“Ann Sjoerdsma has successfully blended the fascinating story of her illustrious father's scientific achievements [in wide-ranging] drug research, with an enjoyable historic account of the astounding progress of biomedical science during the second half of the 20th century.” StoriesFatherHalfProgressCenturyDrugAchievementResearchAccountsWideFascinating20th CenturyHistoricEnjoyableBiomedical Author:Arvid Carlsson
“My ability to persuade my wife to marry me was quite my most brilliant achievement ... Of course, it would have been impossible for any ordinary man to have got through what I had to go through in peace and war without the devoted aid of what we call, in England, one's better half.” MenHas BeensWarCoursesAbilityHalfWifeImpossibleAchievementOrdinaryEnglandMy WifeBrilliantAidsDevotedOrdinary ManMarry MeBetter Half Author:Winston Churchill
“Half of all kids in public education are below the poverty line. Two-thirds of the achievement gap comes from factors outside of school. Teachers influence about seven to ten percent of what happens in kids' lives. When you think about those statistics, you have to think about how to re-envision education so it's holistic and so we share responsibility.” ThinkingTwoHappensKidsSchoolLinesHalfResponsibilityPovertyTeacherShareInfluenceTenAchievementPercentThirdsSevenFactorsStatisticsGapsHolisticPublic EducationSchool TeachersAchievement Gap Author:Randi Weingarten
“In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.” WorldHas BeensHardUsedPassionThreeHalfAchievementEmpathyExcuseObstaclesDivorceMotherhoodTrapsThree TimesMarriage And Divorce Book:Fear of Fifty Source: Fear of Fifty
“Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.” IfsWantChildrenImportantShowsSchoolHalfTeacherStudentsAchievementResearchOur ChildrenYour ChildrenClassroomVariationGreat TeacherBest EducationGreat SchoolsStudent Achievement Author:Bill Gates
“Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to come by. To be 'intellectual' or 'artistic' or, in their own word, to be 'highbrow,' is to be priggish and of dubious virtue.” EasyHalfVirtueIgnoranceProudCitizensAchievementIntellectualTownsArtisticDozenDubious Book:Main Street Source: Main Street
“Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?” PeopleIfsWantGivingTryingHardHomeLife IsReadingHoursHalfAchievementTiredEntertainmentComing HomeLife Is HardTired Of Working Author:James Patterson
“Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.” IfsFunnyTimeWishHalfAchievementOur TimeInsperationalFunny MotivationalWishing For Things Author:Alexander Woollcott
“Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement.” SuccessSpiritWinningEasySportsEffortHalfKnowingAchievementAthleteSatisfactionChampionMotivational SportsStem Author:Nicole Haislett
“Most of us can learn to live in perfect comfort on higher levels of power. Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitements of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. It is evident that our organism has stored-up reserves of energy that are ordinarily not called upon - deeper and deeper strata of explosible material, ready for use by anyone who probes so deep. The human individual usually lives far within his limits.” KnowsLifeHumansUseIndividualEnergyGivenPerfectLevelsHalfPowerReadyMaterialsOughtHigherComfortLimitsAchievementIndividualityDeeperAwakeReservesOrganismsEvidentHigher LevelIncitement Author:William James
“My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all. If I could be half the dad he was, to my children, then that will be an achievement in itself. He died 14 months exactly to the start of the 2012 Olympics. I hope he will be watching and waving his big union jack in London from somewhere else. I love you so much dad.” IfsMenChildrenBigsHalfLove YouMonthsDadAchievementDiedBraveUnionsMy DadLondonMy ChildrenIf I CouldDedicatedOlympicsSomewhere ElseBrave ManLove You So MuchI Love You So Much Author:Tom Daley