Axel Wenner-gren Quotes & Sayings

Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater. — Josh Billings

I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders. — Robert Green Ingersoll

The gift of the Holy Ghost ... quicken s all the intellectual faculties. — Parley P. Pratt

Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part. — Scott Ellis

I am an ordinary person, but carried to extremes. — Fay Weldon

Remember, the Muse favors working stiffs. She hates prima donnas. To the gods the supreme sin is not rape or murder, but pride. To think of yourself as a mercenary, a gun for hire, implants the proper humility. It purges pride and preciousness. — Steven Pressfield

There is a role and function for beauty in our time. — Tadao Ando

Nobody notices, only you've known,
you're not sick, not crazy,
not angry, not sad
It's just this, you're injured. — Claudia Rankine

If we agree that the education, employment and retirement continuum is no longer a linear "cradle to grave" construct, then several tools for managing this reality are increasingly proving redundant. Job descriptions used for hiring are one such example. Hiring managers often write these as a reflection of their own experiences, ignoring the fact that we are entering an era where the emphasis should be less on ready competence and more on transferable skills. — Gyan Nagpal