Delmas Conley Quotes

so any limitations to our mutual fertility fell squarely on my shoulders - or rather, on my testicles. ~ Dalton Conley

Being brave was tiring. No wonder everybody in Conley Holler looked faded and worn out. ~ Lisa Lewis Tyre

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world. ~ Chip Conley

Your imagination has much to do with your life ... It is for you to decide how you want your imagination to serve you. ~ Philip Mallory Conley

Anyone have some mints or some gum?" Bonnie asked. No one did, and she turned to Joe Hill Conley. She scrutinized him a moment, then, using her fingers, combed his part over to the left side. "That looks better," she said. Nearly two decades later, the little hair he has left remains parted by Bonnie's invisible hand. ~ Jeffrey Eugenides

sloppy kiss, and then I said, "Someone'll ~ Robert J. Conley

I know that when I attached my sense of identity a little too closely to my work that I might be distracting myself from feelings of unworthiness. It wasn't the number of hours I worked or how bloodshot my eyes were that defined the difference. It was something internal. ~ Chip Conley

I don't know about you, but I've saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy ... in fact, it's probably what we're all thirsty for in this desert of a depression. ~ Chip Conley

This life we all receive is full of invisible boundaries and abstract values. ~ K. Conley

I came to therapy thinking that my sexuality didn't matter, but it turned out that every part of my personality was intimately connected. Cutting one piece damaged the rest. ~ Garrard Conley

Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it. Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response. ~ Chip Conley

I'd done my time in corporate America, from McDonald's making shakes to Morgan Stanley making deals and, yet, I felt awfully constrained by the uniform - not just my clothes, but how I felt I needed to conform - that a traditional job required me to wear. ~ Chip Conley

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit. ~ Chip Conley

Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude. ~ Chip Conley

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving. ~ Chip Conley

When I'm happy like this, it's unfettered--as if I'll never feel removed from life again. ~ Susan Conley

Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment? ~ Chip Conley

Maybe its time we get a toolbox that doesnt just count whats easily counted, the tangible in life, but actually counts what we most value, the things that are intangible. ~ Chip Conley

Sometimes it was what you left unsaid or undone that drew you into a state of wonder. ~ Garrard Conley

Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them? ~ Chip Conley

I sit in the lap of Adversity and nuzzle at her neck." Personal philosophy associated with the strife and difficulties of life. ~ Stephen C. Conley

You're so worried about what other people think of you – other people do not think of you! ~ Bayless Conley

Love, over time, could either blossom or wither, become a source of wonder or a remembered ache. ~ Garrard Conley

Masculine meant strong. Masculine meant straight. If we could only learn the essence of what it meant to be masculine, then we could learn the rest. ~ Garrard Conley

Life s what you make it, Life doesn't make you. ~ Donald D. Conley Sr.

Cartoons in newspapers have proven to be an effective means of rallying support during times of war, often by the simple device of depicting the enemy as subhuman or even monstrous - much as they did during the Reformation. ~ Thomas Conley

Curiosity has ... proven to be a great ingredient in resilience, a trait particularly valuable in an extended economic downturn. Resilient people aren't made of steel; they just provide themselves with more options, and those options come from a curious mind. ~ Chip Conley

No, the great thing about selfie sticks is that they send annoying people out into the world with a built-in means with which to thrash them. -Bucky Katt ~ Darby Conley

Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present. ~ Chip Conley

The history of the GDR journalism is a story of partisanship. ~ Patrick Conley

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING Judith Barrington, Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art; Annie Dillard and Cort Conley, eds., Modern American Memoirs; Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory; Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; Phillip Lopate, ed., The Art of the Personal Essay; Jane Taylor McDonnell, Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir; and William Zinsser, ed., Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir. ~ Vivian Gornick

Life has meaning because death exists. We love the good times in life because they're fleeting, because we know they will soon be replaced by something else. But death itself is nothing to be afraid of. It's a natural part of life, the natural closure that everything builds to. Working in a nursing home has taught me that: We're all lunatics on a big space rock, pretending to be sane, pretending we can fix everything, pretending we won't die. ~ Nicholas Conley

Life does not get any better than this! ~ Diane Conley

Life itself moves so fast and is so mystical we often easily slip into a force-fed trance that enables us to do only a couple of basic actions, which is essentially to survive and spectate. ~ K. Conley

My life is scattered and busy. I think of my home as a resort. When I step through the door, I feel relaxed. I almost feel like I've taken a vacation. ~ Chip Conley

Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight. ~ Chip Conley

I'm not opinionated; you're just wrong.
-Bucky ~ Darby Conley

We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity. ~ Chip Conley

Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication. ~ Chip Conley

You cut out what was once dear to you, ignore the ache in the back of your throat, erase the details you want to forget. ~ Garrard Conley

We don't have anyone with bad haircuts, which is a good thing. Louis Delmas has some pretty nice dreads. He's a Florida boy, so they know how to do it. He gets the title. ~ Nate Burleson

If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus. ~ Chip Conley

As leaders, we understand that intangibles are important, but we don't have a clue how to measure them. ~ Chip Conley

The Beatles aren't exactly obscure."

"No, they aren't," Conley answers. "However, creativity can bend in different ways. Only in your dimension did the Beatles sing about a purple submarine. There are a couple of 'Big Green Submarines' out there in the multiverse, but usually it's yellow. ~ Claudia Gray

The world is cheapened when everyone sees it with a marketers eye. ~ Lucas Conley

People don't realize how much control they do have. The more you can show them this control, the easier it is to tap back into the creative side of the brain that allows people to see possibilities and options. ~ Chip Conley

What is the use of the colon? What is a colon? Generally it opens onto an explanation, but it is always done with the help of an interruption. It can be said that the colon is not the period, it is the period of the period, the canceling of the period. It is a moment mute and marked; it is the most delicate tattoo of the text. It is also in place of, instead of, everything that would be causal. For example, when we read: "It's simply that: secret." "Secret," is a sentence, it is the shortest sentence perhaps. But it is a sentence in one word. It is a sentence that is secret and that at the same time says its name. One could invert and say: "Secret: it is simply that." This is secret, the secret is the secret of this, it is a word which makes infinite sense all by itself, it is a sentence which performs the secret itself [Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life, trans Elizabeth Lowe & Earl Fitz, Foreword by Hélène Cixous trans Verena Conley, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989] ~ Helene Cixous

At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit. ~ Chip Conley

In general, I'm not much into etiquette and am a rule-breaker and rebel by nature. ~ Chip Conley