Csittszentivan Quotes & Sayings

The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation. — Tom Peters

Every theoretical explanation is a reduction of intuition. — Peter Hoeg

I forced myself out of a love
that I knew would only end fatally.
I forced myself into the dark,
until I could no longer remember
how to feel with my eyes.
I forced my mind to believe
that someone would hold you
better than I ever could.
But the worst part was selling my soul
for a price I know I'll never repay,
and forcing myself into love
with someone who wasn't you — Jl

And what can we do to silence these Christian athletes who thank Jesus whenever they win, never mention his name when they lose? Not a word. You never hear them say "Jesus made me drop the ball." "The good lord tripped me up behind the line of scrimmage." According to these guys Jesus is undefeated, meanwhile these assholes are in last place. Must be another one of those "miracles." — George Carlin

In my opinion any activity during which you can enjoy a beverage is not a sport. It is a party. — Michael Thomas Ford

Surdas destroyed his eyes believing that once his sight was gone, desire and passion would never arise in him again. But desire doesn't arise in the eyes, it arises out of the mind. No passion will ever be finished in this way-even if one destroys one's own eyes- — Osho

My parents are definitely reformed hippies. — Alison Brie

Men identified themselves with the Century with which they were associated professionally. Its battles, all too often, became their own battles. — Isaac Asimov

People liked to talk; there were very few exceptions, the question was how you made them do it. Some were amenable to alcohol; others liked a spotlight; and then there were those who merely needed proximity to another conscious human being. A subsection of humanity would become loquacious only on one favorite subject; it might be their own innocence, or somebody else's guilt. — Robert Galbraith

Republicans are calling the Bush-Cheney ticket the 'Wizard of Oz' ticket. One needs a heart and the other needs a brain. — Jay Leno

This is the world we live in. Conditions change and we mutate. — Chuck Palahniuk

We just thought of old age as some sort of clown routine. — Heather O'Neill

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure. — Jackie DeShannon

It is the duty of machines and those who design them to understand people. It is not our duty to understand the arbitrary, meaningless dictates of machines. — Donald A. Norman