Elisabeth Cohen > Quotes

“I take a daily men’s multivitamin. Why would I take vitamins for women? Because I want less of what’s important, fewer nutrients and minerals? I refuse to conspire in my own oppression.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“Religion is fine for currencies and crises.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“Was this it? There is no backup copy of your life. I understood that for the first time at that moment.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“But thank God, right? Thank God.” I clasped my hands together reverently but confidently.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“Wild Ideas Wednesday.” That’s the time I block out weekly when my team and I try to outdo each other in generating wild and crazy ideas. Nothing is too crazy if it helps us improve Conch, or leads to novel solutions for business or product challenges, though we generally select only a tiny fraction of our ideas to execute.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“Their childhood is fleeting, but when I eat with them or sit beside them on international flights it seems like they will be children for many geologic ages yet to come, that time does not affect them the way it does me, that they are like stones being carved by rivers while I am a flash of salmon on a summer day.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“But looking around, seeing my tired-looking reflection in the mirror, I wondered if I should have made my marriage a higher priority. I try to make time for it, but once I prioritize Conch and my children, it’s hard to also prioritize Rafael. How many things can be the priority? Really just one at a time.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“the technofuckoisie”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“read once that time management is impossible—what you are managing is not time, which ticks on with or without you in its own inexorable current, but yourself. I manage myself, my actions, my thoughts, my goals, my calories ingested and expended, mood, work deliverables, and long-range planning with an intensity and accountability that I know most people could not handle, and which I would never subject one of my subordinates to because it’s too much to ask, but if you want to know how I’ve gotten to where I am, that is how.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch

“the execution of a new initiative is often a struggle.”
― Elisabeth Cohen, The Glitch