Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD.
Thomas,” the boss said. “How’s your father doing?” “He’s good, Sal.” Always the family questions first. That was Sal Demenci’s style. He could be about to whack someone and he’d ask how the guy’s sister was doing in school.
All she knew was that she must be in love with someone, or she wouldn't feel so miserable.
That is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art - panem et Circen.
The desire for a strong faith is not the proof of a strong faith, rather the opposite. If one has it one may permit oneself the beautiful luxury of skepticism: one is secure enough, fixed enough for it.
...what happens tomorrow is the future but what happened yesterday is already part of on-going history...
It slowly dawns on me what it is, the sensation that has bridged the gap between how I saw the world yesterday and how I see it today. It compensates for my lost keenness and even makes everything around me a little brighter. Hope.
Our hesitancy to take credit for our accomplishments results in a loss of power, influence, and political capital in the workplace.
Understanding who you are is critical for your career advancement. Self-awareness helps you get ahead.
As a leader, it’s critical to take the time to reflect in order to create a powerful vision for the company.
Self-promotion is a leadership and political skill that is critical to master in order to navigate the realities of the workplace and position you for success.
I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn't let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
They chose to be different. And in doing so, they proved that through struggle, sacrifice and service, staggering personal transformation is possible.
It was only by focusing on creating joy in her life that I discovered the greatest feeling of happiness in my own.
The only possible match for someone who doesn't know how to receive is someone who doesn't know how to give.
We designed Google to be the kind of place where the kind of people we wanted to work here would work for free. - Urs Hölzle
[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.
he [Llewelyn Powys] has always in mind the great touchstone Death & consequently life is always judged as how far it fits us, or compensates us, for ultimately dying.
Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people did you help?
The more sexual partners a woman has had, the more likely it is that she is depressed.
When we leverage, we aggregate and organize existing resources to achieve success.
