#thor

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. ↗

— Francis Drake

#beginning #continuing #end #finished #glory

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

#believe #blossom #compelling #existence #fragrant

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution. ↗

— John Engler

#authority #constitution #created #i #under

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#been #circumstances #live #men #men and women

The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide a range of pithy and hackneyed phrases that they can carry on an amusing and animated conversation without giving a moment’s reflection to what they are saying and so leave their minds free to consider the more important matters of big business and fornication. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#authors #british #humor #business

The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#association #authority #called #code #each

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones. ↗

— Bill Forsyth

#business #decisions #emotional #instead #interesting

The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. ↗

— Frederick Forsyth

#diversity #freedom #internet #new #offers

Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#creative #creative artist #disciplined #i #meticulous

Cliché: "The MBA changed my life." What it really means: "A fantastic career, a great social life and a healthy bank balance...three of the things I had before I started the program. ↗

— Sameer Kamat

#education #indian-author #indian-authors #management #mba