“The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile wanted to learn all the details. ...Isaiah was so familiar with it that he did not consider it necessary to communicate it to others as a new thing, especially as it was well known to the intelligent.” WellsWantedKnownLordSawsGenerationsAccountsIntelligentDetailsCommunicateFamiliarDescriptionNew ThingsWell KnownExile Author:Maimonides
“Rome was in the most dangerous inclination to change on account of the unequal distribution of wealth and property, those of highest rank and greatest spirit having impoverished themselves by shows, entertainments, ambition of offices, and sumptuous buildings, and the riches of the city having thus fallen into the hands of mean and low-born persons. So that there wanted but a slight impetus to set all in motion, it being in the power of every daring man to overturn a sickly commonwealth.” MenMeanPersonsShowsWisdomHandsWantedSpiritPoliticsBornWealthCitiesEconomyDangerousBuildingOfficeAmbitionHighestLowsAccountsPropertyEntertainmentRichesFallenLiberalismRomeDaringDistributionInclinationCommonwealthImpetusDistribution Of WealthSumptuous Book:Greek and Roman Lives Source: Greek and Roman Lives
“Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainly wanted to prove myself to my father and the rest of society. That quickly turned into a greater challenge. My lifestyle hasn't changed as a result.” IfsLongWantedFatherEasyChallengesResultsGreaterChangedProveAccountsLifestyleCompetentProve Myself Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“What Steve Jobs and I did-and at the same time Bill Gates and Paul Allen did-we had no savings accounts, no friends that could loan us money. But we had ideas, and I wanted all my life to be a part of a revolution.” IdeasWantedJobsRevolutionAccountsBillsSavingGatesLoanSavingsNo FriendsSavings Accounts Author:Steve Wozniak
“There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn't cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.” PeopleWantRealityWantedPlansInformationMastersAccountsNew Information Author:Charlie Munger
“The original Zal story by Ferdowsi gives a very moving account of an infant who had all odds against him - he was left to die in the wilderness and a giant, benevolent bird rescued him and became his guardian angel. This tale thrilled me; I've always wanted to write about it.” GivingWritingStoriesWantedMovingDiesLeftBirdAngelAccountsOriginalsTalesGiantsWildernessOddsInfantGuardianBenevolentGuardian AngelVery Moving Author:Porochista Khakpour
“In those days, if you wanted a new car or a holiday, you'd phone up the office and they'd send you some cash. You never had a bank account. I don't know anyone from the music business in the Seventies that it didn't happen to.” IfsKnowsHappensWantedCarOfficeAccountsPhonesHolidayCashSeventiesMusic BusinessBank AccountsNew Car Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“What I hankered for was an account of knowledge which would do far more than get our intuitions about cases right; I wanted a kind of account which would somehow be explanatory.” KindWantedCasesAccountsIntuition Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Today this is what we are confronted with, I mean what is pure ideology, which takes no account of the human context. In economics it's the same. Economics wanted to take into account theory over and above human criteria, or the parameter 'man'.” MenHumansMeanTodayWantedTheoryPureEconomicsAccountsIdeologyCriteriaParameters Author:Catherine Camus
“There was a girl that bullied me years ago, and I was going through, you know, just the standard Instagram wormhole on her account, going way back into her photos and, yes, ended up liking something and I was like, "No!" I just wanted to disconnect my Instagram - Oh, and then she wrote me a message saying, "It's so great to see you doing well." I was like, "Nope, nope, you don't get to say that now!"” KnowsWayYearsWellsWantedGirlMessagesStandardsYears AgoAccountsInstagramBulliedWormholes Author:Bella Heathcote
“I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took up all my time. People wanted me to have a Twitter account and I spent the whole day figuring out what would be the first message. I still haven't wrapped my head around it.” PeopleFirstsStillsWholeWould BeWantedSocialDealsMediaHavensMessagesAccountsSocial MediaMy TimeWebsite Author:Patti Smith
“There is a golden thread that runs through every account of faith from the beginning of the world to the present time. Abraham, Noah, the brother of Jared, the Prophet Joseph Smith, and countless others wanted to be obedient to the will of God. They had ears that could hear, eyes that could see, and hearts that could know and feel. They never doubted. They trusted.” KnowsWorldFeelsHeartEyeRunningWantedBrotherEarsAccountsGods WillGoldenProphetTrustedThreadAbrahamObedientDoubtedPresent TimeJoseph Smith Author:Thomas S. Monson
“I wanted to kick Bruce in the taint. No one is just one thing. Many things contribute to the whole of a person, and just because vodka accounts for 50 percent of my body weight, that doesn't mean I walk around with a vodka drip, forcing every plant, person, or animal to imbibe. I've always had a disliking for animal trainers, and this guy cemented my theory that people who chaperone animals for a living have never had a girl sit on their face.” PeopleMeanPersonsWholeBodyWantedFacesGuyGirlWalksAnimalOne ThingTheoryPercentWeightAccountsPlantKicksJust OneThis GuyTrainersVodkaBody WeightChaperones Author:Chelsea Handler
“I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had principles and logic ... [rather than dealing with a] messy thing called life. It just wasn't organized, and I wanted to stick with the nice pristine sciences of chemistry and physics, where everything made sense. I wish I had learned sooner that biology could be fun as well.” WellsMadeWantedSchoolScienceFunWishPrinciplesNiceHigh SchoolAppreciateLogicAccountsSticksAppreciationFocusedPhysicsOrganizedBiologyChemistryMessyPristineMemorization Author:Francis Collins
“The end of the eighteenth and the commencement of the nineteenth century are remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going on in this country, especially in its more exact departments. Mathematics were at the last gasp, and astronomy nearly so; I mean in those members of its frame which depend upon precise measurement and systematic calculation. The chilling torpor of routine had begun to spread itself over all those branches of Science which wanted the excitement of experimental research.” MeanEndsCountryWantedLastsScienceCenturyMovementDependsAmountMembersResearchAccountsMathematicsSpreadAstronomyExcitementBranchesDepartmentRemarkableRoutinePreciseChillMeasurementCalculationsSystematicNineteenth CenturySmall Amounts Author:John Herschel