#we

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

I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#could #find #for the people #i #if i could

I've been excited since I received a phone call from Paul Holmgren inviting me to represent the Flyers and Flyer fans at the alumni game of the Winter Classic weekend. ↗

— Eric Lindros

#been #call #classic #excited #fans

When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, 'It's okay. Just remember we had such a good day. Our wedding was so perfect.' Because we're such a unit together. He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th. ↗

— Sarah Ferguson

#april #because #day #feel #good

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

Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength. ↗

— Don King

#because #better #feared #help #i

Television should be kept in its proper place - beside us, before us, but never between us and the larger life. ↗

— Robert Fraser

#beside #between #kept #larger #life

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

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. ↗

— George Gobel

#college #early #high #high school #keep

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ↗