Cemre Solmaz Quotes & Sayings

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. — Louisa May Alcott

In 1972, the psychologist Irving Janis defined groupthink as, "a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group, when the members' strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action." Groupthink most commonly affects homogenous, close-knit communities that are overly insulated from internal and external criticism, and that perceive themselves as different from or under attack by outsiders. Its symptoms include censorship of dissent, rejection or rationalization of criticisms, the conviction of moral superiority, and the demonization of those who hold opposing beliefs. It typically leads to the incomplete or inaccurate assessment of information, the failure to seriously consider other possible options, a tendency to make rash decisions, and the refusal to reevaluate or alter those decisions once they've been made. — Kathryn Schulz

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking. — Nat King Cole

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. — Jackie Collins

Avoid working directly under somebody you don't admire and don't want to be like. — Charlie Munger

I call it the birth vision - what we are called to accomplish. If we follow this calling, we help spiritualize the planet. — James Redfield

I feel angry but not homocidal; this may be unlooked-for progress. — Suzanne Finnamore

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes. — Benjamin Disraeli

The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be considered as the commonplace of everyday thinking ... An innate blindness seems to have closed the eyes of this epoch to all but those facts which show life as a phenomenon of utility — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands. — Matt Haig