Hisham

“Fear is the greatest killer of creativity,” Asai explained, “and humor is the most effective tool I’ve found for insulating cultures from fear.”
― Jennifer Aaker, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life

“British and Indian troops were sent in, and an Indian Cavalry guard escorted them to work. That evening there was a further disturbance, and one of the labourers, Mohamed Ahmed, knocked a British officer unconscious with a stick and seized his rifle and bayonet, before being overpowered by three other Egyptians. Twelve days later he was tried for ‘a disturbance of a mutinous nature’, found guilty and shot.”
― Martin Gilbert, The First World War: A Complete History

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.”
― Jennifer Aaker, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life

“A ship in a harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are built for.”
― Cecily Anne Paterson, Invincible