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Matthew Stewart Quotes

In order to produce generalist courses, business school professors have been forced to invent subjects called strategy, called organizational behavior and so on Picture Quote #1

During the seven years that I worked as a management consultant, I spent a lot of time trying to look older than I was. I became pretty good at furrowing my brow and putting on somber expressions Picture Quote #1

The conservative interpretation of American history says that wherever the word ‘God’ appears, it’s obviously our God, it’s obviously a Christian God; it’s usually an evangelical God. The simplest point I’m making is: That is just absolutely not true Picture Quote #1

George Washington participated as a vestryman in his local congregation, but that didn’t really imply any particular kind of religious belief. This was necessary in order to participate in the society Picture Quote #1

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They’re not really about expertise or science Picture Quote #1

I’d like the United States to become what it was always meant to be, which is a secular nation - more publicly committed to reason, to improving understanding, and promoting education Picture Quote #1

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At its best, management theory is part of the democratic promise of America. It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law. It offers economic power to all who have the talent and energy to attain it Picture Quote #1

I would eventually leave the business in 1999 to work full-time as a writer, but during the previous decade, I would advise French businessmen on how to succeed in Germany; tell Americans what to do in Eastern Europe; show the Spanish how to become more like the Americans. I spent one particularly haunting year advising bankers in Mexico Picture Quote #1

At the decisive Boston town meeting of Nov. 29, 1773, while ships loaded with cargo from the East India Company idled in the harbor, Thomas Young was the first and only speaker to propose that the best way to protest the new Tea Act was to dump the tea into the water Picture Quote #1

America’s revolutionary deists saw themselves as - and they were - participants in an international movement that drew on most of the same literary sources across the civilized world Picture Quote #1

We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school Picture Quote #1

What do you need to succeed in business? You need the ability to think critically and communicate, and those things you can get just as easily out of a philosophy degree Picture Quote #1

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The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization Picture Quote #1

Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a ‘chorus of worlds’ just like ours Picture Quote #1

Businesspeople get a little bit of bad press sometimes. There are a lot of normal and ethical people Picture Quote #1

Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England Picture Quote #1

It’s wrong to look at what we call ‘Enlightenment values’ as some fad of the 18th century. It’s deeply rooted in ancient history Picture Quote #1

Generations of devoted American history buffs have spent countless hours reading and writing long books about the American Revolution without ever having come across the name of Dr. Thomas Young. Yet it was Young who came up with the idea for the original tea party - the one in Boston Harbor Picture Quote #1

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Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in ‘worlds’ just like our own Picture Quote #1

We are all equal not because we partake in some peculiar nature or because we share in the same credo of unreasoned beliefs, but because we take it that no thinking being is incapable of seeing reason Picture Quote #1

Wherever I was in the world, at the beginning of every consulting project, one thing was certain: I would know less about the business at hand than the people I was supposed to be advising Picture Quote #1

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In order to produce generalist courses, business school professors have been forced to invent subjects called strategy, called organizational behavior and so on. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) During the seven years that I worked as a management consultant, I spent a lot of time trying to look older than I was. I became pretty good at furrowing my brow and putting on somber expressions. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) The conservative interpretation of American history says that wherever the word ‘God’ appears, it’s obviously our God, it’s obviously a Christian God; it’s usually an evangelical God. The simplest point I’m making is: That is just absolutely not true. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) George Washington participated as a vestryman in his local congregation, but that didn’t really imply any particular kind of religious belief. This was necessary in order to participate in the society. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They’re not really about expertise or science. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) I’d like the United States to become what it was always meant to be, which is a secular nation - more publicly committed to reason, to improving understanding, and promoting education. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) At its best, management theory is part of the democratic promise of America. It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law. It offers economic power to all who have the talent and energy to attain it. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) I would eventually leave the business in 1999 to work full-time as a writer, but during the previous decade, I would advise French businessmen on how to succeed in Germany; tell Americans what to do in Eastern Europe; show the Spanish how to become more like the Americans. I spent one particularly haunting year advising bankers in Mexico. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) At the decisive Boston town meeting of Nov. 29, 1773, while ships loaded with cargo from the East India Company idled in the harbor, Thomas Young was the first and only speaker to propose that the best way to protest the new Tea Act was to dump the tea into the water. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) America’s revolutionary deists saw themselves as - and they were - participants in an international movement that drew on most of the same literary sources across the civilized world. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) What do you need to succeed in business? You need the ability to think critically and communicate, and those things you can get just as easily out of a philosophy degree (Matthew Stewart Quotes) The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Benjamin Franklin maintained that every star is a sun, and every sun nourishes a ‘chorus of worlds’ just like ours. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Businesspeople get a little bit of bad press sometimes. There are a lot of normal and ethical people. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) It’s wrong to look at what we call ‘Enlightenment values’ as some fad of the 18th century. It’s deeply rooted in ancient history. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Generations of devoted American history buffs have spent countless hours reading and writing long books about the American Revolution without ever having come across the name of Dr. Thomas Young. Yet it was Young who came up with the idea for the original tea party - the one in Boston Harbor. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in ‘worlds’ just like our own. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) We are all equal not because we partake in some peculiar nature or because we share in the same credo of unreasoned beliefs, but because we take it that no thinking being is incapable of seeing reason. (Matthew Stewart Quotes) Wherever I was in the world, at the beginning of every consulting project, one thing was certain: I would know less about the business at hand than the people I was supposed to be advising. (Matthew Stewart Quotes)