Susan Cain Quotes

In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who's comfortable 'putting himself out there.'

Susan Cain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1968

Topics

ValueSocietyThinkSelfBoldOut

If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.

Jim Brown

IntegrityBelieveYouMeanSomething

When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.

Andy Lau

BusinessFeelYouOutGetYour

I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched.

Stacy Schiff

BookThinkYouRealizeSomething

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

Simon Mainwaring

GovernmentOpportunitiesPartnerships

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

Tom Daschle

WillMustMiddleAbleGovern

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

Rollo May

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We live in a world of diverse cultures, and we know very little about social engineering and how to 'build nations.' And when we cannot be sure how to improve the world, hubristic visions pose a grave danger.

Joseph Nye

LiveWorldEngineeringKnowBuild

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

Joseph Wambaugh

EnoughLawyersTrialsYearsSystem

I like movies about people and movies with characters; that's what I'm drawn to as a person who likes to create these characters within the story, but I like it all, really.

Josh Hartnett

PeopleStoryCreatePersonMovies

I'm not very big on politics. I'm a comedian and not that smart. I don't have the mind capacity for it.

Bobby Moynihan

PoliticsSmartMindBigCapacity

It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

ChildrenHardAnythingTradeWho

As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

ChangeGoodWomenGirlAgeTime

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