Citing Hofstede Quotes & Sayings

Every human endeavor, however singular it seems, involves the whole human race. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I like to go and do something adventurous. I like to go out and do some sort of crazy activity. — Zac Efron

silent desperation of everything they never said - gaps and absences in every conversation, the past circumscribing the present, the future hemming in the past. — Anthony Doerr

The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government. — Michael Mandelbaum

Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day. — Seneca.

What I Value What's most satisfying to me: saving time, or money, or effort? Does it bother me to act differently from other people, or do I get a charge out of it? Do I spend a lot of time on something that's important to someone else, but not to me? If I had $500 that I had to spend on fun, how would I spend it? Do I like to listen to experts, or do I prefer to figure things out for myself? Does spending money on an activity make me feel more committed to it, or less committed? Would I be happy to see my children have the life I've had? — Gretchen Rubin

That part of what I loved about poetry was how the distinction between fiction and nonfiction didn't obtain, how the correspondence between text and world was less important than the intensities of the poem itself, what possibilities of feeling were opened up in the present tense of reading. — Ben Lerner

In war, the truth must be guarded by a body guard of lies. — Winston Churchill