“Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values.” PeopleGivingHas BeensValuesStrongGivenCommonDoubtShareWorstBenefitsAssumingPartnersConsistentlyBenefit Of The DoubtYour Strong Author:Barack Obama
“Even the worst job has its benefits and so does being a professional literary agent, and - I know I said this at the time but I still believe it - the worst job is the one that you know is wrong for you, but you still do it. You're afraid to quit.” KnowsBelieveDoeSaidStillsJobsWorstBenefitsQuittingAgentsI Still BelieveLiterary Agents Author:John Hodgman
“The world is full of men and women who work too much, sleep too little, hardly ever exercise, eat poorly, and are always struggling or failing to find adequate time with their families. We are in a perpetual hurry-constantly rushing from one activity to another, with little understanding of where all this activity is leading us. . . . The world has gone and got itself in an awful rush, to whose benefit I do not know. We are too busy for our own good. We need to slow down. Our lifestyles are destroying us. The worst part is, we are rushing east in search of a sunset.” KnowsMenWorldNeedsLittlesUnderstandingSleepStruggleGoneToo MuchFailingWorstExerciseActivityBenefitsMen And WomenBusyEastLifestyleAwfulSunsetDestroyingPerpetualSlow DownAdequateToo BusyRushing Author:Matthew Kelly
“One of the worst things that can happen to a man is for him to work and study hard in order to benefit others and make his own name and then be prevented by sickness, or perhaps death itself, from finally completing what he has begun” MenHardHappensOrderNamesStudyWorstBenefitsSicknessWorst ThingsCompleting Book:Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artists Source: Artists of the Renaissance: a selection from Lives of the artists
“What le Carré is so good at is unpicking something very specific about Englishness. That is almost part of why I think he wrote the novel. You can feel le Carré's anger that someone who has had the benefits of an English education and an English upbringing is using that privilege to basically do the worst things imaginable. There is an anger in the book about that.” ThinkingFeelsBookNovelWorstBenefitsPrivilegeWorst ThingsUpbringingEnglish Education Author:Tom Hiddleston
“My daughter wrote a book. She is a New York Times Bestselling Author. Fabulous. Couldn't be more proud. She also has no health insurance. A 401 K? Dream on! My daughter left her stable corporate job to be a writer without dental benefits or a savings account, a.k.a. my worst nightmare.” BookDreamJobsLeftWorstNew YorkProudBenefitsDaughterAccountsSavingCorporateNightmareMy DaughterStableFabulousSavingsNew York TimesDentalWorst NightmaresSavings Accounts Author:Kate Siegel
“Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?" I started to ask the question, "What will happen to the most vulnerable?" Or "Who is going to lose under this system? How will this affect the worst-off person?" Which is a very different question from "How does this improve certain people's lives?"” PeoplePersonsDoeDifferentHappensCertainAsksLosesWorstBenefitsAskingVulnerableDataImplementing Author:Cathy O'Neil
“Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping folks who are in the worst economic situations, are most likely to disproportionately impact and benefit African Americans. They also have the benefit of being sellable to a majority of the body politic.” KindHelpingBodySituationEconomicChildhoodWorstDesignHigherBenefitsProgramUniversalImpactMajorityFolksDefinitionsEmploymentAfrican AmericanMinimumWagesMinimum WageEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Barack Obama
“Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.” PeopleGivingBelieveMovingDealsEffortDoubtWorstBenefitsNegativeRefuseMoving ForwardBeing TrueAssumptionProvenBenefit Of The DoubtPossible Love Book:The Love Dare Source: The Love Dare
“But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.” WorldGivingDoubtWorstBenefitsAssumingBenefit Of The Doubt Book:Lock and Key Source: Lock and Key