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Quotations
Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 14 likes | |
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 12 likes | |
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 6 likes | |
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907 6 likes | |
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 4 likes | |
People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 3 likes | |
Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 2 likes | |
It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 2 likes | |
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes | |
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes | |
My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 2 likes | |
Go! I shall walk in the shadows by your side: I will be your spirit, you will be my beauty. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright ( “Cyrano de Bergerac”) | |
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. | |
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. | |
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary | |
All for one, one for all, that is our motto. | |
That's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] (The Cave) | |
What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone. |
Funny Quotes
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 6 likes | |
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too? — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 3 likes | |
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 2 likes | |
A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
One bee alone does not make honey. Μία μέλισσα μέλι ου ποιεί. 7 likes | |
We were born for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth. So to fight each other is not natural. Γεγόναμεν γαρ προς συνεργίαν ως πόδες, ως χείρες, ως βλέφαρα, ως οι στοίχοι των άνω και κάτω οδόντων. Το ούν αντιπράσσειν αλλήλοις παρά φύσιν. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations ΙΙ, 1 3 likes | |
The strength lies in the union. Η ισχύς εν τη ενώσει. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 3 likes |
Proverbs
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — American Indian proverb ‐ Seneca 3 likes | |
There’s no ‘‘I’’ in team. (first publ. L.A. Times, 14 Aug. 1960) 2 likes |