The impulsivity of M. B. S. has been a consistent theme - from the war in Yemen to the wave of arrests of constructive critics, royals, and senior officials accused of corruption.
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.
We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
Differences in approaches do exist, and in one short moment it is impossible to overcome all of them, but i'm convinced ahead of us we have a constructive dialogue.
I think people have too much time in their hands and constructive thinking is just waning in our country.
I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production.
[For constructive conflict,] we have to resist the neurobiological drive which means that we really prefer people mostly like ourselves.
As it happens in relationships that are open and frank and based on mutual respect, you say things as you think them, and this doesn't mean that you don't work together in a constructive way.
Unless the immigration issue is tackled in a constructive way, Mexico and the United States will probably revert to a historic cycle of confrontation and recrimination.
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
We may have our own ideas in the writing and editing stages, but we work out those disagreements in a constructive way.
Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.
Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op.
To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.
... men as a rule are more preoccupied with the dangers that threaten their life than interested in the biological forces on which they depend for a constructive existence.
As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing.
Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change.
The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.
Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of constructive dialogue.
I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.
Mistakes will not end your business. If you are nimble and willing to listen to constructive criticism you can excel by learning and evolving.
If it's constructive criticism, please, go ahead. I'm all up for, 'Hey, your toes were not pointed.' Like, I can see that.
Constructive criticism is legitimate, but when it escalates to vitriol, it affects us all, because celebrities and influencers are part of the collective consciousness.
We want the U.S. to have constructive and stable relations with China. That makes it much easier for us. Then we don't have to choose sides.
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.
My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of other components of the Jewish faith.
By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.
Some people derive pleasure in constructive work while some are happy in destruction.
I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.
There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!
The idea is to make sure that these sex offenders are occupied with constructive matters and not focused on the children who may be knocking at their doors this Halloween
A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
Whites have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that would allow for constructive engagement across racial divides.
The constructive intellect [genius] produces thoughts, sentences, poems, plans, designs, systems. It is the generation of the mind, the marriage of thought with nature.
Only when emotion is involved do you get angry and lose your temper. You could have different points of view, but as long as it is constructive dissent, it is fun.
It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.
I think that kids need to be guided; they need to be disciplined, but in a way that's constructive, so that's what I try to do.
Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence.
Building confidence and constructive relations between Sudan and South Sudan is urgent
When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.
Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
All options to produce, transmit, and store electricity should be considered, driven by clear price signals and constructive government policy.
I am ready to have dialogue with the concerned parties once the nation is calm and the political temperatures are lowered enough for constructive and productive engagement.
Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.
Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
It's almost impossible to have a constructive conversation about health-care reform in Arkansas without passions rising and folks taking sides.
Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.
The mark, to me, of a constructive argument is one that looks at a specific problem and says, 'What shall we do about this?' And a nonconstructive one is one that tries to label people.
I am interested in a constructive approach, which looks at how wealth can be created using bright ideas that will help India prosper.
America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive purposes.
I feel like covering my children's eyes when they watch television. It's better that they spend their time doing something constructive.
The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.
Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.
If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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