“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest private employer and premiere exploiter of the working class. ... You think it's a coincidence that this union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $65 billion family fortune?” ThinkingHappensWealthPoorDealsClassRichLowsBuiltLaborUnionsFortuneBillionsEmpiresCoincidenceWorking ClassEmployersRich And PoorRetailPremieresBusting Book:Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation Source: Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation
“It's fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. We're still getting massive surprises, anytime there's any Twilight-related event or anything.” StillsFunDealsEventsHugeLowsSurpriseTerrorRelatedMassiveTwilightHighs And Lows Author:Robert Pattinson
“If you let your emotions get high, your bargaining power will be low. Make sure you don't negotiate from a position of need when making a deal.” IfsNeedsDealsEmotionPositionLowsGetting HighBargaining Author:Sharon Lechter