Famous quotes by Writers

"Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Americans have discovered fear"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"I am not a prophet"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat - which is a great deal more than he's had on it"

Grace Hansen, Writer

"The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it"

Richard Whately, Writer

"All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation"

Ramman Kenoun, Writer

"The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for, which is precisely where you were before you asked"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The Other 99 percent is due to our efforts"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

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