Quotes About Cooperation

Living in a community normally boosts one's chances of surviving and thriving. We can share food and huddle against the cold; we can organize to attack prey or to defend each other against invaders.

I was beginning to see fewer of our weaknesses and more of our strengths; the events of the day were a reminder of how each of us had certain abilities that the rest did not. It was as if we were each a part of a whole body- one the hands, another the legs, and so on- dependent on one another and working best when we performed in unity. I felt inadequate then, unsure what part of this body I might be.

To defuse situations and maximize the illusion of respect, you need to tell people why you are asking or explain why you are telling. Giving someone a justification for your ask turns an order into a reasonable and rational request for assistance.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

teamwork is not a virtue. It is a choice—and a strategic one.

executives must put the needs of the higher team ahead of the needs of their departments.

Even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice.

Let the battle for peace commence

That's the secret of this planet, Todd. Communication, real and open, so we can finally understand each other for once.

To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship. It was more like the two of us entered into a business partnership in order to more efficiently pursue our mutual interest of hating each other.

Considerarnos meramente enemigos sería no captar el verdadero talante de nuestra relación. Era más bien como si los dos fuéramos socios de una empresa dedicada a perseguir el mutuo objetivo de odiarnos el uno al otro

What is word for good together living? Nobody shits in the well." I laughed. "Civilization?" He nodded, splaying his fingers: amusement. "Yes," he said. "Speaking with hands is civilization

Do things my way and we'll get along just fine.

The aim of forest garden design is to make the relationships as co-operative as possible, while acknowledging that very few plants will yield quite as much as they would if they were living alone. It is the cumulative yield of all the plants living on the same piece of land that makes forest gardens productive, not the high yield of individuals.

when pair work functions collaboratively and learners are in an expert–novice relationship, they can successfully engage in the co-construction of knowledge.

I frankly don't think it's going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they can't share information, there's no way this war can be won.

The impediment to the building of Babel—that man must fill the earth—would be eliminated. At that moment it would again be possible for the whole earth to be of one language and one speech. And if that were to happen, paradise could not be far behind.

Due artisti nella stessa casa potrebbero essere troppi. Qualcuno deve occuparsi dell'aspetto pratico delle cose, eh, Willie? Ci vuole gente di tutti i tipi per fare il mondo.

For better or worse, then, my attack on empathy is nonpartisan. Or to put it more positively, individuals of all political orientations—liberal, conservative, libertarian, hard right, hard left, all of us—can join hands and work together in the fight against empathy.

I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the newspapers or see on the television news, we have actually been getting a lot of things done the last several months, the U.S.-Canada relationship.

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.

I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how important this relationship is to the people of the United States.

The second type of relationship is the substantive relationship, which is characterized by mutual benefit.

The rise of individualism has weakened the capacity of society to work together for common purposes. And the two have interacted: leaders thought they knew what to do, but distrusted people as being too selfish to cooperate, so they relied on incentives linked to scrutiny. The combination of individual selfishness and overconfident top-down management has damaged our societies. But you can change it: we have written this book to help you do so. 1 What is Going On Here?