“As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.” IfsFacesYoungNightChoicesFiveFourWeekOne DayCommitmentMy FamilyLondonYoung WomenIfs AndMps Author:Lucy Powell
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Everything is moderation, really. I don't really deprive myself of anything. But I try to balance it with healthy food choices. I am not real fond of exercise, so I try to get away with as little as possible which is about thirty minutes three times a week and I do a little weight training and cardio.” TryingLittlesRealChoicesThreeWeekMinutesBalanceExerciseHealthyTrainingWeightThirtyGet AwayModerationThree TimesHealthy FoodCardioWeight TrainingFood Choices Author:Martina McBride
“As James Surowiecki noted in a New Yorker article, given a choice between developing antibiotics that people will take every day for two weeks and antidepressants that people will take every day for ever, drug companies not surprisingly opt for the latter. Although a few antibiotics have been toughened up a bit, the pharmaceutical industry hasn't given us an entirely new antibiotic since the 1970s.” PeopleHas BeensTwoChoicesGivenBitsCompanyWeekIndustryDrugDevelopingLatterArticlesTwo WeeksNew YorkersPharmaceuticalAntibioticsAntidepressantsPharmaceutical IndustryDrug Companies Author:Bill Bryson
“It's a great incentive to work long hours. I limit the holiday to two weeks and then get the hell back to the office. If I had my choice I wouldn't take holidays but my wife insists on time with the kids. That's enough. Prior to getting married I never took a holiday.” IfsLongTwoEnoughKidsChoicesHoursHellWifeWeekLimitsOfficeMarriedMy WifeHolidayIncentivesTwo WeeksGetting MarriedLong Hours Author:Michael O'Leary
“I enjoy hunting, but if I had my choice to go deer hunting or bass fishing, I'd take bass fishing any day of the week. I enjoy both of them, but yeah, I'm a very outdoorsy guy.” IfsGuyChoicesEnjoyWeekYeahFishingHuntingBassDeerDays Of The WeekDeer Hunting Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“People have material needs, but you don't need a deodorant for every different day of the week. You don't need four hundred varieties of mustard. This is what I call too many choices. There are too many choices in America.” PeopleNeedsDifferentAmericaChoicesFourWeekMaterialsHundredVarietyMustardDays Of The WeekDeodorantDifferent Day Author:George Carlin
“That's how I digest it, 'cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I'm gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.” KnowsI CanShowsChoicesActorsCausesWeekPressesButtons Author:Viola Davis