Collaborative Gain Quotes

Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more than the total weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.

Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any, all suffer.

The guys in the Twins understand that the better Weezer does, the more people will probably care about us.

Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.

Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win.

The profit of the one is the profit of the other.

And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful.

Everyone wins when a leader gets better

When profit is unshared, it's less likely to grow greater.

Cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.

Since a relationship involves two members investing in it, its value increases twice as fast as one's investment.

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.