💬 Quotes

"Triggers for innovation can come from anywhere—changes in technology, regulation, demographics, or unexpected events within the industry."

"Building a climate for innovation requires leadership that tolerates calculated failure and encourages cross-boundary collaboration."

"A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

"There is a charm about forbidden ground that draws us still closer."

"Little troublous empire of a brain, forever busy, forever in a flurry."

"A kind word and a kind look can work wonders. They are worth a fortune in this weary world."

"There is a silence in the solitude of autumn which makes it feel like the fitting season for sorrow."

"As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy tree is riveted by the storm, cling around it with its caresses in its hour of decay."

"To the traveler imbued with a feeling for the historical and the poetic, the Alhambra of Granada is as much an object of devotion as is the Kaaba to all true Moslems."

"There is no part of the world that has been so overhung with a golden haze of romance as Andalusia, and above all, the city and mountains of Granada."

"Magic, terrors, and romantic associations have been conjured up by these old chroniclers, but the great charm of the Alhambra is, after all, its living poetry."

"A mere whitewashed wall, or a crumbling pile of brick and mortar, can awaken but little emotion; but when it is associated with a romantic tale of chivalry or a tragic legend of royal passion, it becomes instinct with a thousand fascinations."

"The common people of Spain are a noble race, with an air of proud independence which they preserve even in rags."

"Thus it is that history becomes identified with poetry, and the Alhambra remains as a monument of an age of romance and splendor that has passed away forever."

"I was born in a charming fruitful vale, named Essaka."

"O, ye nominal Christians! might not an African ask you, learned you this from your God, who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men should do unto you?"

"When you make men slaves, you do not use them like men; you make them more like brute beasts, and then assign that as a reason for why they ought to be treated as such."

"Thus, either in hopes of reward, or fear of punishment, I was constrained to keep a strict watch over myself, and to accustom myself to a circumspect deportment."

"I regard myself as a particular favourite of Heaven, and have been remarkably led and guided by the protecting hand and providential care of the Almighty."

"The abolition of slavery would be a frequent source of wealth to the West Indies, independent of its humanity."