“You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.” IfsNeedsIdeasHardHard WorkElementsDeserveLuckCriticalGreat Idea Author:Ian Rankin
“Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.” HumansGivenReligiousSubjectsElementsApproachCriticalSensibilityHuman ExperienceReligious Faith Author:Jon Meacham
“This organization of functional discourse is of vital importance; it serves as a vehicle of coordination and subordination. The unified, functional language is an irreconcilably anti-critical and anti-dialectical language. In it, operational and behavioral rationality absorbs the transcendent, negative, oppositional elements of Reason.” ReasonLanguageElementsNegativeOrganizationImportanceCriticalVehicleDiscourseRationalityTranscendentUnifiedCoordinationSubordination Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“School leadership has been identified as another critical element of student success, and subsequently enough resources and training should be provided to our school principals and administrators to allow them to create a strong ecosystem in our schools and support teachers and parents as well.” ShouldWellsHas BeensEnoughSchoolStrongParentSupportTeacherStudentsElementsTrainingResourcesCriticalPrincipalStudent SuccessEcosystemsAdministratorsSchool Principal Author:Shaheen Mistri
“Network marketing is based purely on relationship selling, which is the state of the art in selling today. Small and large companies throughout the country and the world are realizing that individuals selling to their friends and associates is the future of sales, because the critical element in buying is trust.” WorldArtCountryStatesTodayIndividualRealizingCompanyElementsMarketingCriticalSellingBuyingAssociatesNetwork MarketingLarge Companies Author:Brian Tracy
“The Lake of Dreams grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.” YearsIdeasEnoughDreamNovelGrewElementsMassCriticalLakesCritical Mass Author:Kim Edwards
“Freud, Jung thought, had been a great discoverer of facts about the mind, but far too inclined to leave the solid ground of "critical reason and common sense." Freud for his part criticized Jung for being gullible about occult phenomena and infatuated with Oriental religions; he viewed with sardonic and unmitigated skepticism Jung's defense of religious feelings as an integral element in mental health. For Freud, religion was a psychological need projected onto culture, the child's feeling of helplessness surviving in adults, to be analyzed rather than admired.” NeedsMindChildrenReasonFactsFeelingsCultureReligiousCommonElementsAdultsMental HealthCriticalDefenseCommon SensePsychologicalSkepticismSurvivingHelplessnessOccultJungGullibleInfatuatedSardonicPsychological Needs Author:Peter Gay
“Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.” ShouldMeanRealityLiteratureRevolutionElementsNegativeCriticalRevolutionary Author:Naguib Mahfouz
“No one in his right mind would walk into the cockpit of an airplane and try to fly it, or into an operating theater and open a belly. And yet they think nothing of managing their retirement assets. I've done all three, and I'm here to tell you that managing money is, in its most critical elements even more demanding than the first two.” ThinkingTryingMindFirstsTwoDoneThreeWalksElementsTheaterInvestingCriticalRetirementAssetsAirplaneBellyCockpit Author:William J. Bernstein
“Critical design aims to really push the boundaries of design and to reconsider the element of fiction.” FictionDesignElementsAimCriticalBoundaries Author:Nelly Ben Hayoun
“I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you're stuck in the middle of nowhere.” ThinkingMatterFireMiddleElementsClothesToolsCriticalStuckCooksDryPredatorMoraleMiddle Of NowhereStuck In The Middle Author:Bear Grylls
“Falsehood is a critical element in fiction. Part of the thrill of being told a story is the chance of being hoodwinked. . .The telling of lies is a sort of sleight of hand that displays our deepest feelings about life.” StoriesFeelingsHandsLyingChanceFictionElementsCriticalDisplayFalsehoodThrillSleight Of HandDeepest Feelings Author:John Cheever
“While we have put an utmost emphasis on Gross Domestic Products (GDP) as a barometer for the overall economy until now, we have not paid much attention in detecting a level of social welfare. We, as a member of the society, must now take steps to create an index to indicate other critical elements to be focused on in order to restore reliability of world statistics.” WorldOrderSocialLevelsAttentionStepsEconomyProductsMembersElementsPaidCriticalFocusedWelfareStatisticsEmphasisGrossGdpReliabilityBarometerSocial WelfareGross Domestic Product Author:Jose Angel Gurria
“I believe that the monetary stability is an absolutely critical element in the satisfactory operation of a system.” BelieveI BelieveElementsCriticalOperationsStabilityMonetary Author:Milton Friedman
“Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity, and when you're photographing children there's often an abundance of it. I would have an idea of what a photograph would look like and then something would happen - a dog might lumber in and become a critical element. I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.” LooksChildrenIdeasMightHappensChanceDogDependsPrayingElementsAngelPhotographerPhotographCriticalAbundanceI PraySerendipityLumber Author:Sally Mann
“Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country.” Has BeensCountryUseTodayHouseEnergySpaceSourceElementsMajorsResearchDiscoveryProgramMedicineCriticalNuclearSmokeEnergy SourcesSpace ProgramPlutoniumBasic ResearchIsotopes Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“There are six elements of gravitas critical to leadership: grace under fire, decisiveness, emotional intelligence and the ability to read a room, integrity and authenticity (people don't like fakes), a vision that inspires others, and a stellar reputation.” PeopleAbilityRoomsVisionFireGraceEmotionalInspireIntegrityElementsSixCriticalAuthenticityReputationFakeEmotional IntelligenceInspire OthersDecisivenessStellarGravitas Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.” PeopleProcessFocusProtectElementsCriticalAfghanistanPakistanHomeland Author:Barack Obama
“The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.” EnjoyWaterQualityAirLandDrinkElementsReflectionCreatorCriticalBreatheMajestyQuality Of Life Author:Rick Perry