“As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas.” WellsIdeasMotivationPoorCommonAttitudeQualityEvidenceCrisisEverydayDuesBlockPersistentFear Of FailureShortageVenuesJadedFear Of SuccessPoor QualityLackadaisical Author:Robert Genn
“Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search--for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.” ValuesCommonIdentityCrisisMalesLiberationFulfillmentMutualPromotingMutual RespectIdentity CrisisMidlifeMidlife CrisisLove RespectPersonal Fulfillment Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes.” PeopleKnowsMayMomentsCommonClassKnow HowMiddleCrisisFormerLatterMiddle ClassBehaviourFormalBrutesUpper ClassFastidiousUncouth Author:Cesare Pavese
“We will have more crises and none of them will look like this because no two crises have anything in common except human nature.” HumansLooksTwoCommonHuman NatureCrisis Author:Alan Greenspan
“If there is one common theme to the vast range of crises...it is that excessive debt accumulation, whether it be by the government, banks, corporations, or consumers, often poses greater systemic risks than it seems during a boom.” IfsSeemsGovernmentCommonGreaterRiskCrisisDebtConsumersRangeCorporationsThemeAccumulation Author:Carmen Reinhart
“The intellectual and moral failures common to America's general officer corps in Vietnam and Iraq constitute a crisis in American generalship. Any explanation that fixes culpability on individuals is insufficient. No one leader, civilian or military, caused failure in Vietnam or Iraq. Different military and civilian leaders in the two conflicts produced similar results. In both conflicts, the general officer corps designed to advise policymakers, prepare forces and conduct operations failed to perform its intended functions.” TwoDifferentAmericaIndividualForceResultsCommonLeaderMoralMilitaryConflictIntellectualFunctionCrisisIraqOperationsExplanationOfficersVietnamAdviseCiviliansInsufficientMoral FailureCulpability Author:Paul Yingling
“Concerning the common currency: today, the euro is not worth it for Poland. The reason why we survived the financial and economic crisis quite well is that we have a national currency. This will not change in the near future.” WellsReasonTodayCommonEconomicCrisisFinancialReason WhyCurrencyWorth ItSurvivedEuroPolandEconomic CrisisNot Worth It Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“The ecological crisis shows the urgency of a solidarity which embraces time and space... A greater sense of intergenerational solidarity is urgently needed. Future generations cannot be saddled with the cost of our use of common environmental resources.” UseShowsSpaceCommonGreaterGenerationsCreationNeededCostResourcesCrisisEmbraceEnvironmentalSolidarityTime And SpaceFuture GenerationUrgencyEcologicalEcological Crisis Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. And we have seen a dramatic increase, the last 10-15 years, of ethnical conflicts and humanitarian crises with human rights violations as important elements., but also more of corruption. Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.” WorldYearsHumansStillsImportantCountryLastsCommonDemocracyRightsConflictElementsIncreaseCrisisThreatDemocraticHuman RightsCorruptionHumanitarianOppressionDramaticAgendasViolationDemocratic Society Author:Anna Lindh
“The world can therefore seize the opportunity (the Persian Gulf crisis) to fulfill the long held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind.” WorldLongTogetherOrderOpportunityNationsCausesCommonAchieveMankindPromiseUniversalCrisisAspirationNew WorldConspiracyElitesDiverseNew World OrderWorld OrderPersianNwoSeize The OpportunityPersian GulfDrawn Together Author:George H. W. Bush
“A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process.” ShouldProcessCommonUniversalCrisisAdoption Author:Patricia McConnell
“This is the one international institution we have in which governments get together to work collectively for a common purpose. International crises, by definition, require international solutions. Peacekeeping is a response to conflict, is a response to situations in which often it is not the business of any one particular country to get into. It seems to me, therefore, that the world will for the foreseeable future need peacekeeping.” WorldNeedsCountrySeemsGovernmentTogetherPurposeCommonSituationParticularConflictSolutionsCrisisInstitutionsResponseInternationalDefinitionsGet TogetherProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemPeacekeepingCommon Purpose Author:Shashi Tharoor
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.” StatesCareSchoolLyingSocialCausesPoorCommonLeaderIssuesRichEffectsSecurityMediaCrimePoliticianDrugTaxesRacismSolutionsCrisisMessHealth CareWelfareGapsHealthcareUnemploymentSocial SecurityRich And PoorDependencyWelfare StateHigh Taxes Book:The Ten Things You Can't Say In America Source: The Ten Things You Can't Say In America