Best and brightest, come away!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A brief exhortation calling on talented people to join or depart with the speaker.
- In plain terms
- Talented people are being invited to come along or leave with the speaker.
- What can you take from it?
- Recruit or dismiss the capable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who is being called to come away?
- What purpose binds this group?
Another view
The brevity makes the specific context and intent unclear.
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