“The fundamentalist violence is, so is it, an attempt to increase the stakes, i.e. to discourage the potential desertions by showing that defection will cost them dear, that those who adopt other values will be persecuted or even killed.” ValuesViolenceCostIncreaseDearStakesDiscouragingFundamentalistPersecutedDesertion Author:Pascal Boyer
“[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by setting your blood on fire, and to increase your chances of winning at any cost, your stakes increase frightfully; the desire of winning gets to be a madness. The soul gets sick; it neither sees nor hears anything. No family ties, position, nor fortune, can stand against this passion.” SoulEndsDesirePassionWinningChanceFireBloodPositionCostSickIncreaseMadnessFortuneSettingSettingsTiesGamblingStakesFamily Ties Author:Matilde Serao
“Of the four project development variables - scope, cost, time and quality - quality isn't really a free variable. The only possible values are "excellent" and "insanely excellent", depending on whether lives are at stake.” ValuesQualityFourDevelopmentCostProjectsExcellentStakesScopeVariables Book:Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change Source: Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
“New and expanded refundable tax credits would raise the fraction of taxpayers paying no income taxes to almost 50% from 38%. This is potentially the most pernicious feature of the president's budget, because it would cement a permanent voting majority with no stake in controlling the cost of general government.” GovernmentPresidentCostTaxesRaisesMajorityCreditIncomePermanentBudgetsFeaturesVotingStakesTaxpayersFractionsIncome TaxCementPernicious Author:Michael J. Boskin
“I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal.” PeopleThinkingBigsViewsDealsClassCostDebateStakesPenaltiesBig DealDeath Penalty Author:Shane Claiborne
“Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.” KnowsWayLongCultureGamesSocialJusticeLevelsPathCostConflictEqualSocial JusticeStakesNonviolenceInvolvement Author:Martin Sheen