Capable Quote by John W. Gardner

The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with his observations, but that he provoked -…

— Glenn Greenwald

The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be.

— John W. Gardner

“...I found myself questioning many assumptions about 'nature' and 'wilderness' that were common in conservation at the time. Were all introduced species really bad?…

— Emma Marris

Trusting relationship does not mean the absence of questioning assumptions.But the absence of questions would definitely means the presence of fear.

— Anonymous

People when they're growing up they just want to fit in, there are a lot of social pressures on young people today to kind…

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

It's become this sort of strange competition about who's in the coolest place, who's in the coolest street. Suddenly we're having to engage with…

— Bettany Hughes

“there is no question that social pressures nudge people to accept some pretty odd conclusions—and those conclusions might well affect their behavior.”

— Richard H. Thaler

“When trying to get people to change familiar ways of doing things, social pressures and constraints exerted by the informal peer group represent the…

— Lee Ross

We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may we will…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“I knew even as a child that there were two separate sets of mores and social pressures. My grandparents embodied one type: old-fashioned, quietly…

— J.D. Vance

Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and…

— Robert Casey

“Not all of the white working class struggles. I knew even as a child that there were two separate sets of mores and social…

— J.D. Vance