A curious feature of Franz Kafka’s prose is that, pared down though its lexicon may be, it resists translation. There’s a good reason for that. Dictionaries supply more definitions for basic words than for those of greater complexity because simpler ones are the roots of vast family trees of words; plain language signifies promiscuously.
~ Judith Shulevitz via The Atlantic
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We want to build such an education system in India that youngsters do not need to go abroad to study. In fact, we would want foreign students to come here and study.
~ Narendra Modi via The Pie
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Brand loyal behavior is defined as the overt act of selective repeat purchasing based on evaluative psychological decision processes, while brand loyal attitudes are the underlying predisposition to behave in such a selective fashion.
~ Jacob Jacoby
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Environmental niches are distinct in combination of resources and other constraints that are sufficient to support organizational form. Organizational forms, then, are organized activity systems oriented toward exploiting the resources within a niche.
~ Howard E. Aldrich
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Organizational cultures are created by leaders, and one of the decisive functions of leadership may well be the creation, the management, and – if and when that may become necessary – the destruction of culture.
~ Edgar H. Schein
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To mislead a rival, deception is permissible; one may use all means against his enemies.
~ Armand Jean du Plessis
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Mathematics is primarily a tool for human thought.
~ William Thurston
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“The citizenry of a hyperpower are always inwardly focussed – barely aware of the rest of the world.”
~ Jasper John MacKay
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It’s always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.
~ Diane Arbus
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The Democrats banked on the idea that classic mommy-party traits—nurturing, fretting about life’s dangers—would appeal to voters worried about the chaos of Trumpism. Instead, their warnings came across as scolding, while Donald Trump’s wild antics were either embraced by his party as a selling point or dismissed as the harmless by-product of his showmanship.
~ Mike Pesca
via The HR-ification of the Democratic Party
published by The Atlantic on November 12, 2024
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