Contribution Quotes - Page 33

• Into the cultural and technological system of the modern world, the patriotic spirit fits like dust in the eyes and sand in the bearings. Its net contribution to the outcome is obscuration, distrust, and retardation at every point where it touches the fortunes of modern mankind.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Patriotic, Eye, Dust

  Thorstein Veblen (2006). “An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace, and the Terms of Its Perpetuation”, p.40, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When preparing your return, you should be sure to avoid common mistakes. The two most common taxpayer mistakes, states the IRS booklet, are (1) "failure to include a current address," and (2) "failure to be a large industry that gives humongous contributions to key tax-law-writing congresspersons."

  Dave Barry

  Mistake, Writing, Law

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.

  Arthur Ashe

  Selfish, Accomplishment, Tennis

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• We've got to reach out to Muslim countries.We've got to have them be part of our coalition. If they hear people running for president who basically shortcut it to say we are somehow against Islam, that was one of the real contributions, despite all the other problems, that George W. Bush made after 9/11 when he basically said after going to a Mosque in Washington, we are not at war with Islam or Muslims.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Country, Real

  Source: time.com

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• I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts.

  Howard Shore

  Drama, Artist, Night

  Source: collider.com

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• My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.

  George Burns

  Play, Ideas, Plot

  George Burns (1988). “Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Cultures are not the source of all morals, only a limited set of morals. Cultures can be graded and judged morally according to their contribution to the evolution of life.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Culture, Moral, Evolution

  Robert M. Pirsig (1991). “LILA An Inquriry into Morals”

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• Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.

  William James

  Effort, World, Undervalued

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• Your contribution is the energy produced in the doing of something, not the end product.

  Penney Peirce

  Energy, Ends, Products

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• Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human industry produces through the processing of raw materials with the contribution of work must serve equally for the good of all.

  Pope John Paul II

  Principles, Raw Materials, Creation

  Pope John Paul II (1996). “The Encyclicals of John Paul II”, Our Sunday Visitor (IN)

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• To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to the welfare of humanity.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Educational, Names, Humanity

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• Ambition without contribution is of no significance.

  Kevin Kline

  Ambition, Significance

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• Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Player, Goal

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• To my knowledge, no progressive educator has ever suggested that children didn't need to know the "mere facts" about the contributions of African Americans to our society.

  Sol Stern

  Children, African American, Needs

  Sol Stern (2003). “Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice”

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• You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. You should be ashamed to die until you've made some contribution to mankind.

  Vernon Johns

  Thinking, Hedging, Made

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• A business enterprise must continue beyond the lifetime of the individual or of the generation to be capable of producing its contributions to economy and to society.

  Peter Drucker

  Generations, Lifetime, Economy

  Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.34, Routledge

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• This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. The top one-hundredth of 1 percent makes more than 40 percent of all campaign contributions. The billionaire class owns the political system and reaps the benefits from it.

  Bernie Sanders

  Class, Political, Campaigns

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• A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymuosly in the life of some ex-student's grandchild.

  Wendell Berry

  Teacher, Grandchildren, May

  "What Are People For?". Book by Wendell Berry, 1990.

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• It has been my pleasure to speak at many Federalist Society gatherings around the country, and I think one thing your organization has definitely done is to contribute to free speech, free debate, and most importantly public understanding of, awareness of, and appreciation of the Constitution. So that's a marvelous contribution, and in a way I must say I'm jealous at how the Federalist Society has thrived at law schools.

  Nadine Strossen

  Country, Appreciation, School

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• What does a political revolution look like? It means that 80 percent of the people vote in national elections, not 40 percent. It means that billionaires can't make unlimited campaign contributions and buy and sell politicians. It means that the U.S. government represents the needs of all the people, not just the 1 percent and their lobbyists.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mean, Government, Political Revolution

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• When people have a real sense of legacy, a sense of mattering, a sense of contribution, it seems to tap into the deepest part of their heart and soul. It brings out the best and subordinates the rest.

  Stephen Covey

  Real, Heart, People

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.583, Mango Media Inc.

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• In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then you might gain that great tranquility that comes from knowing that you've had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.

  James C. Collins

  Meaningful, Hands, Creating

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• Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

  Peter Drucker

  Deep Understanding, Excellence, Weakness

  Peter Ferdinand Drucker (2006). “Classic Drucker: Essential Wisdom of Peter Drucker from the Pages of Harvard Business Review”, p.3, Harvard Business Press

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• A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Government, People, Substance

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• Our most important legacy will be the contributions we make to the lives of other human beings.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Important, Legacy, Lives Of Others

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