“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.” ShouldEndsCertainPresidentLevelsEnvironmentPracticalsThe End Of The DayCooperationDiplomacyDecencyDecorumBipartisanship Author:Mark McKinnon
“We must be certain that the repair to the environment is sufficient to allow wild species to recover and survive.” CertainEnvironmentSpeciesSufficient Author:Norm Dicks
“I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment. Put them in a tiny aquarium, and they remain small even at adulthood. Release them into a huge natural body of water, and they grow into their intended size. People are similar. If they live in a harsh and limiting environment, they stay small. But put them someplace that encourages growth, and they will expand to reach their potential.” PeopleIfsBodyMotivationalCertainGrowsGrowthWaterNaturalEnvironmentHugeSpeciesSizeFishesTinyReleaseAdulthoodHarshAquariumsBodies Of Water Author:John C. Maxwell
“Throughout his last half-dozen books, for example, Arthur Koestler has been conducting a campaign against his own misunderstanding of Darwinism. He hopes to find some ordering force, constraining evolution to certain directions and overriding the influence of natural selection. [...] Darwinism is not the theory of capricious change that Koestler imagines. Random variation may be the raw material of change, but natural selection builds good design by rejecting most variants while accepting and accumulating the few that improve adaptation to local environments.” MayHas BeensBookLastsCertainForceNaturalHalfAcceptingEnvironmentImagineInfluenceExampleDesignMaterialsTheoryEvolutionCampaignsLocalsDozenSelectionMisunderstandingAdaptationVariationNatural SelectionArthurRejectingRaw MaterialsConductingDarwinismGood DesignCapricious Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Man's respect for the imponderables varies according to his mental constitution and environment. Through certain modes of thought and training it can be elevated tremendously, yet there is always a limit.” MenCertainEnvironmentLimitsTrainingConstitutionVary Book:H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Source: H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
“One is not quite certain that creativeness in the arts, literature, and science functions best in an environment of absolute freedom. Chances are that a relatively mild tyranny stimulates creativeness.” ArtCertainLiteratureChanceEnvironmentFunctionAbsolutesTyrannyChances AreCreativenessAbsolute Freedom Author:Eric Hoffer
“The best thing that I can offer to people is just to be honest, and that's a rare quality. In doing so, I think there's always a top down feeling that permeates a working environment. If the boss is cool and he's a certain way that's not bullshitting, then everyone around is going to feel that comfort and try to be that way, as well. That's just who I strive to be, as a person.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsTryingWellsPersonsI CanFeelingsCertainQualityEnvironmentHonestComfortOffersStriveBeing HonestBest ThingsBossTop Down Author:Joe Hahn
“I realize that at a certain point if we're going to change our food system, it's going to be the next generation that's going to be critical. This generation is very interested in food issues, very concerned about things like animal welfare and the impact of the food system on the environment.” IfsCertainNextRealizingAnimalIssuesEnvironmentGenerationsConcernedImpactCriticalWelfareNext GenerationAnimal WelfareThis Generation Author:Michael Pollan
“Leadership is the name that people use to make sense out of complex events and the outcomes of events they otherwise would not be able to explain. In other words, people attribute leadership to certain individuals who are called leaders because people want to believe that leaders cause things to happen rather than have to explain causality by understanding complex social forces or analyzing the dynamic interaction among people, events, and environment.” PeopleWantBelieveUseHappensAbleCertainNamesIndividualForceSocialCausesUnderstandingLeadershipLeaderEnvironmentEventsComplexesMake SenseOutcomesAttributesInteractionAnalyzingCausality Author:Joseph C. Rost