Mcgurn Management Quotes & Sayings

I have drunk,
and seen the spider.
(Leontine, Act II Scene I) — William Shakespeare

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother. — Maya Angelou

Well, then. Hungary borders, in the south, on the Danube and Serbia ... and the Rumanian ... Dalmatian ... and Serbia ... and the capital of Serbia.., and the Serbia of capital ... — Frigyes Karinthy

Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood. — Thomas Carlyle

You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree - the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men. — Chinua Achebe

The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing. — Albert J. Nock

Bright unused beauty still plaugued her in the mirror. — F Scott Fitzgerald

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself. — Maria Montessori

We can say that Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. — Frank Herbert

In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve ... or while it was out, did somebody call it back in. It turns out to be a pretty good indicator of how relevant the work is at that time. — David Weinberger

I don't have a religion, you know. This is what I am. I am a Rastaman; so this is not religion. This is life. — Bob Marley

I hope one day
somebody loves you
so much

that they see violets
in the bags under your eyes,
sunsets in the downward arch
of your lips

that they recognize you
as something green,
something fresh and still growing
even if sometimes
you are growing sideways

that they do not waste their time
trying to fix you. — Trista Mateer