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Quotes About Retention

What you don't know may not hurt you, but what you don't remember always does.
~ Gerald M. Weinberg
Memory is the thing you forget with.
~ Alexander Chase
The brain has a way of confirming its own hypotheses. It's how we function in our world. That which fits within our definition and perspective of our existence is retained, if not amplified. That which does not is either rationalized or cast aside until an event so great or profound occurs that we must rethink everything.
~ J.R. Ward
The hippocampus helps record both types of memories initially, and it helps retain them for the medium term. The hippocampus also helps us access old personal memories in long-term storage in other parts of the brain.
~ Sam Kean
Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
They often chose the retention model: catch all you can. Often they were not leading by instinct but by tradition. They kept the peace and maintained the status quo but later became frustrated as the church suffered from their indecisive leadership.
~ T.D. Jakes
What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?
~ Brian Ferneyhough
After spending time in the East and meeting with ordinary Afghans there, it's hard to imagine how a future Afghan government will retain control of provinces such as Khost or Paktia once U.S. forces are gone.
~ Joby Warrick
God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.
~ Benny Hinn
How can you remember shit like that?" Ty asked.
~ Neal Stephenson
I'm not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that's how I do it.
~ Greta Gerwig
I focus a fair amount of my time on ensuring that we have a good funnel of females coming into the company and then that we're retaining that as well and making sure that we have comfortable environments for them to be successful in.
~ Peggy Johnson
We want people to stay on MySpace. We'll give them whatever they might want to do.
~ Tom Anderson
I can't remember names and things.
~ Prince Philip
Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.
~ Christopher Hitchens
You need a good memory to use the library. How else do you find a book again after you've read it?" - Tayend
~ Trudi Canavan
People join companies. They leave managers. Therefore, to keep your team happy and engaged, you need one thing above all else: great managers — not free lunches or yoga classes! As Gallup notes, "Managers account for at least 70% of variance in employee engagement scores." And great managers are not just born; they are continually advancing their skills and those of their employees.
~ Verne Harnish
Unlike Ed, she listened. But then she forgot.
~ Catherine Ryan Hyde
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a few yards and fade to oblivion. The evanescence of the spoken word went without saying. So fleeting was speech that the rare phenomenon of the echo, a sound heard once and then again, seemed a sort of magic.
~ James Gleick
To attain wisdom, experience every thing consistently. To retain wisdom, dispose every thing constantly.
~ Aditya Ajmera
We have to hire, retain, and develop the best staff.
~ Steve Easterbrook
I've always believed that if you are in the WWE system, that in two years or less, the staff should be able to tell who's a keeper and who's not.
~ Jim Ross
During the early stages of Zoom, I personally emailed every customer who canceled our service.
~ Eric Yuan
Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.
~ Brian Lee