The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.
David O. Selznick
The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life.
Ricardo Semler
The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.
In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Semco's office, there are plenty of empty desks. The question is - where are... →
I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.
Amartya Sen
There must be more to life than having everything.
Maurice Sendak
Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents... →
I have a good life.
My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats.... →