Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.
His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr.
I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.
I discovered that men were just like everyone else, really. They liked you if you were good-tempered and easy to talk to. And being a big girl meant other females trusted you more and confided in you.
The individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining.
Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
If we want the banks to lend - and we all do - if we want the economy to expand - and we all do - do you really want to start confining the banks in their ability to make profits in order to generate more capital to lend out to the people?
All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
When people understand that they are constantly monitored, they are more conformist - they are less willing to take up controversial positions - and that kind of mass conformity is incompatible with democracy.
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.
When the Voyager 2 spacecraft sped through the Saturnian system more than a quarter of a century ago, it came within 90,000 kilometers of the moon Enceladus. Over the course of a few hours, its cameras returned a handful of images that confounded planetary scientists for years.
As an FBI agent, you donβt want to go in there gangbusters and confrontational. You are going to get a lot more information if you put the subject at ease and allow them to talk.
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.
Facebook's privacy policies are confusing to many people, and the company has changed them frequently, almost always allowing more information to be exposed in more ways.
For most of us, art is supposed to do something more than simply mirror the confusions of the world.
I left the Middle West for Schenectady because the General Electric Company offered me a more congenial, better paying job than did anyone else.
Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.
