“Not only must weapons be bought and paid for out of surpluses of capital and labour, but they must also be put to use. For this is the only means that capitalism has at its disposal to achieve the level of devaluation now required. The idea is dreadful in its implications. What better reason could there be to declare that it is time for capitalism to be gone, to give way to some saner mode of production?” WayGivingMeanIdeasReasonUseLevelsGoneAchieveWeaponsCapitalismPaidProductionsLabourImplicationsSurplus Author:David Harvey
“Science has gone a long way toward helping man to free himself from the burden of hard labor; yet, science itself is not a liberator. It creates means, not goals. It is up to men to utilize those means to achieve reasonable goals.” MenWayMeanLongHardHelpingGoalFreedomGoneAchieveCreatingLaborBurdenReasonableLong WayLiberators Book:Einstein on Peace Source: Einstein on Peace
“I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.” ResultsPartyGoneGrowingAchieveElectionEngagedMembershipElection Results Author:Christine Milne
“I was very low and I had to achieve something. Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad.” ChallengesGoneAchieveLowsMadStarks Author:J. K. Rowling
“On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of what I've done or what I've gone on to achieve in my career.” ThinkingDoneCareersGoneAchieveNotesRetired Author:Lionel
“Labor, with its coarse raiment and its bare right arm, has gone forth in the earth, achieving the truest conquests and rearing the most durable monuments. It has opened the domain of matter and the empire of the mind. The wild beast has fled before it, and the wilderness has fallen back.... its triumphal march is the progress of civilization.” MindMatterEarthGoneProgressAchieveArmsCivilizationLaborFallenBeastEmpiresWildernessMarchConquestDomainMonumentTruestCoarseWild Beasts Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“The young have to kill the old. The young, if they want to achieve their own platform, have to diminish the reputations of the ones that have gone before. That's how life works.” IfsWantYoungGoneAchieveReputationPlatformsDiminish Author:Moby
“I was afraid that that Catch-22 would cause VR to fail to achieve liftoff. That worry is now gone. Facebook's acquisition of Oculus means that VR is going to happen in all its glory. The resources and long-term commitment that Facebook brings gives Oculus the runway it needs to solve the hard problems of VR – and some of them are hard indeed. I now fully expect to spend the rest of my career pushing VR as far ahead as I can.” NeedsGivingMeanLongI CanHardProblemHappensCausesTermCareersWorryGoneFailingAchieveGloryCommitmentResourcesSolveLong TermPushingAcquisitionRunway Author:Michael Abrash
“I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for many kids. Students become distracted by struggling to learn to read or by the pressure to achieve.” ThinkingKidsJoyReadingStruggleGoneAchieveStudentsSkillsAchievementPressureThese DaysEmphasisDistractedAssessment Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I want to say it to so many people, 'why you have to be so serious?' And I also want people to think 'this kid has really gone crazy' when they see my performance on the stage. Luckily, I am able to achieve all of these.” PeopleThinkingWantKidsAbleGoneCrazyAchieveStageSeriousPerformancesGone Crazy Author:G-Dragon