Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Bill Gates: Best use of extra wealth
“Once you’ve taken care of yourself and your children, the best use of extra wealth is to give it back to society.” —Bill Gates.
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Karla Souza: Society and women
“When we see society telling women that they have a certain time, that they make women compete with each other, the older generation competing with the younger generation. They’ve made us believe that there’s not enough men out there for us or that we’re only hired because of our looks and not because of our…
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Wendy Williams: Change is normal
“The ocean, after all, is not about stability but about change. Change is normal. Everything changes. All the time.” —Wendy Williams.
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George Washington: Freedom of speech
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” —George Washington.
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Jennifer Lawrence: Be your own parent
“When you don’t have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.” —Jennifer Lawrence.
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Melania Trump: Diminished with them
“Together, we must declare that the era of allowing brutality against women and children is over, while affirming that the time for empowering women around the world is now, for wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them.” —Melania Trump.
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James Thurber: Before they die
“All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” —James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (8 Dec 1894-1961).
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Steph Davis: Climbing
“Climbing is really great, we all love climbing. But what’s interesting to me is what happens in my head or in my life because of it. Ultimately, I think climbing is a vehicle for exploration – of the world, of the self.” ― Steph Davis
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Billy Graham: Daily process
“Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion – it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” —Billy Graham.
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Tiger Shroff: Soul-searching
“When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different. What could I bring to the table that others or my father couldn’t have? That’s when I worked on my strong points, namely action and dancing.” —Tiger Shroff.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Fire with fire
“The American people elected somebody who’s tough, who is smart, and who is a fighter. It’s Donald Trump. And I don’t think it’s a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire.” —Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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Sheikh Hasina: Dowry
“Dowry is still pervasive and spreading like cancer in the society. Apart from legal sanctions, there should be more social awareness on the issue so that people start to practice what they preach.” —Sheikh Hasina.
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W H Auden: What all schoolchildren learn
“I and the public know. / What all schoolchildren learn. / Those to whom evil is done. / Do evil in return” —W.H. Auden, poet (21 Feb 1907-1973).
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Mukesh Ambani: Organizational architecture
“The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don’t counts. So, if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on.” —Mukesh Ambani.
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Jack Ma: Someone will succeed
“It doesn’t matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don’t succeed, someone will succeed.” —Jack Ma.
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Harvey Weinstein: Put up or shut up
“If we don’t get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It’s time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.” —Harvey Weinstein.
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Kamal Haasan: Religious people
“Religious people are so convinced that only their religion is the right one. You will never find them asking for Muslim Blood or Hindu Blood or Christian blood at a hospital.” ––Kamal Haasan.
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Stephen Colbert: Hold my root beer
“There is one group (survivors of the Parkland shooting) that does give me hope that we can do something to protect the children and sadly it’s the children. These students saw their leaders doing nothing and said ‘hold my root beer.’” —Stephen Colbert.
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John Malone: Vertical acquisitions
“… vertical acquisitions are much tougher than horizontal ones because you’re essentially buying a business you don’t know and you don’t understand, whereas buying one like yours, you’re already in it. You understand it, you know the people, you know the economics, much simpler.” —John Malone.
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John Malone: Cultures
“If you try and blend cultures that are two different, it’s very hard and disruptive; it takes years. Usually, it doesn’t work. That’s lesson number one in the merger and acquisition area.” —John Malone.
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John Malone: First thing you learn
“The first thing you learn is, once you make a guy rich, don’t expect them to work hard. Very unusual people do that. Even if they say they’re going to, they’ve ran their own company. They’re not going to work very hard working within your company so that was one lesson. ” —John Malone.
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Jennifer Lopez: Doubt
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez.
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Will Smith: Committed myself to
“If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.” —Will Smith.
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Chris Martin: Celebrity culture
“Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.” —Chris Martin.
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Diane Keaton: Underdeveloped
“I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.” —Diane Keaton.
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Simon Sinek: Beautiful, imperfect, human dance
“Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.” —Simon Sinek.
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Olivia Munn: Place of honesty
“If you think something’s funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.” —Olivia Munn.
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Vera Wang: Passion
“When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.” —Vera Wang.
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Melania Trump: I can handle everything
“People, they don’t really know me. People think and talk about me like, ‘Oh, poor Melania.’ Don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.” —Melania Trump.
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Donald Trump: Relationship
“I don’t want to have to go home and have to work at a relationship. A relationship you have to work at, in my opinion doesn’t work.” —Donald Trump.
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Jennifer Egan: Hegemony
“I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that’s the most dangerous kind of censorship – that’s how hegemony works.” — Jennifer Egan.
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W H Auden: Impatience
“Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.” —W H Auden.
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John Rawls: Veil of ignorance
“The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” —John Rawls.
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Bertrand Russell: Beginning of wisdom
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” —Bertrand Russell.
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William Blake: Desire
“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” —William Blake, poet and artist.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Stardom
“I don’t wear my stardom like a tuxedo. I wear it like a T-shirt.” —Shah Rukh Khan.
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Elon Musk: Seek negative feedback
“You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.” —Elon Musk.
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Jack Ma: No matter how tough the chase
“No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It’ll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).” —Jack Ma.
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Blac Chyna: Put on a show
“Most of the time when you’re around the opposite sex, you kinda have to put on a show and not completely be yourself.” —Blac Chyna.
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Kourtney Kardashian: Fashion
“Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.” —Kourtney Kardashian.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Without my phone
“I could live without my phone. And one thing I’d love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the ’80s.” – – – Millie Bobby Brown.
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Dakota Fanning: Rare
“It’s rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male, or end up being happy because of a male. It’s interesting to think about, and it’s very true.” —Dakota Fanning.
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Simon Sinek: Art of leadership
“The art of leadership is about inspiring people to build something, not threatening to break something.” —Simon Sinek.
