Gonfalonier Quotes & Sayings

I believe I can steal Fairfax's reputation in six months. It is an empty edifice. It has collapsed. — Margo Kingston

One man's modus ponens is another man's reductio, as epistemologists are forever pointing out (In Critical Condition, p. 70) — Jerry A. Fodor

Force will not keep the empire together. Force has never kept anything together for the very long. The more you tighten your grip, the more systems will slip through your fingers. You're a foolish man Governor. Foolish men often choke to death on their own delusions. — George Lucas

Your faith has saved you; go in peace. — Luke The Evangelist

You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy. — Randy Jackson

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret. — Mary McCarthy

I honestly believe that in this day and age of informational ubiquity and nanosecond change, teamwork remains the one sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped. — Patrick Lencioni

Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how you're going to find that person. — Mariam Naficy

Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that's when you get shot down. The bigger a deal you are, the worse your life is. — John Green

A man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred-and-first. — George R R Martin

Success, fame, and fortune, they're all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share. — Michael James Jackson

Because you brand our tongues
with silence. Because you watch us
in fear, even while we sing. — Eric Gamalinda

Everybody is waiting for the end to come, but what if it already passed us by? What if the final joke of Judgment Day was that it had already come and gone and we were none the wiser? Apocalypse arrives quietly; the chosen are herded off to heaven, and the rest of us, the ones who failed the test, just keep on going, oblivious. Dead already, wandering around long after the gods have stopped keeping score, still optimistic about the future. — Jonathan Nolan