— Jay Livingston

#children #handsome #i #mother #my own

I'm not about trying to be out here fighting and shooting, stabbing and, you know, all that crap, man. ↗

— Tone Loc

#crap #fighting #here #i #know

You drive for show but putt for dough. ↗

— Bobby Locke

#drive #putt #show #you

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#after #designs #done #how #i

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show. ↗

— George Lopez

#allow #cable #go #show #stations

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#dominating #follow #human #human mind #mind