“There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.” NeedsPoliticalTurnsLinesAttitudeLeaderEconomicProduceBenefitsFinancialReformCourageousEthicalNeverthelessPolitical LeadersEconomic Reforms Book:Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion Source: Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion
“Some people never learn how to talk to kids. They turn up the volume and enunciate with extra care, as if talking to a partially deaf immigrant. They sound as if they're reading lines somebody else wrote for them, or as if what they're saying is really for the benefit of other adults listening and not just for the child. Kids sense that and turn off.” PeopleIfsChildrenCareKidsTurnsReadingSoundLinesTalkingListeningBenefitsAdultsExtrasImmigrantsVolumeDeafTurn Off Author:F. Paul Wilson
“An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.” ThinkingRealitySchoolPoliticalSocialChurchLinesBoysSupportGroupsMembersBenefitsVariousTrialsTroopsCommitteesOptimistJurySocial SystemsBoy ScoutSupport GroupsCongressional Committees Author:Jack McDevitt
“My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.” IfsShouldMayLinesAdviceBenefitsBraveryOccasionsCoward Book:100 Selected Stories Source: 100 Selected Stories
“I don't want our success to be measured only by financial yardsticks, or by our distribution or number of shops. What I want to be celebrated for - and it's going to be tough in a business environment - is how good we are to our employees and how we benefit our community. It's a different bottom line.” WantDifferentCommunityLinesNumbersBusinessEnvironmentBenefitsToughBottomFinancialShopsEmployeeDistributionBottom LineOur CommunityYardsticksBusiness Environment Author:Anita Roddick
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“I think the benefit of being a writer is that I'm looking for the subtext on the page, because all good writing has subtext. And as a writer, you look at the big scope of things, the big story, rather than just your individual story line, because I think it's important to know what you're in and how you fit into it.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLooksImportantStoriesBigsIndividualLinesFitBenefitsPagesScopeGood WritingSubtext Author:Richard Dormer
“Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment.” GivingLittlesLinesPayCompanyReturnCostBenefitsInvestmentBottomRecognitionUnexpectedIronicImpressiveBottom LinePerksReturn On Investment Author:Chip Conley
“There is a direct line between the communications work I did to protest tuition increases at my school and what I do today. Plus it had one other benefit...it got me kicked out of college!” TodaySchoolLinesCollegeCommunicationBenefitsDirectIncreaseProtestPlusTuition Author:Lewis Schiff
“The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.” RealitySocialLinesSecurityBenefitsStructureReformFundSocial SecurityThrustTrust Funds Author:George W. Bush
“As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.” IfsThinkingMenSongLinesModernBenefitsContraryAssumptionProfessorsLowes Author:Julie Burchill