“Rational behavior ... depends upon a ceaseless flow of data from the environment. It depends upon the power of the individual to predict, with at least a fair success, the outcome of his own actions. To do this, he must be able to predict how the environment will respond to his acts. Sanity, itself, thus hinges on man's ability to predict his immediate, personal future on the basis of information fed him by the environment.” MenAbleActionIndividualAbilityEnvironmentInformationDependsFutureBehaviorFairsFlowBasesRationalDataOutcomesFedsSanityHinges Book:future shock Source: future shock
“Any kind of writing that's meaningful becomes hard work, so there were times when it would really flow, there were times when I'd get 10 pages a day, and then there were days when I would do three pages. Depends on the thickness of the material. If it's satisfying, it's hard, but it's pretty wonderful.” IfsWritingKindHardThreeWonderfulMaterialsHard WorkDependsPagesFlowMeaningfulSatisfyingThickness Author:Steve Guttenberg
“The saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it” DoeDependsFlowCrossesSaving Author:J. I. Packer
“You can see from a flow diagram who depends on you and whom you can depend on. You can now take joy in your work.” JoyDependsFlowManagementDiagrams Author:W. Edwards Deming
“I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.” ThinkingYearsLastsFilmResultsPartyStreetsEventsDependsRedFlowLifestyleVisibleLast YearCarpetRed CarpetEbb And FlowShowbiz Author:James McAvoy
“Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being.” WellsFeelingsPassionForceDependsFlowMadnessCalmCurrentsWell BeingImpulseHeightStreamsBarriersFloodArrestedSpills Book:Brave New World Source: Brave New World