“Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don't. I'm not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another.” PersonsI CanBookWishCan DoAreasOrganized Author:Elizabeth Strout
“Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water.” WayFirstsWellsI CanHelpingSongWaterCan DoSimpleAreasStartingRapHelpfulRap Song Author:Jay-Z
“Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if Im quite useless. Its the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.” IfsWayHumansLittlesI CanStoriesCan DoAreasUselessBeing HumanBothered Author:Alice Englert
“If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.” IfsWorldWayTryingLooksHelpingUseProblemCareGoalCan DoChallengesTechnologyCreativeOne ThingPicksAreasOrganizationContactNew WaysVolunteerBetter Place Author:Bill Gates
“There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't do in every square, that you can do in some of them, building a mosaic of these kinds of practices. There are about 400 cable television networks, for example, that are publicly owned. That's a big fight for big private companies. In some areas, this is a political struggle, in some it's conventional common sense.” KindDifferentBigsMovingPoliticalFightingCan DoCommonCitiesCompanyPracticeStruggleExampleTelevisionBuildingAreasStrategyCommon SenseSquaresConventionalCablesMosaicsPolitical StruggleCheckerboard Author:Gar Alperovitz
“You can do anything you like - really - but this Sci-Fi is absolutely disciplined, it's Zen, you have to be absolutely focused in an area. You have to zone into an area and you then you can achieve when you get there. It's really weird!” Can DoAchieveAreasFocusedZoneSci FiReally Weird Author:Danny Boyle
“We have to find areas in our lives that we feel most uncomfortable about and want to change. I decided to push myself because it allowed me to give back. I have a scholarship program. When I found out the average age of a homeless person is 9½ years old, I said there must be something that I can do. Now, I am the spokesman for the National Coalition for the Homeless.” WantGivingFeelsYearsPersonsSaidI CanAgeFoundCan DoOur LivesAreasProgramDecidedAverageUncomfortableHomelessGiving BackScholarshipCoalitions Author:Farrah Gray
“Religious faith is the only area of discourse where immunity through conversation is considered noble . It's the only area of our lives where someone can win points for saying, "There's nothing that you can do to change my mind and I'm taking no state of the world ultimately into account in believing what I believe. There's nothing to change about the world that would cause me to revise my beliefs.” WorldMindBelieveStatesWinningBeliefI BelieveCausesCan DoReligiousOur LivesConversationAreasAccountsNobleDiscourseReligious FaithImmunity Author:Sam Harris
“The decision to leave [Iraq] should be based solely on the judgment of the combatant commanders on the ground who say, "My Iraqi counterparts can now handle this particular area of the country on their own with minimum American support or with no American support." When they can do that, we should leave.” ShouldCountryCan DoDecisionSupportParticularJudgmentAreasIraqHandleMinimumCommandersCounterparts Author:Duncan Hunter
“I hire people who can do their jobs and who will advise me of things they don't agree with. The worst thing you can do is get in a room with 14 people who say, "OK!" Then you really are making decisions about engineering and finance and other areas.” PeopleJobsCan DoDecisionRoomsWorstAreasAgreeFinanceEngineeringWorst ThingsAdviseMaking Decisions Author:Roger Ailes
“"The area in which the executive first encounters the challenge of strength is in staffing. The effective executive fills positions and promotes on the basis of what a man can do. He does not make staffing decisions to minimize weaknesses but to maximize strength."” MenFirstsDoeCan DoChallengesDecisionPositionWeaknessAreasBasesEncountersExecutivesStaffing Author:Peter Drucker
“We believe there should be a huge area between everything you should do and everything you can do without getting into legal trouble. I don't think you should come anywhere near that line. We don't deserve much credit for this. It helps us make more money. I'd like to believe that we'd behave well even if it didn't work. But more often, we've made extra money from doing the right thing. Ben Franklin said I'm not moral because of it's the right thing to do - but because it's the best policy.” IfsThinkingShouldBelieveWellsMadeSaidHelpingCan DoLinesMoralTroublePolicyHugeDeserveAreasCreditBehaveThings To DoRight ThingExtrasMore MoneyDoing The Right ThingFranklinBen Franklin Author:Charlie Munger
“Music is so incredible, the most healing force in the world along with love of course which all things are created and essentially are. I want to make films that can equal the energy experience of music, the experience of a record that sends your soul to heaven; a film can do this. I've seen films get in this area. Hopefully I've made some; I don't know but I want to make them like this, with the power of musical energy,that's one of my soul-goals for I am in awe of this love called music which I participate in everyday.” KnowsWorldWantMadeSoulFilmCoursesEnergyForceHeavenGoalCan DoHealingRecordsEqualMusic IsAreasAll ThingsEverydayMusicalIncrediblesMy SoulHopefullyYour SoulAwePower Of Music Author:Giuseppe Andrews
“The most important thing we can do to save our oceans is to dramatically expand our efforts to establish new marine protected areas and make sure that critical fish spawning sites and ecosystems remain undisturbed.” ImportantCan DoEffortOceanAreasImportant ThingsFishesCriticalProtectedSiteMarineEcosystems Author:Serge Dedina
“The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.” IfsThinkingI CanDoneCan DoPartyRepublicanAreasDemocraticGovernorsDemocratic PartyLegislatureTake Control Author:Collin Peterson
“There's a whole range of areas that we'll be looking at, so I'm not at this very early stage going to specify any particular areas. As you will know, there will be a limit to how far we can go in terms of a formal free trade agreement until we've actually left the European Union. I think there is much that we [with Donald Trump] can do in the interim in terms of looking at how we can remove some of the barriers to trade in a number of areas.” ThinkingKnowsWholeLeftTermCan DoNumbersStageParticularTrumpLimitsAreasTradeUnionsRangeRemoveBarriersAgreementFormalEuropean UnionFree TradeTrade AgreementsInterim Author:Theresa May
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” MenShouldBelieveLawPoliticalCoursesPoliticsSocialCan DoPartyNumbersGroupsSecurityStupidPoliticianAreasProgramLaborOilTinyTexasFarmsUnemploymentPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityOccasionalMillionaireAbolishBelieve You CanBusiness ManSplintersPolitical HistorySocial ProgramsLabor Laws Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly happy and neglect their weakness. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there.” IfsKnowsLongBigsWould BeCareCan DoStrengthAcceptanceDiseaseWeaknessAreasMedicineTake CareFavorsChineseAcknowledgeAppropriateNeglectLong LifeShort LifeChinese Medicine Author:Benjamin Hoff
“Elections are a kind of business. I have to present myself: 'I can do this and that for this area so please give me your vote'. People vote for the politicians who can best understand and contribute to their region or country. In a business you can choose your clients, and the message is targeted to them only. But politics is universal; no matter what age the audience, you have to send the same message to everyone.” PeopleGivingKindI CanCountryMatterAgeCan DoBusinessAudiencePoliticianPleaseMessagesAreasVoteUniversalGive MeElectionNo Matter WhatRegionsClientsI Can Do This Author:Takafumi Horie