Associations Quotes

“That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most imagerial fragment to another on the flimsiest pretense and in the most freewheeling manner, as if it takes a kind of organic pleasure in creative association, without regards to logic or chronological sequence.”
― Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

“Maybe that's why I tend to equate physical beauty with qualities with which it has absolutely nothing to do. I see a pretty mouth or a moody pair of eyes and imagine all sorts of deep affinities, private kinships. Never mind that half a dozen jerks are clustered round the same person, just because they've been duped by the same pair of eyes.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“The actions of our closest friends say a lot about our character—what we overlook, what we contribute to and what is important to us when the world doesn’t take notice.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Lies make for pathetic allies.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“Today's opponents can be your allies tomorrow. And today's allies can be tomorrow's opponents.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Better Associations:

If you associate yourself with a change maker,
Your life will by all means become better.
You will wink at challenges and begin to think.
In times of frustrations, you will not sink.

If you miss the way to a great destination,
Just look for those going to that direction.
Mount the shoulders of a giant believer
And you will become a great achiever.
People around you determine your speed.
They will influence the growth of your seed.

People you are around will decide your strength
And also the figure of your success’ length
I trust you want to become a better you.

It matters, what your associates plan to do.
It depends, where your companions want to go.
It relies on what your friends believe and know.

Quit friendships that build you nothing
Choose friends who bring out of you something
One iron sharpens another iron
Go along with great people and ride on.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

“Create and communicate absolute clarity of purpose.”
― Omer Soker, The Future of Associations

“It can be proven that wounded people wound others. Walk circumspectly among wounded people, their injuries are deeply submerged in their brain's amygdala, and without the time-tested practice of emotional intelligence, you might find yourself scarred by association. Give your associations time to reveal their emotional intelligence or lack thereof; employers measure their associates seasonally, quarterly, and or annually; but ask yourself the question: (Q) WHY haven't you?”
― Tracey Bond

“Words floating in air, lines cut on a page, stanzas carved into units. Poetry is a mode of associative thinking that takes a different route to knowledge than philosophy, its ancient antagonist. It follows its own wayward but resolute path.”
― Edward Hirsch, Best American Poetry 2016

“The old saying is true: You are who you associate with. That makes me 72 ducks.”
― Jarod Kintz, A Memoir of Memories and Memes

“Life and art are nothing but associations of ideas and sorrows that nourish our illusory quest for the Holy Grail of human existence. It’s a mystery!”
― Carl William Brown, Aforismi geniali di William Shakespeare.

“An association that chooses to emerge healthier it needs to be willing to shift the energy of the board and volunteers to be positive and fun, shift down to a more manageable and nimble-size board, and via the law of attraction know the right board members will lead the association forward.”
― Holly Duckworth, Ctrl+Alt+Believe: Reboot Your Association For Success

“Associations must evolve if they are to survive into the future.”
― Omer Soker, The Future of Associations

“Look inward for solutions to your greatest challenges.”
― Omer Soker, The Future of Associations

“The future is dependent on the decisions you make today.”
― Omer Soker, The Future of Associations

“You cannot be a modern association without a contemporary board.”
― Omer Soker, The Future of Associations

“Astronomers must return to studying environmental radiation for associations to human problems and incorrect environmental conditions. The future of the next generation relies on astronomers obtaining a full understanding of the rapidly changing human environmental conditions and the halting of biologically toxic corporate government policies. The overloading of the electromagnetic environment is one of these disastrous policies that must stop.”
― Steven Magee

“Individuals make up groups and associations. When individuals are strong, associations are strong; as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. We do not want to be the weakest link that cuts a chain. Instead we want to be part of the strength in numbers.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“It is better to be alone with a dream and self-confidence, than to be in the company of multitudes of doubtful and pessimistic fellows.”
― Ogedegbe Clement

“There are pieces of classical music which, in our culture, become so deeply associated with their later use in some product of commercial popular culture that it is almost impossible to dissociate them from this use.”
― Slavoj Žižek, Event

“Dear Daughter,
Do not dine with people who are done having you around.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“No writer is great unless he also has the knack of stirring up associations in his readers' minds with every phrase.”
― Lloyd N. Trefethen, TREFETHEN'S INDEX CARDS: FORTY YEARS OF NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE, WORDS AND MATHEMATICS

“Every person adds or takes—guard your circle, choose wisely.”
― Emmanuel Apetsi