“We who are privileged to be in these chambers today can view the challenges we face as opportunities, not as reasons for despair. We can do this only if we blend our independent spirits in terms of reverence for the life and respect for nature. Each of you might suggest different words, but our goal certainly is the same: a better Oregon.” IfsDifferentReasonMightTodayFacesSpiritOpportunityGoalTermCan DoChallengesViewsDespairIndependentReverencePrivilegedChamberOregonChallenges We Face Author:Tom McCall
“Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist.” GivingI CanLiteratureCan DoViewsPiecesInformationJudgmentFunctionJournalist Author:Jim Lehrer
“The world we think we see is only a view, a collective description of the world that we create through our belief systems. Accepting this fact seems to be one of the most empowering things one can do.” ThinkingWorldFactsSeemsBeliefCan DoViewsAcceptingEmpoweringDescriptionCollectivesBelief Systems Book:The Sunfood Diet Success System Source: The Sunfood Diet Success System
“Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.” PeopleWayImportantMotivationalEasyCan DoViewsCircumstancesApproachNegativeUpbeat Author:Ralph Marston
“I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.” BelieveI CanCan DoViewsPeriodsTerribleEvidenceDon't BelieveContraryI Can Do ItLack Of Confidence Author:Douglas Adams
“Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was … that some people can do sums. … It is in virtue of the intellect that man is a rational animal. The intellect is shown in various ways, but most emphatically by mastery of arithmetic. The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people.” PeopleKnowsMenWayFirstsHas BeensMadeReasonDifficultCan DoAnimalViewsVirtueDifficultyTablesVariousComplicatedIntellectCleverRationalGreekMasteryGreeceCalculationsComplicationArithmeticVery CleverMultiplicationNumerals Author:Bertrand Russell
“My personal view is, why don't you get out there and try to do something about the things that you don't like, create the jobs that we are lacking, rather than just yell and scream. But if you want to yell and scream, we'll make sure you can do it.” IfsWantTryingJobsCan DoViewsWallScreamLackingYou Can Do ItPersonal Views Author:Michael Bloomberg
“We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world.” KnowsWorldHumansI CanCan DoPerfectViewsAcceptingDrawsOppositesBoundariesLimitationChanging The WorldPower To ChangeNobody's PerfectPower To Change The WorldI'm Only Human Author:Richard Bach
“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
“With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph.” WorldFilmActorsCan DoViewsActingWrittenToolsCamerasPoint Of ViewComparisonCrudeParagraphSubjectivityGood Acting Author:William Boyd