“We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.” CountryAmericaMovingChoicesEasyPresidentVisionClassEconomyGrowingPlansEconomicMiddleBenefitsMoving ForwardMiddle ClassPresident ObamaKeep MovingRomneyKeep Moving ForwardCarolinaNorth CarolinaMiddle Class FamilyGrowing Economy Author:Bev Perdue
“The IRS says it wants to make sure companies can give their employees a choice between a new cash balance plan and the traditional defined benefit plan. The real question here is whether companies should be required to give their workers that choice.” WantGivingShouldRealChoicesCompanyPlansBalanceBenefitsWorkersTraditionalDefinedEmployeeCashIrsReal Questions Author:Bernie Sanders
“Thus love is the most easy and agreeable, and gratitude the most humiliating, affection of the mind. We never reflect on the man we love without exulting in our choice, while he who has bound us to him by benefits alone rises to our ideas as a person to whom we have in some measure forfeited our freedom.” MenMindPersonsIdeasChoicesEasyLove IsHe ManGratitudeBenefitsBoundsAffectionOur ChoicesHumiliating Book:The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings
“Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.” PeopleLifeProblemChoicesCasesIssuesDrugBenefitsWeightRefuseAlcoholStuckSicknessTreatment Author:David Cameron
“Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year. But the choice involves not the certainty of cancer very soon but an increased probability of cancer at some time in the future. The cancers are no less real; millions will die painfully and prematurely because of what we do to our environment. But the choice is not an easily visualizable one, and our capacity of denial comes strongly into play - as it tends to whenever we must weigh future costs against immediate benefits.” PeopleIfsYearsRealPlayDiesChoicesMillionsEnvironmentCostBenefitsCapacityEnvironmentalCancerCertaintyDenialGoodsPollutionProbabilityOur Environment Author:Paul L Wachtel
“Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.” MayPersonsSometimesChoicesLeftComfortCostProtectBenefitsCreditPerks Author:Simon Sinek
“I can make choices that make me happy, and it will ripple and benefit my kids, my husband, and my physical health. That's hard for women to own; we're not taught to do that.” I CanHardKidsChoicesTaughtHusbandBenefitsMy HusbandMake Me HappyRipplePhysical Health Author:Michelle Obama
“You know, or three kinds of ice cream bars and you'd see this and like this... okay they could clearly benefit from some more choices and I remember having these discussions with the Japanese because they you know they often like to go to Hawaii for vacation because it was definitely much cheaper for them and I would ask them, "So when you go to Hawaii, you know do eat all these other things?"” KnowsKindRememberChoicesThreeAsksBenefitsOkayBarsIceDiscussionVacationCreamHawaiiIce CreamCheaperHey You Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I wanted to lose 30 pounds healthfully and still be able to enjoy my college experience. Having succeeded in doing just that, I wanted to share my experiences with others who could benefit from my direct knowledge of the difficulty of trying to balance college life with being healthy. It became a journey about healthy lifestyle choices, including tips and tricks for creating a new relationship with food where I was in control and could learn to love food healthfully again.” TryingStillsAbleWantedChoicesEnjoyLosesJourneyShareCollegeBalanceHealthyBenefitsCreatingDirectDifficultyIncludingLifestyleTricksPoundsHealthy LifestyleFood LoveCollege LifeNew RelationshipLifestyle ChoicesCollege Experience Author:Daphne Oz
“All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!” PeopleNeedsTryingHelpingHandsRunningChoicesReligiousJusticeCompassionHonestyLike YouBenefitsMessagesDemocraticCuriousContentmentFormalLove And CompassionDemocratic SocietyAffiliation Author:Dalai Lama
“So many states are putting very stringent regulations on women that block them from exercising that choice to the extent that they are defunding Planned Parenthood, which, of course, provides all kinds of cancer screenings and other benefits for women in our country.” KindCountryStatesChoicesCoursesExerciseBenefitsCancerBlockAll KindsOur CountryParenthoodRegulationScreeningPlanned Parenthood Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm from a pretty working-class background, and I really worked hard in my life to eradicate those parts of myself that were stupidly trapped in that world.Those of us who come up that way made a series of choices to benefit ourselves and make ourselves more generous and open.” WorldWayMadeHardChoicesClassBenefitsSeriesCome UpBackgroundsGenerousTrappedWorking Class Author:George Saunders
“I had to make a decision about whether it would impact how I felt about trusting people, and I decided I wasn't going top allow it to impact my outlook on trust, because I believe trust is a choice. And I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise. So, it just made me stronger in my conviction about that, but it also taught me never to put anything past anyone.” PeopleBelieveMadePastChoicesGivenI BelieveFeltDecisionDoubtTaughtProveBenefitsDecidedStrongerImpactConvictionOutlookBenefit Of The DoubtTrusting People Author:Boris Kodjoe
“When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.” YearsMayGovernmentActionChoicesThreePoliticianTaxesBenefitsRaisesAveragePrintFederal GovernmentRevenue Author:Ron Paul
“He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. There were captions like: HEALTH BENEFITS: IMMORTALITY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU! and A BOY-FREE TOMORROW! "I found that in Annabeth's backpack," Grover said. I stared at him. "I don't understand." "Well, it seems to me… maybe Annabeth was thinking about joining." I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time.” ThinkingWellsMeanSaidSeemsWantedYoungChoicesFoundStuffBoysWiseFrontsTomorrowBenefitsEternalNewsMonstersShootingImmortalityBowsHuntersChasingYour FutureJoiningMaidensAnnabethAnnabeth ChaseArtemisGroverCaptionHealth BenefitsGrover UnderwoodWise ChoicesBrochures Book:The Titan's curse Source: The Titan's curse
“My mother has made choices in her life, as we all must, and she is at peace with them. I can see her peace. She did not cop out on herself. The benefits of her choices are massive-a long, stable marriage to a man she still calls her best friend; a family that has extended now into grandchildren who adore her; a certainty in her own strength. Maybe some things were sacrificed, and my dad made his sacrifices, too-but who amongst us lives without sacrifice?” MenLongMadeStillsI CanMotherChoicesSacrificeDadBenefitsMy DadCertaintyMassiveStableCopAdoreGrandchildrenWithout Sacrifice Author:Elizabeth Gilbert