“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.” ShouldEndsCertainPresidentLevelsEnvironmentPracticalsThe End Of The DayCooperationDiplomacyDecencyDecorumBipartisanship Author:Mark McKinnon
“What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.” ThinkingWorldNeedsEndsEnoughBigsHappensEnergyLevelsFocusUsersMicrosoftOraclesIbmUser Experience Author:Aaron Levie
“If you are an incredibly reactive person and you are working on your lowest level, and if you continuously give into your dark side and are angry, and screaming, and breaking things, and you do that for hours and hours on end, you are going to be incredibly exhausted. That's just the way life is.” IfsWayGivingPersonsEndsLife IsSidesHoursDarkLevelsAngryExhaustedLowestDark SideBreaking Things Author:Jeremy Piven
“Reincarnation doesn't simply mean that at the end of this life you will move on to another life in another body, it means that the spirit of life is continually renewing itself and moving to a higher level.” MeanEndsBodyMovingLife IsSpiritLevelsHigherThis LifeReincarnationHigher LevelAnother LifeSpirit Of Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“Microsoft has built loyalty at the end-user level, including upper management, .. That works for a while in the early stages of a product, but after a couple of years the blush fades from the rose. It's reality versus marketing.” YearsEndsRealityLevelsStageProductsCoupleBuiltManagementRoseIncludingMarketingLoyaltyUsersFadesVersusMicrosoft Author:Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
“Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.” GivingWellsArtSoulEndsPainJoyCoursesLevelsCommonBrainKnownFantasyDevelopmentArt IsProfessionPersonal DevelopmentPursuitCommon SenseUglinessDiploma Author:Robert Genn
“The Freemen have 987 levels of membership, the first three of which are achieved merely by filling out an application. The 8th level is granted upon full acceptance into the local lodge, the 13th following Initiation, the 21st at the end of the Initiate's second week, and the 89th the first time he brings snacks.” FirstsEndsThreeLevelsWeekAcceptanceFirst TimeFollowingLocalsGrantedApplicationFillingMembershipInitiateSnacksInitiationFreemanLodges Author:Adam Rex
“We have reached the end of problem solving as a mode of inquiry capable of inspiring, mobilizing, and sustaining human system change. The future of Organization Development belongs to methods that affirm, compel, and accelerate anticipatory learning involving larger and larger levels of collectivity.” HumansEndsProblemLevelsDevelopmentCapableOrganizationMethodProblem SolvingInquiryInvolvingSustainingAccelerateCollectivitySystems Change Author:David Cooperrider
“I think that at the end of the day I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the New York Times crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsDoeRealEndsSometimesHardCertainLevelsNew YorkLike YouWindowStorytellingThe End Of The DayPuzzlesNew York TimesCrackedAmbiguousCrosswords Author:Damon Lindelof
“In organized groups such as the army or the Church there is either no mention of love whatsoever between the members, or it is expressed only in a sublimated and indirect way, through the mediation of some religious imagine in the love of whom the members unite and whose all-embracing love they are supposed to imitate in their attitude towards each other. It is one of the basic tenets of fascist leadership to keep primary libidinal energy on an unconscious level so as to divert its manifestations in a way suitable to political ends.” WayEndsPoliticalEnergyChurchReligiousLevelsAttitudeImagineGroupsMembersArmyPrimariesManifestationOrganizedUnconsciousFascistsSuitableIndirectMediationEmbracing Love Author:Theodor Adorno
“[Concerning the Water Ouzel, now called American Dipper:] In a general way his music is that of the streams refined and spiritualized. The deep booming notes of the falls are in it, the trills of rapids, the gurgling of margin eddies, the low whispering of level reaches, and the sweet tinkle of separate drops oozing from the ends of mosses and falling into tranquil pools.” WayEndsFallWaterLevelsSweetMusic IsLowsNotesStreamsPoolRapidsMarginsRefinedWhisperingTranquilMossTrill Author:John Muir
“It is one of the basic tenets of fascist leadership to keep primary libidinal energy on an unconscious level so as to divert its manifestations in a way suitable to political ends.” WayEndsPoliticalEnergyLevelsPrimariesManifestationUnconsciousFascistsSuitable Book:The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture Source: The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture
“I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanEndsFactsRealityAmericaLevelsWonderTvsCriticsNecksColleaguesFree MarketReality Tv Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Get an agent. Seriously, submitting stuff unagented means it will end up on the slush pile. An agent is the first quality filter, and a good agent is worth his or her weight in gold, as they'll often know the editors on a personal level and will be able to talk to them directly about the project.” KnowsWritingFirstsMeanEndsAbleStuffLevelsQualityProjectsGoldWeightAgentsEditorsFiltersSlush Author:Tim Lebbon
“The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.” PeopleWantDoeEndsGovernmentLevelsDoorsBureaucratsClosed DoorsDoorstepManilaMetro Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo