If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
One may rationally stick to a degenerating research programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after. What one must… — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
We see clear evidence repeated in many studies that higher intake of trans fats is associated with higher risk of heart disease,… — Walter Willett Copy Share Image
Here's why I think the public service jobs are almost unavoidable: When we have downturns in the economy - and we will,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn't marry. And… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in… — Stirling Moss Copy Share Image
After taking risk into account, do more managers than you’d see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this… — Eugene Fama Copy Share Image
Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
But perhaps this is all to the good. Perhaps it’s best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any… — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Time Management Tips: The perpetual processing of the same temptation is both dangerous and time-wasting. Cycling and recycling the same temptation (instead… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes,… — William E. Burrows Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
“When you stop pretending to be who you are not and start being yourself, there is a big risk: significant people in… — Franco Santoro Copy Share Image
“A system of justice does not need to pursue retribution. If the purpose of drug sentencing is to prevent harm, all we… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
I don't care about risk to me," he hissed, leaning forward across the table. "I care about what happens to you! Dammit,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping,… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
“What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are… — David Millar Copy Share Image
“Risk, as first articulated by the economist Frank H. Knight in 1921, is somethimg that you can put a price on…Uncertainty, on… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You are full of love. You love with all of your soul. It's brighter than the fire ... blinding. That's why you… — Jane Espenson Copy Share Image
Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they… — Luis Walter Alvarez Copy Share Image
If you want a television, you go out and work for it and you buy it. If you want to learn about… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
There is always risk in relationships, but bottom line? The world has no meaning apart from relationships. Some are just messier than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems.… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
There's nothing in the world like buried treasure-and people hungry and obsessed enough to risk their lives for it. Pirate Hunters isn't… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
I'm afraid sometimes certain individual cases of defaults are unavoidable. What we should do is to step up monitoring, properly handle relevant… — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
“There are some who never try, get left behind, forever dying, they just sit it by on the sidelines while they criticize,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the… — Spencer Abraham Copy Share Image
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
I think TV companies don't take as many risks any more, it's a bit more prescriptive. There are more channels but there… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
Nothing can be left until the last minute, so that everyone knows exactly where they are. Everyone is comfortable and everyone feels… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
