Fons Quotes & Sayings

The universalist approach is roughly: 'What is good and right can be defined and always applies.' In particularist cultures far greater attention is given to the obligations of relationships and unique circumstances. — Fons Trompenaars

Sharing knowledge is not part of Western culture — Fons Trompenaars

Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing.
[Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.] — Horace

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. — Jerry Rubin

Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish society, not just the remnants of the defeated clans. — Tariq Ali

Ultimately, what really matters is not just the experiences you have at a young age, but whether or not you are equipped-by your parents, by your genetics, by your education-to survive and deal with them. — Jenna Jameson

Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts him whom she would inform. The apple that she drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars. — Edwin Percy Whipple

I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers. — Anita Diamant

The international manager reconciles cultural dilemmas — Fons Trompenaars

Apocalypse is the lens through which we view international politics because it is the fons et origo of the concept of history and historiography. Were it not for apocalypse, we would not have the categories of mind with which to ask the questions of meaning and adequacy of interpretation. M — Robert Hamerton-Kelly

Doctors is all swabs. — Robert Louis Stevenson