Ruef Quotes

#1. Diverse, horizontal social networks, in Ruef's analysis, were three times more innovative than uniform, vertical networks. In groups united by shared values and long-term familiarity, conformity and convention tended to dampen any potential creative sparks.

Steven Johnson

#2. To a certain extent, Ruef's and Burt's research is a validation of the celebrated "strength of weak ties" argument first proposed by Mark Granovetter,

Steven Johnson

#3. She unconsciously pulled her sticky shirt away from her skin and grimaced, as if sweating through her clothes was distasteful.

J.R. Rain

#4. Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation.

Don Tapscott

#5. These are people who consciously choose failure in order to preserve their own sense of integrity. They are more elitist than mere snobs, because of their high standards.

Azar Nafisi

#6. Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man.

H. Rider Haggard

#7. Sexual underwear is tacky.

Izabella Scorupco

#8. Then, as one hand tightened on me and his other ran gently over my hair, I noticed something. He didn't smell right.

Richelle Mead

#9. If free enterprise becomes a proselytizing holy cause, it will be a sign that its workability and advantages have ceased to be self-evident.

Eric Hoffer

#10. English physicians kill you, the French let you die.

Charles Lamb