A Quotes
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“A 'sign of weakness' for a male celebrity is being found to be unfaithful, or unkind to an employee, or having crashed their car while stoned out of their tiny minds. A 'sign of weakness' for a woman, on the other hand, can be a single, unflattering picture.”
“A 'treat' is different from a 'reward', which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits.”
“A 'truth' detached and purified of pleasures of ordinary life is not worth a damn in my view. Every grand theory and noble sentiment ought to be first tested in the kitchen-and then in bed, of course.”
“A 'very good friend' is a dangerous category with Indian girls. From here you can either make fast progress or if you play it wrong, you can go down to the lowest category invented by the Indian women ever - rakhi brother. Rakhi brother really means 'you can talk to me, but don't even freaking think about anything else you bore'.”
“A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.”
“A 'well regulated militia' was thus one that was well-trained and equipped, not one that was 'well-regulated' in the modern sense of being subjected to numerous government prohibitions and restrictions.”
“A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“A 'why' is a dangerous thing... It challenges old, comfortable ways, forces people to think about that they do instead of just mindlessly doing it. (Haplo) ... I think the danger is not so much in asking the 'why' as in believing you have come up with the only answer. (Alfred)”
“A . . . poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.”
“A 0-0 is like a Sunday without sun.”
“A 1.5 litres/100km (3 mpg) increase in the auto and light truck fleet is worth 158,968.35 cubic metres (41,994,994.53 US gallons) of oil a day.”
“A 10 ounce book brings more peace than a 20 pounds machine gun.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“A 10 ounce book brings more peace,
Than a 20 pounds machine gun.
A 3 pound brain brings more order,
Than 300 pounds of uranium.”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“A 10,000 mile walk, begins with a single step and continues one step at a time.”
“A $100,000 kitchen won't turn a $200,000 condo into a $300,000 resale.”
“A 100 years from now the consequences for standing for Jesus will be greater than the consequences of not standing for Jesus today.”
“A 10KVA generator, no matter how well-intentioned, cannot power a 10-storey building. So grow your capacity.”
“A 16-year-old is at the age of consent in most places. By now, she has to know how to say no to a guy suggesting sex. He's not a mindreader who knows a girl who's going along with everything doesn't want it.”
“A 17-year-old girl in Australia hacked into my e-mail while I was on it, Then a 15-year-old girl in England did the same thing.”
“A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83 percent of the public was against intervention. A good pretext was needed to gain support from an intransigent public.”
“A 1977 poll of American astronomers, published in JSE, showed the following. Out of 2611 questionnaires 1356 were returned. In response to whether the UFO problem deserved further study the replies were: 23% certainly, 30% probably, 27% percent possibly, 17% probably not, 3% certainly not. Interestingly, there was a positive correlation between the amount of reading done on the subject and the opinion that further study was in order.”
“A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.”
“A 1990 study by the (liberal) Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white crime rates disappeared.”
“A 1998 study was done in Hebrew by an Israeli scholar, Yosef Grodzinsky, and the English translation of the title is Good Human Material. That's what they wanted sent to Palestine for colonization and for the eventual conflict that took place some years later. These policies were somewhat complementary to the U.S. policy of pressuring England to allow Jews to go to Palestine, but not allowing them here. The British politician Ernest Bevin was quite bitter about it, asking, "if you want to save the Jews, why send them to Palestine when you don't admit them?"”
“A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America”
“A 20/20 mindset eradicates any source of fear, doubt, and uncertainty. It produces a balanced life in which you are living your purpose and being fueled with your passion. You are connected directly to the source of greatness. Success is then a graceful gift.”
Source: The "No Excuses" Mindset: A Life of Purpose, Passion, and Clarity
“A 20/20 mindset produces clarity, joy, and peace in your life. It produces RESULTS.”
Source: The "No Excuses" Mindset: A Life of Purpose, Passion, and Clarity
“A 20/20 mindset produces uncontainable joy and peace. These fruits allow you to live more creatively, effectively, and positively. When your life is in alignment with your purpose and passion, then working hard and creating value are inherent and success becomes a given.”
Source: The "No Excuses" Mindset: A Life of Purpose, Passion, and Clarity
“A 20-year-old is never going to give death a second thought, whereas someone in their late 50s is going to think about it... I don't know, 20 times a day.”
“A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator for only 29% of women, versus 76% of men. Women prioritized flexibility, fulfillment, autonomy and safety.”
“A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.”
Source: Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
“A 2002 Wall Street Journal article provided eye-opening details about how comprehensive review worked in practice. UCLA had accepted a Hispanic girl with SATs of 940, while rejecting a Korean student with 1500s. The Korean student hardly lived in the lap of luxury. He tutored children to pay rent for his divorced mother, who developed breast cancer.”
Source: The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture
“A 2005 study, Impacts of a Warming Artic, concluded that the Artic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet.”
Source: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
“A 2006 Harvard University study shows that entrepreneurs who have failed in their previous enterprise have an almost one-in-five chance of success in their next start-up”
Source: Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
“A 2008 poll of 35,000 Americans revealed that 57% of Evangelical church attenders believe that many religions can lead to eternal life.”
“A 2008 Wall Street Journal article entitled “America’s Universities are Living a Diversity Lie” summed up findings in this area:
'To this day, few colleges have even tried to establish that their race-conscious admissions policies yield broad educational benefits. The research is so fuzzy and methodologically weak that some strident proponents of affirmative action admit that social science is not on their side. In reality, colleges profess a deep belief in the educational benefits of their affirmative-action policies mainly to save their necks. They know that, if the truth came out, courts could find them guilty of illegal discrimination against white and Asian Americans.'
The New York Times agrees, noting that decades of promoting diversity have not succeeded in getting students to mix. The article concludes:
'No one has a formula for success; there is not even a consensus about what success would look like. Experts say that diversity programs on college campuses amount to a constantly evolving experiment, which in some cases in the past may have done more harm than good.”
Source: White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century
“A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.”
Source: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“A 2011 report produced by Forrester Research estimated that the revenue generated through the sales of smartphone and tablet applications will reach $38 billion annually by 2015. Think about that: An industry that did not exist in 2006 will be generating $38 billion in revenues within a decade. . . .”
Source: That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
“A 2013 review of studies on cyber-bullying in the Universal Journal of Educational Research reported that "perceived anonymity online and the safety and security of being behind a computer screen aid in freeing individuals from traditionally constraining pressures of society, conscience, morality, and ethics to behave in a normative manner." In other words, digital communication seems to relieve people of their conscience, enabling them to feel more comfortable behaving unethically.”
Source: American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
“A 2014 study found positive results following eight weeks of mindfulness training with a group of US marines exposed to stressful training exercises.16 The program was designed to develop concentration and a greater acceptance and tolerance of physical pain, distressing thoughts, intense emotions, and harsh environmental conditions.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“A 2016 study conducted by researchers at Cornell University determined that job type is one of the single greatest contributors to an enduring gender wage gap. The more "feminized" a job, the less people will pay for someone to do it.”
Source: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“A 22-caliber bullet can travel as fast as 1,022 mph. I learned that at Quantico.
However, the bullet that hit him probably traveled at 818 mph. Sound travels at 761 mph. I hear the bullet after I see the shot enter his head.
But in my mind it all goes so fast that it’s just a single message.”
Source: Saving Kennedy
“A 24,000-year sequence recorded in a marine core from the Santa Barbara Basin, off the coast of California, exhibits the highest peak in biomass burning precisely at the onset of the Younger Dryas. ... This anomalously high peak correlates with intense biomass burning documented from the nearby Channel Islands. ... The peak also coincides with the extinction of pygmy mammoths on the islands and with the beginning of an apparent 600-800-year gap in the archaeological record, suggesting a sudden collapse in island human populations.”
Source: America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
“A 3% budget increase is a timid goal in a business environment where timidity/ irresoluteness loses”
“A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.”
“A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be a few passes of editing required, but I basically have a polished draft.”
“A 40-year-old Muslim woman, Roshan Khatun, was killed in Bihar, India, after being tied to a pole, beaten, and forced to drink urine mixed with alcohol at the residence of a village head.
Roshan Khatun visited the residence of the village head on February 25 to settle a land dispute. According to witnesses, the village head’s husband and son assaulted her by throwing her to the ground and repeatedly beating and kicking her.
Acting on the head’s orders, they then tied Khatun to a pole and continued to strike her. As she was observing a Ramadan fast and became thirsty, she pleaded for water but was instead forced to drink urine mixed with alcohol.”
“A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.”
“A 45-year old looks a lot like a 25-year old who's been out all night. And feels just as good about having survived the experience.”
“A 5’5”, 182-pound, 43-year-old man wearing khaki shorts and a UCLA sweatshirt runs to Nicolas Cage in a manner he will spend the rest of the night describing to his slightly bored but equally boring date as “ambushing.” No one else is on the street and Nicolas Cage is unable to avoid the man, who wants a picture with his “brand new Droid.” As the man, who actually seems to be vibrating and hovering in an almost hummingbird-like way, adjusts his stance for the third attempt at a picture his crotch lightly brushes Nicolas Cage’s upper thigh, causing his face to shift from “bemused resignation” to, strangely, “serene bliss,” for what will become the man’s inaugural Facebook profile picture.”