#rob

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#down #drain #i #liberals #millions

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#just #makers #money #more #out

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#come #competing #defeat #experience #forces

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#consequences #ecology #every #every time #example

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#action #blame #cause #created #effect

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#aggression #culture #find #impede #less

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#frustrated #function #mission #organization #people

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#attracted #buffy #careful #create #created

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#because #better #i #i love #includes

We'll probably be working on another album in the next few months here. ↗

— Meg White

#another #few #here #months #next