“The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity; they don't create any incentives; they don't produce solar, hydro, nuclear.” ShouldTwoReasonMomentsEnergyCommonProduceDiversityStandardsNuclearCommon SenseReason WhyAccountabilityAdoptedIncentivesInputOutput Author:Frank Luntz
“Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart.” RunningTogetherPrinciplesCommunicationIdeologyWorking TogetherComplement Author:Frank Luntz
“It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do.” IfsWayPersonsTearsEmotionalProductsThings To DoRight ThingCandidatesAcceptableRight Person Author:Frank Luntz
“Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.” RememberLeatherCobblers Author:Frederick Locker-Lampson
“Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.” YearsStillsSimpleHeardFairsEarsNotesVanityGentleScareVanity Fair Book:London Lyrics Source: London Lyrics
“Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.” BigsEyeBeautifulAnimalLevelsJudgingApproachPlantDramaticParksThemeEntertainingPlants And AnimalsTheme Parks Author:Gary Larson
“Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy to ask for permission. By being allowed to make their own decisions the teachers are able to create strong partnerships with parents.” NeedsGivingAbleSchoolAsksIndividualStrongParentDecisionTeacherDesignStudentsProgramPartnershipPermissionBureaucracyFlexibilityPublic SchoolCharterSchool Teachers Author:Gary Larson
“There may be 300,000 apps for the iPhone and iPad, but the only app you really need is the browser. You don't need an app for the web ... You don't need to go through some kind of SDK ... You can use your web tools ... And you can publish your apps to the BlackBerry without writing any native code.” NeedsWritingKindMayUseToolsCodeNativePublishIphoneAppsIpadsBlackberriesBrowsers Author:Jim Balsillie
“No other technology company other than Apple has successfully transitioned their platform. It's almost never done, and it's way harder than you realise. This transition is where tech companies go to die.” WayDoneDiesRealizingCompanyTechnologyHarderApplesTransitionPlatforms Author:Jim Balsillie