“I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids' dreams but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We've all stumbled and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.” ThinkingWayBelieveHelpingDreamKidsPastCan DoWalksNumbersDeserveGet UpStumbling Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop workingю” I CanDoneTodayGivenCan DoNumbersTakenFansPositionMuch Love Author:Shahrukh Khan
“Be sure to incorporate your pooch into your daily activities to make her feel like a true family member. You can do this by signing your dog's name - or her paw print - on birthday cards, by getting 'from our dog to your dog' holiday cards, or by including your dog when asked the number of family members in your household. These small, considerate actions will make you an ideal petowner.” FeelsActionNamesCan DoNumbersDogActivityMembersIdealsIncludingCardsHolidayPrintHouseholdSigningFamily MembersPawsConsiderateBirthday CardHoliday CardDaily ActivitiesPaw PrintsTrue Family Author:Joyce Jillson
“You know, there's chronological age, there's biological age, and there's psychological age. Chronological age, there's nothing you can do about, which is I'm 52. You set that number aside.” KnowsAgeCan DoNumbersPsychological Author:Cheryl Tiegs
“People dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward. The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.” PeopleMadeEnoughCausesCan DoRealizingNumbersMistakeCareersSuccessfulAccountsStartingProbabilityForecastsSuccessful Career Author:Alan Greenspan
“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakeable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers. Given the professional culture of the financial community, it is not surprising that large numbers of individuals in that world believe themselves to be among the chosen few who can do what they believe others cannot.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveCultureIndividualGivenCan DoCommunityPowerfulNumbersSkillsIllusionInvestingFinancialBelieverChosenAbsurdSurprisingPropositionsLarge NumbersValidity Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“While we won't be able to help the 10,000 people who died in last year's [Ebola] outbreak, we can do something to save untold numbers of lives in the future if NIH is working at full strength.” PeopleIfsYearsHelpingAbleLastsCan DoNumbersStrengthDiedLast YearCan Do SomethingEbolaOutbreaks Author:Diana DeGette
“When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start making decisions you start cutting off all of the other possibilities of things that could happen. So with every decision that you make you are removing a whole bunch of other possibilities of where that story can go or what that character can do. So when I get maybe 2/3's of the way through I can see very clearly where it is going to go.” KnowsWayWritingI CanWholeCharacterStoriesHappensCertainCan DoDecisionNumbersCuttingPossibilityPagesScriptsBunchFasterMaking DecisionsCutting Off Author:Steven Zaillian
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“Most people, most great people even are ammunition. But what you need in your company are barrels. You can only shoot through the number of unique barrels you have, so that's how the velocity of your company improves... is by adding barrels, and then you stock them with ammunition and then you can do a lot.” PeopleNeedsCan DoNumbersCompanyUniqueGreat PeopleBarrelsVelocityAmmunition Author:Keith Rabois
“A quarter-horse jockey learns to think of a twenty-second race as if it were occurring across twenty minutes--in distinct parts, spaced in his consciousness. Each nuance of the ride comes to him as he builds his race. If you can do the opposite with deep time, living in it and thinking in it until the large numbers settle into place, you can sense how swiftly the initial earth packed itself together, how swiftly continents have assembled and come apart, how far and rapidly continents travel, how quickly mountains rise and how quickly they disintegrate and disappear.” IfsThinkingEarthTogetherCan DoNumbersRaceConsciousnessMinutesMountainOppositesHorseTwentiesDisappearSettlingQuartersContinentsInitialsLarge NumbersNuanceJockeys Author:John McPhee
“The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.” MatterHomeHandsGovernmentRunningSchoolParentCan DoNumbersAttitudeEconomyTakenGrowingWonderfulExamplePhenomenonPublic SchoolSchoolingCan Do AttitudeDisenchanted Book:A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America Source: A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America
“But if you have a point of view and you're an artist or a writer, it's kind of crazy to not take advantage of that, especially if you can do something that's entertaining as well. I've done a number of things like that over the years.” IfsYearsWellsKindDoneArtistCan DoViewsNumbersCrazyAdvantagePoint Of ViewEntertainingCan Do Something Author:David Lloyd
“I think some people see those three numbers 9/ 11 and they walk away. That might be changing now. People are more willing to step into an artistic exploration of that subject. All you can do is let it go” PeopleThinkingMightThreeCan DoWalksNumbersStepsSubjectsWillingArtisticExplorationLet It Go Author:Andre Dubus