Nakabaka Quotes & Sayings

The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine. — Blake Mycoskie

The most transformative and resilient leaders that I've worked with over the course of my career have three things in common: First, they recognize the central role that relationships and story play in culture and strategy, and they stay curious about their own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Second, they understand and stay curious about how emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are connected in the people they lead, and how those factors affect relationships and perception. And, third, they have the ability and willingness to lean in to discomfort and vulnerability. — Brene Brown

Below lies the dark core, that great iron ball beneath all things. Its compressed weight is fantastic; it is older than time itself. It is a vestige of the blackness that predates all existence, when a formless universe existed in a state of chaotic un-creation, lacking awareness even of itself. — Justin Cronin

I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches. — Gary Johnson

The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. — G.K. Chesterton

The business management is, in essence, the decision management and performance management continuum. — Pearl Zhu

Make criticism in good time; don't get into the habit of criticizing only after the event. — Mao Tse-tung

Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings ... Amble out for love — Kobayashi Issa

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect. — Peter O'Toole

Life is about learning new things and relearning old things. — LIZ

In my experience, successful people shoot for the stars, put their hearts on the line in every battle, and ultimately discover that the lessons learned from the pursuit of excellence mean much more than the immediate trophies and glory. — Josh Waitzkin

Doubts about the fundamentals of the gospel exist in certain churches, I am told, to a large extent. My dear friends, where there is a warm-hearted church, you do not hear of them. I never
saw a fly light on a red-hot plate. — Charles Spurgeon

A yawn is a silent shout. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Soon he would move on. — Gore Vidal

I look in my closet, and if I need it, I design it. — Donna Karan