“We spent a fair amount of time on Ukraine. And I think there's a path that we discussed that we will follow up on in order to try to resolve some of the outstanding issues in order to fully implement Minsk.” ThinkingTryingOrderPathIssuesAmountFairsResolveOutstandingUkraineFollow Up Author:John F. Kerry
“My childhood best friend is an anesthesiologist. It's the least amount of human interaction for a doctor. I don't think you can get that burned out on it.” ThinkingHumansChildhoodAmountDoctorsInteractionBurnedBurned Out Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I don't understand the fashion industry and the appeal of it. I understand that there are some people who think it's important to them, and they're designers, they're artists, but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of our culture that's caught up in that and the red carpet stuff. It seems like there's a disproportionate amount of attention placed on that.” PeopleThinkingImportantSeemsArtistCultureStuffAttentionFashionIndustryAmountRedCaughtAppealsDesignerCaught UpCarpetRed CarpetFashion Industry Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.” ThinkingBelieveLittlesGuyTalkingPlansRiskAmountTruth IsRewardsAverageSpreadGiantsInvestorsMaximumBillionaireBackupTalking HeadsBackup Plan Author:Tony Robbins
“If you look at the polls - the conservatives are fine.I think there will be a fair amount of enthusiasm, or at least motivation. They very much want to remove President [Barack] Obama.” IfsThinkingWantLooksMotivationPresidentFineAmountFairsEnthusiasmBarackRemovePollsPresident Barack Obama Author:William Kristol
“Parents often brag about the amount of money spent per child, but I think, perhaps ironically, those great monies that are spent - I call it putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage.” ThinkingChildrenParentAmountBandAidsBragBand AidGreat Money Author:Marva Collins
“I think the sense of belonging does give you a certain amount of mental satisfaction.” ThinkingGivingDoeCertainAmountSatisfactionBelonging Author:Khushwant Singh
“There's a huge amount of work on Adam and Eve, from the ancient world to the present. Saint Augustine was obsessed with them.I don't know if it helps my research, but I get a big kick out of Mark Twain, who wrote "The Diaries of Adam and Eve." He wrote very funny stuff on them. I sometimes read things that are loosely related to what I'm thinking and writing about.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWritingSometimesHelpingBigsStuffHugeAmountResearchMarkAncientSaintObsessedRelatedKicksAdamDiariesAdam And EveAugustineAncient WorldFunny Stuff Author:Stephen Greenblatt
“When I was a kid and a young man I read everything. When I was about 23, I was incredibly lucky in that I wound up with several book review columns, which meant that I had to read huge amounts of stuff that was outside my experience and outside my comfort zone. I think every young writer should be forced to read the kind of stuff they would not normally read for pleasure.” ThinkingMenShouldKindBookKidsYoungStuffPleasureHugeAmountComfortLuckyWoundsYoung ManZoneReviewsComfort ZoneColumnsYoung WritersBook Review Author:Neil Gaiman
“I think Prabhupada's accomplishments are very significant; they're huge. Even compared to someone like William Shakespeare, the amount of literature Prabhupada produced is truly amazing. It boggles the mind. He sometimes went for days with only a few hours sleep. I mean even a youthful, athletic young person couldn't keep the pace he kept himself at seventy-nine years of age.” ThinkingYearsMindMeanPersonsSometimesAgeYoungLiteratureHoursSleepHugeAmountSignificantNineAccomplishmentPaceSeventiesAthleticNine Years Author:George Harrison
“When I think about work-life balance, I don't imagine it as a perfect day where I got to spend the exact right amount of time having an impact at work and snuggling with my kids at home. I never achieve that. But over the course of a month, or a quarter, or a year, I try to make time for the people and experiences I value.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsHomeKidsValuesCoursesPerfectImagineAchieveMonthsAmountBalanceImpactQuartersWork Life BalanceMaking TimeLife BalancePerfect DaysSnuggling Author:Jane Park
“That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in America] as well. It resonates with this moment and the sort of alienation from the power structure a lot of people feel, as well as a certain amount of desperation, in the hope of disrupting the power structure so they can live better lives. I think in those ways, it's intimately connected to today.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWellsKindMomentsTodayAmericaCertainCoursesAmountStructureConnectedInterpretationMelancholyDesperationBetter LifeAlienation Author:Peter van Agtmael