Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.

Clayton M. Christensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1952

Topics

FailureBusinessWaterSmartPeople

I think the most important thing when you're telling a story is to just tell the story as best as you possibly can.

Andrea Riseborough

BestStoryThinkYouImportantTell

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

Maximillian Degenerez

EducationThinkBrainyClassBeyond

LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

Stan Van Gundy

HimCallOffensiveGoingHeWants

Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.

Roger Ebert

MusicDramaWhyTeachersMentors

My grandfather was hit over the head by a crane boom in Seattle. Some of the family claimed he was never a violent, crazy person before that. Some say he was. It depends who you believe.

Chuck Palahniuk

FamilyCrazyBelieveYouPersonSay

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

Bob Feller

FatherTalentBaseballMindThink

Countries like Iran and China support an Internet Iron Curtain that would censor political dissidents and deny anonymous activity online through mandatory registrations of IP addresses.

Marsha Blackburn

SupportInternetPoliticalChina

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

Leland Stanford

MenOfficeOwnBecomingThemselves

From the time I was about 7 until I was about 13 or 14, I looked like I was Pat from 'Saturday Night Live.' I'm not exaggerating, remotely.

Kirsten Vangsness

LiveTimeNightSaturdayLikePat

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

Herbert Hoover

CharacterChallengeMenEldersGlory

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

Everett Dirksen

HeartCompassionMindPersuasion

You have to be able to love members of your own species before you can branch out and apply that to other species.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

LoveYouOutOwnTo LoveAble

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