Perrow Theory Quotes & Sayings

My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, deprave specimens of mankind who regularly bowl their way to oblivion. — John Kennedy Toole

Potential home buyers have a two-step decision process. First, they determine whether they can afford to make a purchase - does their income safely cover their mortgage payment? Then they determine whether owning is a better financial choice than renting - are the costs of owning a home lower than the cost of renting it? — Mark Zandi

I don't see why she didn't ditch both of them. Like being single is terminal — J. Cassidy

Changing our behavior purely for the sake of appearances may seem to conflict with the need to be authentic and consistent, but in many ways it is actually a result of those needs. After all, resolving the tension between standing out from the crowd and becoming isolated requires finding our niche in the world. But what would happen if we weren't accepted in the place where we felt we belonged? For others to see us as a "poseur" or as "delusional" would be painful. Even worse, what if they were right? The social consequences and self-doubt that follow when our self-perceptions conflict with how others see us can be just as destabilizing to our identity as conflicts between our own self-perceptions and actions. — Sheena Iyengar

Love was not a quantifiable substance. There was always more of it somewhere, and even after one love had been lost, it was by no means impossible to find another. — Paul Auster

The Swiss are the only nation to make the Germans appear inefficient, the French undiplomatic and the Texans poor. — Paul Bilton

None of this is by accident, and we have to figure out what it all means. She paused. We have to. It's the same old argument I used to have with Mkele: the present or the future. Sometimes you have to put the present through hell to get the future you want. — Dan Wells

My first acting gig was a skit for Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show.' It was this Barbie commercial where I got to pour mud all over Barbie dolls and watch the heads pop off. It was so exciting, a lot of fun. — Brie Larson

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide. — Ice Cube

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet. — Pierre Trudeau

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. — Samuel Johnson

The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Wherever people go to find peace - that's what I find in the ocean. — Willow Aster