“The gap between the rich and poor is growing among and within most nations. The political and social effects of unequal location of energy and other mineral resources are acute. Population numbers continue to climb. The global environment shows signs of widespread deterioration. Both natural and social environments are increasingly vulnerable to catastrophic disturbances... There may, however, be a cheering challenge in the possibility that out of its struggle with these realities the human race may move a bit nearer to behaving as if it were indeed one family.” IfsHumansMayShowsRealityMovingPoliticalEnergyNationsSocialBitsNaturalChallengesPoorNumbersRaceStruggleRichEnvironmentGrowingEffectsPossibilityResourcesEnvironmentalPopulationVulnerableHuman RaceClimbsGapsCheerLocationRich And PoorDisturbanceMineralsDeteriorationSocial EnvironmentMineral Resources Author:Gilbert F. White
“Detecting and culling infected birds is still the key, and for that we have to compensate the owners of chicken whose flocks are killed. And we have to limit interaction between humans and birds, which is a huge challenge within an environment where people are used to living very close to their chickens.” PeopleHumansStillsUsedChallengesEnvironmentHugeKeysLimitsBirdOwnersChickensInteractionFlocksCulling Author:David Nabarro
“Nick Yablon ranges widely, from log cabins to skyscrapers and from Tocqueville to pulp fiction. He combines imaginative research with probing interpretation. Untimely Ruins offers fresh and challenging insights about the American built environment on nearly every page.” ChallengesFictionEnvironmentOffersPagesResearchBuiltInsightRuinsRangeInterpretationImaginativeCabinsSkyscraperPulpProbingLog CabinsBuilt Environment Author:T. J. Jackson Lears
“Drinking wine is easy: tilt glass and swallow. Really tasting wine is more of a challenge. You need the proper tools and environment, the ability to concentrate, a good memory and a vivid imagination.” NeedsEasyImaginationChallengesMemoriesAbilityEnvironmentToolsWineDrinkingGlassesVividGood MemoriesTastingDrinking WineTiltVivid Imagination Author:Marvin Shanken
“The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and change in some ways the environment here on Earth.” WayEarthChallengesEnvironmentBenefitsSignificantMars Author:Buzz Aldrin
“I thoroughly believe in evolution, and how we evolve and how our physical being is affected by time and use and by the environment... it's more than just challenging, it can be terrifying. We all struggle, but I think it's important to be there for one another.” ThinkingBelieveImportantUseChallengesStruggleEnvironmentEvolutionEvolveAffected Author:Elliott Gould
“Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.” OpportunitySocialChallengesEnvironmentUniqueUniversityArchitectureCampusPrincetonOpportunities And ChallengesPrinceton University Author:Steven Holl
“It is the role of the artistic coder to question the coding languages, both through self-reflection and by using them for unintended purposes. These coders introduce multiplicity where none existed and challenge definitions of intent for the entire environment of programming language, machine and system.” SelfPoetryPurposeLiteratureLanguageChallengesRolesEnvironmentReflectionMachinesDefinitionsArtisticProgrammingIntroducingSelf ReflectionProgramming LanguagesMultiplicityCoders Author:Stephanie Strickland
“Purify your heart. Cleanse it. Make it a wake-up routine. Your environment may be harsh, difficult and tumultuous but if you work on your heart, you can be calm amidst all those challenges.” IfsHeartMayDifficultChallengesEmotionEnvironmentWake UpCalmRoutineHarshOur Environment Author:Rita Zahara
“We all must be mindful that the United States has diplomatic, civilian, and military personnel deployed in other countries with both challenging security environments and active terrorist networks interested in targeting not just our facilities but our people. One of their greatest protections - knowing that the United States does not negotiate with terrorists - has been compromised.” PeopleDoeHas BeensCountryStatesChallengesUnitedUnited StatesKnowingEnvironmentSecurityMilitaryActiveProtectionTerroristOther CountriesCiviliansFacilityDiplomaticPersonnelMilitary Personnel Author:John Boehner
“Happiness comes from within you. If your heart is happy, you can do anything you put your mind to do. Purify your heart. Cleanse it. Make it a wake-up routine. Your environment may be harsh, difficult and tumultuous but if you work on your heart, you can be calm amidst all those challenges. So, to be happy, you not only have to work with all your heart. You have to work on your heart. You will glow from the inside out” IfsMindHeartMayDifficultCan DoChallengesEnvironmentWake UpCalmRoutineWithin YouHarshOur Environment Author:Rita Zahara
“Directing music videos, especially ones that are concept/narrative driven is challenging in itself, but Directing a music video within a digital video environment is even more difficult.” DifficultChallengesEnvironmentConceptsDrivenVideoNarrativeDigital Author:Jon Jon Augustavo
“The real lesson of 9/11 that I think we have still to learn is that this is a world of interdependence, in which all of the challenges of environment and climate change, of jobs, of disease, of war and terrorism, are cross-border problems that cannot be met one nation at a time.” ThinkingWorldStillsWarRealProblemJobsNationsChallengesEnvironmentLessonsMetsDiseaseCrossesClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismBordersInterdependence Author:Benjamin Barber
“I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I think would be nice to shine a light into. The destination of any interesting drama is that you shine a light into a place that not many people know about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanLightWould BeChallengesInterestingEnvironmentNiceDramaShapesShiningDestinationBeing Nice Author:Tom Hardy
“This is our greatest challenge: learning to live in a crowded and interconnected world that is creating unprecedented pressures on human society and on the physical environment.” WorldHumansChallengesEnvironmentCreatingPressureCrowdedUnprecedentedHuman SocietyInterconnectedInterconnected World Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“I'm actually quite different when I'm there [ in the university] to how I am on a TV or film set. It's very challenging and I really, really like it. And I enjoy being in that environment.” DifferentFilmEnjoyChallengesEnvironmentTvsUniversityFilm Set Author:Yasmin Paige
“Jenson Button is the real deal. It just takes the right environment, the right time - don't doubt he has all the talents to win Grands Prix and challenge for championships.” RealWinningChallengesDealsDoubtEnvironmentTalentButtonsChampionshipRight Time Author:David Coulthard
“Define your own success: If you're going after a million bucks with your own startup, you've already failed yourself. Instead, do something because it's interesting, challenging, it offers you the chance to learn something new or gives you the chance to work with really interesting people. Most startups that are designed to make money, especially in this environment, don't.” PeopleIfsGivingChallengesChanceInterestingMillionsEnvironmentOffersMaking MoneySomething NewBucksReally Interesting Author:Tara Hunt
“It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDifferentPlayChallengesLevelsEnvironmentPlayerWonderfulPerspectiveIntellectualSmartArgumentNew WaysWay Of ThinkingSmart PeopleDifferent LevelsNew Ways Of Thinking Author:Marissa Mayer
“Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.” ChallengesAudienceEnvironmentContinuing Author:Bob Newhart
“Anyone believing the TPP is good for Americans take note: The foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based corporations could just as easily challenge any U.S. government regulation they claim unfairly diminishes their profits - say, a regulation protecting American consumers from unsafe products or unhealthy foods, investors from fraudulent securities or predatory lending, workers from unsafe working conditions, taxpayers from another bailout of Wall Street, or the environment from toxic emissions.” BelieveGovernmentChallengesEnvironmentStreetsConditionsSecurityProductsWallClaimsNotesWorkersProfitConsumersCorporationsInvestorsToxicRegulationDiminishTaxpayersUnhealthyEmissionsLendingUnsafeHealthy FoodPredatoryGovernment RegulationBailoutsWorking ConditionsUnhealthy Food Author:Robert Reich
“When we had to survive on our wits, gather and kill our food from scratch and be more at the mercy of our environment than we are today, we probably had enough challenge to keep our brains healthy.” EnoughTodayChallengesBrainEnvironmentHealthyMercyWitScratchesOur EnvironmentHad Enough Author:Philippa Perry
“We need to deal with three things that are important: first, we need a very deep reconsideration of how we are dealing with the economy. Second, there must be a very deep reconsideration of our way of life. We cannot simply adopt American-style consumer culture. To Islamize that is to de-Islamize Islam.Thirdly, it is important for us to understand the economy and the environment are common challenges for everyone. This is where the singularity of Islamic principles needs to join the universal values that we share with others.” WayNeedsFirstsImportantValuesCultureThreeChallengesDealsCommonPrinciplesEconomyEnvironmentShareStyleUniversalIslamConsumersIslamicThree ThingsVery DeepSingularityConsumer CultureReconsideration Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Working anti-social shifts in a difficult environment is undoubtedly challenging. But even militant staff may privately concede that some of the working conditions they enjoy are unusually benign.” MaySocialEnjoyDifficultChallengesEnvironmentConditionsStaffMilitantBenignAnti SocialWorking Conditions Author:Simon Calder
“One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining efforts in the fight against terrorism and other similar challenges: countering drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fighting famine, preserving environment and biodiversity, taking efforts to make the world more predictable, more stable.” PeopleWorldImportantTodayFightingChallengesEffortMillionsEnvironmentPlanetsDrugWeaponsMassDestructionTerrorismObjectivesStableOur PlanetPredictableJoiningFamineWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBiodiversityProliferationTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Vladimir Putin
“Not only do innovators have to deal with all of the fundamental challenges of innovation, they have to do so in an environment that often is implicitly hostile towards innovation.” ChallengesDealsEnvironmentInnovationFundamentalsHostileInnovatorsOften Is Author:Scott D. Anthony
“The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment and simply let them do whatever they want.” PeopleWantChallengesCreativeEnvironmentManageCreative PeopleOutput Author:John Kao
“The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.” TodayChallengesEnvironmentGenerationsArchitectToday's Generation Author:Carol Ross Barney
“I sometimes call this our "spacesuit self" because we come into an environment that is difficult and challenging, where we're told to be different. We're told to jump over hoops to be loved and appreciated, so we have to develop spacesuit strategies to get approval and create ways to avoid being judged.” WayDifferentSelfSometimesDifficultChallengesEnvironmentStrategyJudgedApprovalAppreciatedBeing Judged Author:Tara Brach
“If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a major challenge for libraries to adapt their content and services to such a diverse technological environment.” IfsImportantChallengesEnvironmentInformationCommunicationMajorsLibraryWideDevicesUsersDiverseTechnologicalAnticipate Author:Tom Peters
“If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if you can say that you've made things better, then considering all the challenges out there, you should feel good. But I'm the first to acknowledge that I did not crack the code in terms of reducing this partisan fever.” IfsFeelsShouldFirstsLooksMadeKidsTermChallengesEconomyEnvironmentSecurityFeel GoodCodeAcknowledgeCracksConsideringReducingFeverPartisans Author:Barack Obama
“I believe that women are rising to the occasion to tackle many challenges. Whether it's issues that relate to prosperity, the defense of country, the economy of our country; issues that have traditionally been considered women's issues like health and education and the environment are now being defined in terms of our national strength. So I think women have made a big difference in putting things in perspective.” ThinkingBelieveMadeCountryBigsI BelieveTermChallengesDifferencesEconomyIssuesEnvironmentPerspectiveProsperityDefenseOur CountryDefinedOccasionsRelateRisingHealth And Education Author:Nancy Pelosi