“Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinven...” — Michael Porter Quote

“Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinvented.”

“Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.”

“As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?”

“In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others.”

“Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.”

“We don't worry about continuity because when we're doing so many improvs, it's better to get the laugh. It's better to get the great lines even if they're in the wrong part of the room.”

“In the end, with all of my films, I want to understand the continuity between these films and understand what they're trying to do.”

“There is a thematic continuity here within Bigelow's work: 'The Hurt Locker' serves up a military equivalent of the thrill-trips that Lenny Nero was hustling in her earlier 'Strange Days.'”

“By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.”

“I live in such a free-lance world and I've done 'Trek' so infrequently, when you really think about it, that continuity really isn't an issue to me. I live in a much more undetermined, gypsylike world.”

“In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.”