“As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who are not captivated by technology, but who instead want reliability, convenience, no fuss or bother, and low cost.” WantTechnologyTakenCostLowsCustomersGrantedBotherRelevantConvenienceMarketplaceTaken For GrantedReliabilityCaptivated Author:Donald A. Norman
“So the Bush-Obama administration has taken a fiscal stance diametrically opposed to that of the patron saint of free enterprise. While escalating war in Afghanistan and maintaining over 850 military bases around the world, the administration has run up the national debt that Smith decried. By shifting the tax burden off property and off rent-seeking monopolies - above all, off the financial sector - this policy has raised America's cost of living and doing business, thereby undercutting its competitive power and running up larger and larger foreign debt.” WorldWarRunningAmericaTakenMilitaryPolicyCostTaxesBasesPropertyRaisedFinancialSaintSeekingBurdenDebtAround The WorldAdministrationEnterpriseAfghanistanMaintainingMonopolyShiftingStanceAnd OffFree EnterprisePatronNational DebtCost Of LivingEscalatingTax BurdenMilitary Bases Author:Michael Hudson
“If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?” IfsActionMoralTakenCostBenefitsMajorityMinoritiesExpensesMoral Action Author:Garth Nix
“Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirety or not at all. . . . We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us -- even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.” IfsFoundTakenTruth IsCostWelcomeIsolatedReproachInconvenienceEntirety Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.” TakenCostPaperFavorsPensComplimentCongratulationsInkBreedingDrawersDraughtGood BreedingInk And Paper Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Where was the use, originally, in rushing this whole globe through in six days? It is likely that if more time had been taken in the first place, the world would have been made right, and this ceaseless improving and repairing would not be necessary now. But if you hurry a world or a house, you are nearly sure to find out by and by that you have left out a towhead, or a broom-closet, or some other little convenience, here and there, which has got to be supplied, no matter how much expense or vexation it may cost.” IfsWorldFirstsMayLittlesHas BeensMadeMatterWholeUseHouseLeftTakenCostSixExpensesMore TimeGlobesImprovingClosetsConvenienceHere And ThereRushingLeft OutBroomsVexationRepairing Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.” Has BeensStillsWould BeNationsUnitedTakenCostIraqOccupationUnited NationsPitsDinosaurs Author:Norman Schwarzkopf
“Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital.” CareTodayAbilityPayTakenCostRegardPatientMedicalAcceptedTreatedTreatmentHospitalsCoveredHospitalitySt Jude Author:Marlo Thomas
“Barefoot conducts his seminars on his houseboat in Sausalito. It costs a hundred dollars to find out why we are on this Earth. You also get a sandwich, but I wasn't hungry that day. John Lennon had just been killed and I think I know why we are on this Earth; it's to find out that what you love the most will be taken away from you, probably due to an error in high places rather than by design.” ThinkingKnowsEarthTakenDesignCostHundredDollarsErrorsDuesHungrySandwichesWhat You LoveAway From YouLennonBarefootSeminarsHigh Places Book:Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded weapon next to you round the clock. But I think it's time you flipped this little scenario in your head. If you'd been taken by the Capitol, and hijacked, and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you?" demands Haymitch. I fall silent. It isn't. It isn't how he would be treating me at all. He would be trying to get me back at any cost. Not shutting me out, abandoning me, greeting me with hostility at every turn.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLittlesWould BeTurnsFallNextTakenCostDemandWeaponsSilentRoundsClockHostilityScenariosLoadedPeetaCapitolGreetingsFlippedHaymitch Author:Suzanne Collins