“In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness.” SocialLevelsCareersEconomyGrowingCarDependsClothesExpectationsDareDeterminedFactorsConsumersRisingContentmentConsumerismFashionableOverconsumptionNew CarSocial StatusPrestigiousGrowing EconomyFashionable Clothes Author:Paul Brand
“An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.” WarDependsTrainingArmySizeFactorsEffectivenessMorale Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.” WellsLanguageSupportEconomicLandDependsFactorsStationsSiteArrivalsEmigration Author:Daniel Alarcon
“I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof.” WorldWayHumansMayBookSoulHuman BeingsPrinciplesPositionDependsCircumstancesEssentialsRelationDefinitionsSettingFactorsSettingsJustifyApplicationComprehensionPresenting Book:Magick: In Theory and Practice Source: Magick: In Theory and Practice
“The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.” DesireThreeAbilityDependsCreditFactorsVolume Author:Benjamin Graham
“If the subjectivist view hold true, thinking cannot be of any help in determining the desirability of any goal in itself. The acceptability of ideals, the criteria for our actions and beliefs, the leading principles of ethics and politics, all our ultimate decisions are made to depend upon factors other than reason. They are supposed to be matters of choice and predilection, and it has become meaningless to speak of truth in making practical, moral or esthetic decisions.” IfsThinkingMadeMatterReasonHelpingActionChoicesBeliefSpeakGoalDecisionViewsMoralPrinciplesDependsEthicsIdealsUltimatePracticalsFactorsSupposed To BeMeaninglessOur ActionsCriteriaDesirability Author:Max Horkheimer
“The actual distance a bad golfer is going to hit the ball with any club obviously depends on many factors, not the least of which is whether the ball was actually hit at all.” DependsBallsDistanceGolfClubsFactorsGolfers Author:Leslie Nielsen
“Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake.” WellsDoePresidentSleepDependsElectionFactorsAwake Author:Bob Schieffer
“Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.” WorldHumansWellsKnownEconomicThis WorldDependsMoralityEconomicsImpactFactorsWell BeingPhenomenonSociologyGeneticsScientific TruthNeurobiology Author:Sam Harris
“The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use - these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants. History means interpretation.” WantKindMeanTwoSometimesFactsUseCoursesChanceDependsOceanFishesDeterminedFactorsInterpretationHistorianSwimmingInaccessibleSlabs Book:What is History? Source: What is History?
“As to whether it will increase will depend very much on that feel-good factor and the sense of confidence being restored in the people that life is going to get much better for them here at the end of the day. I do not think you will be able to shut the tap off. It will not stop abruptly like that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsEndsAbleLife IsDependsIncreaseFeel GoodFactorsThe End Of The Day Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“The cognitive functioning of a human brain depends on a delicate orchestration of many factors, especially during the critical stages of embryo development-and it is much more likely that this self-organizing structure, to be enhanced, needs to be carefully balanced, tuned, and cultivated rather than simply flooded with some extraneous potion.” NeedsHumansSelfBrainStageDependsDevelopmentStructureCriticalFactorsDelicateBalancedCognitiveHuman BrainEmbryosOrchestration Book:Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Source: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
“One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.” IfsHumansCountryLosesHalfEconomyEconomicHugeDependsBenefitsEmpowermentGenderAccessFactorsEmploymentHealthcareAdequateGender EqualityEconomic EqualityEconomic Empowerment Author:Michelle Bachelet
“Whether...a change from the supremacy of natural science to a new social science will take place...depends on one factor: how many brilliant, learned, disciplined, and caring men and women are attracted by the new challenge.” MenSocialNaturalChallengesDependsMen And WomenCaringBrilliantFactorsSupremacySocial ScienceNatural ScienceNew Challenges Author:Erich Fromm
“It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.” IfsLooksGrowsDependsPlantVariousFactorsConcentrationYieldTemperatureAcresCo2Humidity Author:Ralph Merkle
“Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.” LittlesFaithSocialReligiousEmotionalDependsEvidenceLogicPsychologicalFactorsHostProbabilityReligious Faith Author:Michael Shermer