Grumeti Quotes & Sayings

By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy. — William Shakespeare

letting the other side make the first offer is often crucial to achieving favorable terms. — Sheryl Sandberg

The classic experiment I describe next shows that people will not draw from base-rate information an inference that conflicts with other beliefs. It also supports the uncomfortable conclusion that teaching psychology is mostly a waste of time. — Daniel Kahneman

Corporations aren't citizens or neighbors or parents. They can't vote or serve in combat. They don't learn the Pledge of Allegiance. They don't have souls. They're revenue machines. I don't have any problem with that. I think it's absurd to lay moral or civic obligations on them. Their only obligations are strategic, and while they can get very complex, at root they're not civic entities. With corporations, I have no problem with government enforcement of statutes and regulatory policy serving a conscience function. — David Foster Wallace

A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific. — Eric Hoffer

If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless. — David McCullough

One never thinks, "Oh, I'd better look for some food." Food is everywhere, and one picks it up almost absent-mindedly, as one takes a breath of air. In fact, one does not think of feeding as a distinct activity at all. Rather, it's like a delicious music that plays in the background of all activities throughout the day. In fact, feeding became feeding for me only at the zoo, where twice daily great masses of tasteless fodder were pitched into our cages. — Daniel Quinn