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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 710d28f | out of their | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | ||
| 1cd716e | Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them. Actually, also, under the very odd conditions of Arabia, your practical work will not be as good as, perhaps, you think it is. | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | ||
| d7d4521 | That tyranny which the pope himself has for so many ages exercised over the church. | Antichrist | ||
| 546c160 | Again, like the Zen approach to archery or anything else, you identify the goal and then forget about it and concentrate on the process. Measure | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| e96c23a | The very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks. | Antichrist | ||
| 89aff62 | A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea. | Jess Walter | ||
| 8dff982 | Buy less; buy better. Make fewer styles; design better. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| d44fe86 | Work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 6622348 | Sometimes good ideas spring from having a sense of where you want to go, of having a vision of the next level of products. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| f08ed91 | In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| aed242b | I found that the Russians had destroyed much of their country trying to keep up with the United States in their arms race. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| ca908b0 | Patagonia brings to mind, as we once wrote in a catalog introduction, "romantic visions of glaciers tumbling into fjords, jagged windswept peaks, gauchos and condors." Our intent was to make clothing for those rugged southern Andes/Cape Horn conditions. It's been a good name for us, and it can be pronounced in every language." | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 0bfffe6 | Looking back now, I see that we made all the classic mistakes of a growing company. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 4a19075 | We needed philosophical and inspirational guides to make sure we always asked the right questions and found the right answers. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 0dad873 | The goal was to teach every employee in the company our business and environmental ethics and values. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| e41a49b | You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 3ed68a9 | The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to "have it all," the sooner it will die." | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| bf2b044 | Function must dictate form. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| bda1d10 | It's okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you're just crazy. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 4802de3 | I also knew you wouldn't remember this trip, because you're only five years old, and our pediatrician had told us that children don't starting building memories of things until after they turn six. When I realized that, that I was ten and you were only five, I thought, fuck. But of course I didn't say so out loud. I just thought, fuck, silently, to myself. I realized that I'd remember everything and you maybe wouldn't remember anything. I n.. | documentary memory | Valeria Luiselli | |
| 78f04ea | So in 2013, Patagonia launched a venture capital fund to invest in environmentally and socially responsible for-profit start-ups. We wanted to apply the many lessons we have learned in trying to conduct our business more responsibly to applications beyond the outdoor apparel industry. We were willing to sacrifice short-term returns for long-term financial and environmental gains. Tin Shed Ventures serves as a vehicle for the third pillar of.. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 86e96a8 | There are some conservationists who are opposed to fishing and hunting, but I'm sorry, they are not thinking it through. In order to transpose mere interest into passionate love requires proactive behavior. The road is an uphill one because today's youth of the digital world are raised with offers of passive, instant gratification. Can a person raised in that environment ever fish all day without a bite? Maybe it should be mandatory for sch.. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| a6877a2 | The competition always stayed close on our heels, but we managed to keep innovating and improving our products. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| bcbd4d7 | It is hard to find many better examples of values-first leadership than Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing company Patagonia. For more than 30 years, the company has defied conventional wisdom by building its brand as much around environmental responsibility as on quality products and service. How many businesses would run a marketing campaign encouraging customers to not buy new products but repair the old ones instead in order to .. | Brian de Haaff | ||
| 85264d6 | For faster or deeper water, use a big fly tied on a size 8 to 12 hook, and weight it heavily with tungsten bead heads and/ or nontoxic wire. For slower or shallower water, use a small fly tied on a size 12 to 16 hook and weighted only with a bead head or only with wire. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| ed50822 | Patagonia's image is a human voice. It expresses the joy of people who love the world, who are passionate about their beliefs, and who want to influence the future. It is not processed; it won't compromise its humanity. This means that it will offend, and it will inspire. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 7597289 | In high water, fish migrate to the banks to stay out of the fast currents and to take advantage of the worms, beetles, ants, and other terrestrials being swept into the river by the floodwaters. If the water is very dirty, they position themselves right next to the bank, a rock, or the bottom in order to keep their equilibrium. In warm water, they move to the deeper cooler waters or place themselves near a cool spring or tributary. Alternat.. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| e72e4cf | Cutthroat trout display behavior more like brook trout than their rainbow trout cousins. They are most often found in quiet current tongues along undercut banks, under rock ledges and deadfalls, and in slow, deep pools. The cutthroat is often easily fooled, and its curiosity about big, bushy flies with bright colors and tinsel is legendary. They like to chase their prey and are suckers for large, rubber-legged dry flies slapped on the water.. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 3b29d13 | Brook trout are easy to fool, and are found in places on most rivers and streams that are easily reached: big pools, soft riffles, along undercuts, and under overhanging trees. Mostly though, they are found in soft, deep water, tend to feed lower down on the water column, and are less likely to take surface flies. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| e090fbc | When there is no crisis, the wise leader or CEO will invent one. Not by crying wolf but by challenging the employees with change. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| d512821 | Anyone who thinks you can have infinite growth on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist. --Kenneth Boulding | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 5e3a1d2 | Yet despite the plethora of articles, books, films, and warning from scientists and even the military saying that global warming is the single biggest threat to the security of mankind--governments, businesses, and you and I continue to refuse to take meaningful steps to reverse the problem. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 7557745 | 'Did I snore again last night?' -'You solidified your grasp on the all-time women's championship. You're ready to compete at the next level. | Glen Cook | ||
| 4df79ec | If we could all come to see our consumer products as tools that help us to live our real lives--rather than as substitutes and surrogates for that life--we would need many fewer products to be happy. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 63b66e1 | Patagonia's image arises directly from the values, outdoor pursuits, and passions of its founders and employees. While it has practical and nameable aspects, it can't be made into a formula. In fact, because so much of the image relies on authenticity, a formula would destroy it. Ironically, part of Patagonia's authenticity lies in not being concerned about having an image in the first place. Without a formula, the only way to sustain an im.. | Yvon Chouinard | ||
| 2ed7057 | There are no rules here, only possibilities! | rufus-humphrey | Cecily von Ziegesar | |
| e8f5db9 | Tyler refused to listen to CDs, insisting that real vinyl records were the only way to go. Blair worried her brother was turning into a loser. | Cecily von Ziegesar | ||
| 8b46497 | For nobody else, gave me a thrill--with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you. --As sung by Frank Sinatra | Cecily von Ziegesar | ||
| 6b47df3 | don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! | Cecily von Ziegesar | ||
| 4dd89c1 | He'd described himself as looking like a child molester waiting for a chance to strike. He wasn't comfortable with his appearance. | Glen Cook | ||
| 9062de6 | True salvation is free of works and totally dependent upon God's grace. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 6914952 | What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. | Anticipation | ||
| 75bc597 | Sometimes," she said, "what we want to do and what we must do are not the same." She put a hand on his shoulder. "Pasqo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be." | Jess Walter | ||
| 0086a7a | Os hospitais tentam vender centros de parto, os infantarios vendem amor, as escolas vendem sucesso... os vendedores de carros promovem o luxo, os conselheiros a autoestima, as massagistas oferecem finais felizes, os cemiterios anunciam o repouso eterno... E interminavel, esta febre de vender, promover, exaltar - constante, esgotante, e implacavel como a morte. | Jess Walter |