“Sitting with friends, talking about something important is one of the most powerful and necessary forces in the world. It is the way so many noble organizations begin, with a conversation between associates or even brothers.”— Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket, Patrick Warburton, imdb.com
“It is not enough to yearn for peace. We must work, and if necessary, fight for it. The task of creating a sound international organization is complicated and difficult. Yet, without such organization, the rights of man on earth cannot be protected. Machinery for the just settlement of international…”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“I am the kind of person, unfortunately or otherwise, who tends to find motivation in the last straw.”— Amelia Diamond, manrepeller.com
“The growing need for companies to comply with a wide variety of regulatory requirements creates new and difficult challenges that can distract an organization from adding value to its products, [and] yet achieving compliance is essential to protecting the value of its innovations.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“Marx made theory... Lenin applied it with his sense of large-scale social organization... And Henry Ford made the work of the socialist state possible.”— Diego Rivera, goodreads.com
“It’s psychologically far easier to declutter your home if you first take a photo of anything to which you’re emotionally attached. People are readier to part with such items when they know they can trigger the same old feelings by consulting the picture later.”— Oliver Burkeman, theguardian.com
“I just don’t buy the idea that ‘natural is best’. Your organic, gluten-free, sprouted ancient-grain bread is all-natural? That’s nice. My disease is all-natural too. My chronic pain, pleurisy and angry kidneys are all-natural, and my death would’ve been too, if I didn’t have access to the decidedly…”— Molly Hodgdon, aeon.co
“I wish people understood that saying someone is OCD to describe someone who likes a clean house is insulting and hurtful. We aren’t just freaks who organize their sock drawers all day. We are real people living real lives who have a constant loop of unwanted thoughts in our heads. A loop we can only…”— Esra Aygun, huffingtonpost.com
“Be more organized. There are two key areas that are very important to keep organized in all jobs: your calendar and your desktop.”— Jacquelyn Smith, forbes.com
“Organize yourself. Put your sanitary products into a small bag or tin in your handbag so they don’t fall around inside your bag.”— Emma Louise Pritchard, goodhousekeeping.co.uk
“Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations.”— Atul Gawande, amazon.com
“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”— Marie Kondo, amazon.com
“Openness does not mean lack of organization, lack of principle, or lack of all resistance. For the human being, at least, it means quite the contrary: the strengthening of organization, principles, and resistance where needed, so that interaction with the outside can be strong and real. Indeed, para…”— Walter Ong, amazon.com