Gramscian Perspective Quotes & Sayings

For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave. — George Herbert

There will be no war, but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing. — John Le Carre

When we get there, if we don't find any life on Mars, from that point on there will be life on Mars because we'll bring it there, whether it's germs and leftover urine bags, whatever it is. — Buzz Aldrin

Baseball's my life. — Justin Verlander

The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy. — Brian Tracy

There are three things you never want to find in your boyfriend's locker: a sweaty jockstrap, a D minus on last week's history test, and an empty condom wrapper.
Lucky me, I'd hit the trifecta. — Gemma Halliday

It is precisely because the unknowns are so great and dangerous that we require some manner of faith to choose our path and to give us courage. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb. — Gore Vidal

I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens. — Hugh Shelton

I'm not a public official. I'm a businessman, I'm a builder, I'm a planner. — Donald Bren

When we talk today about receptiveness to stories, we tend to contrast that attitude to one governed by reason - we talk about freeing ourselves from the shackles of the rational mind and that sort of thing - but no belief was more central to Lewis's mind than the belief that it is eminently, fully rational to be responsive to the enchanting power of stories. — Alan Jacobs

Forty percent of the thirteen hundred members of Yale's graduating class of 1986 applied to one investment bank, First Boston, alone. There was, I think, a sense of safety in the numbers. The larger the number of people involved, the easier it was for them to delude themselves that what they were doing must be smart. The first thing you learn on the trading floor is that when large numbers of people are after the same commodity, be it a stock, a bond, or a job, the commodity quickly becomes overvalued. Unfortunately, at the time, I had never seen a trading floor. The — Michael Lewis

How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry? — Sebastian Junger

Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better. — Al Ries

But leaves don't just fall. They wilt and fade and no longer protect you from the rain. — Erik Valeur