“Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.” KnowsNeedsBelieveChildrenStillsDreamBigsLastsNightNationsClassMorningEconomyFocusMiddleDadBedBuiltMy DadBarackMiddle ClassSundayMondayMonday MorningPacingMiddle Class FamilySunday Night Author:Charles Schumer
“My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.” PeopleNeedsGivingPersonsRealCountryRunningMomHeroDadToughBuiltMy DadMy MomEnormousMy HeroCompetitivenessIntrovertedCactusBelarus Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.” WorldNeedsGivingBelieveImportantHelpingProblemOpportunityVoiceTechnologyFocusHugeBuiltConnectedScalesInfrastructureUnprecedented Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else.” NeedsHouseBuiltInvisibleAnticipate Book:The Chocolate War Source: The Chocolate War
“It seems to me that you need a lot of courage, or a lot of something, to enter into others, into other people. We all think that everyone else lives in fortresses, in fastnesses: behind moats, behind sheer walls studded with spikes and broken glass. But in fact we inhabit much punier structures. We are, as it turns out, all jerry-built. Or not even. You can just stick your head under the flap of the tent and crawl right in. If you get the okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFactsSeemsTurnsBehindsBrokenWallBuiltOkayStructureSticksGlassesSheerJerryTentsFortressesBroken GlassMoats Author:Martin Amis
“The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.” NeedsGivingHumansHas BeensArtSoulHelpingFeelingsFormHumanityLostPeaceWaitingVoiceRolesCryExpressionBuiltMachinesTreatsPressureInstitutionsDepthKarmaDefinedHuman SocietyVoicelessSelf Reformation Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“Because civilization isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily. It vanishes far more quickly than he ever would have thought possible. And if he wishes to live, he must do what he can to prevent the world he wants to live in from fading away. As long as there's war, life is a preventative measure.” IfsWorldWantNeedsLongWarLife IsWishForeverCivilizationBuiltFadingFading Away Book:The Cellist of Sarajevo Source: The Cellist of Sarajevo
“If you ant to feel deeply, you have to think deeply. Too often we separate the two. We assume that if we want to feel deeply, then we need to sit around and, well, feel. But emotion built on emotion is empty. True emotion- emotion that is reliable and does not lead us astray- is always a response to reality, to truth.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsWellsDoeTwoRealityEmotionBuiltEmptyAssumingResponseAntsTrue Emotions Author:Joshua Harris
“Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem. In fact, a city is nothing more than a solution to a problem, that in turn creates more problems that need more solutions, until towers rise, roads widen, bridges are built, and millions of people are caught up in a mad race to feed the problem-solving, problem-creating frenzy.” PeopleNeedsMatterFactsProblemSeemsMightTurnsGrowsRaceCitiesMillionsCreatingSolutionsBuiltMadCaughtSolveBridgesProblem SolvingTowersCaught UpChaoticFrenzySolution To A Problem Book:Downsiders Source: Downsiders
“Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad.” MenNeedsHumansImportantEyeHouseSecretBuildingEqualBuiltSacredValuableSpotsBridgesUrgesBelongingCrossingsHuman NeedsShrinesBeing Equal Author:Ivo Andric
“No," she said firmly. "I want you to stay when I go. Break tradition again, my love, and burn me alone in the home we built. I don't want you with me. You aren't done. You see too far ahead. You need to make the world in your thoughts a real one that our children can fly in." - Matalina to Jenks” WorldWantNeedsChildrenSaidRealDoneHomeBreakBuiltTraditionOur ChildrenI Want YouMe AloneReal Ones Author:Kim Harrison
“Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith . . . We need believing people.” PeopleNeedsBelieveCharacterSchoolReligionReligiousMoralAirTrainingBuiltFoundationInstructionSecularSecularismAtheisticFaith Religion Author:Adolf Hitler
“When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.” KnowsMenWorldNeedsHappensAgeSpiritStrongAdviceBuiltStormDrivenThings HappenBad ThingsFortressesBad Things Happen Book:The Greek way ; The Roman way Source: The Greek way ; The Roman way
“But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.” MenNeedsSonBrotherKingsFameBuiltRaisesGuiltRuinsSecureTheeTitlesReignEasternFoulTrophiesKindred Author:John Denham
“But it doesn't have to be this way. We can do things better. We need to stop doing business as usual and start focusing on end-to-end quality. Security needs to be built in from the start - not slapped on after the fact.” WayNeedsEndsFactsCan DoQualitySecurityBuiltUsual Author:Gene Spafford