“Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.” InspirationMotivationSportsRaceSuccessfulTeamEventsInnovationSoloRunnersBreakthroughSports TeamSprintRelaysRelay Races Author:Nguyen Quyen
“Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space , and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith . They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.” MayDoeReligiousSpaceRaceAttitudeEventsRegretBearsTruth IsIntelligentFoundationContactLogicalSuspectsExaminationReligious FaithCrossingsCollision Book:By Space Possessed Source: By Space Possessed
“The Olympics are getting mixed reviews. People are angry at NBC for showing a promo that revealed the winner of a swimming event even though the race hadn't aired yet. NBC apologized saying, 'We're just not used to people watching our network.'” PeopleFunnyUsedRaceEventsAngryWinnerReviewsSwimmingOlympicsNbcLondon Olympics Author:Conan O'Brien
“Think of the majesty of that moment in this dying world's history, when Jesus Christ declared that to the Christian death was only a sleep. Outside of that small dwelling in Capernaum, a great race of men rushed and toiled as they harassed continents and seas; mighty events marshaled themselves into annals and pageants. What was inside? In one inconspicuous chamber of a now forgotten house, man's Redeemer, unobserved, martyred man's final enemy. There Immanuel subdued death forever.” ThinkingMenWorldMomentsChristianHouseJesusChristSleepRaceEnemyForeverSeaDyingEventsJesus ChristFinalsForgottenThat MomentContinentsChamberMajestyDwellingRedeemerPageantMartyredGreat Race Author:Charles Seymour Robinson
“To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.” DreamAbleWinningRaceCarEventsCrossesUltimateLegacyWinnerDriversCementRace CarMotorsportsMarqueeDaytonaRace Car DriverDaytona 500 Author:Tony Stewart
“The support is absolutely crucial. If you have the right people helping you in the lead up to a major event, then you know when you're lining up to start the race you have them there with you, willing you on. And I'm not only referring to the coaches, mechanics, physios, administrators, but also family and friends.” PeopleIfsKnowsHelpingRaceSupportEventsWillingMajorsCoachesCrucialFamily And FriendsMechanicReferringAdministratorsLining UpPhysio Author:Chris Hoy
“When you're on your own you have control over most of the variables involved in the preparation and the race itself, whilst in a team event you are only a part of the overall picture. The real upside of being part of a team is the fact that when you're successful in a race you can share the celebrations together.” RealFactsTogetherRaceSuccessfulTeamShareEventsInvolvedPreparationCelebrationVariables Author:Chris Hoy
“The day when we shall know exactly what electricity is will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded in the history of the human race. The time will come when the comfort, the very existence, perhaps, of man will depend upon that wonderful agent.” KnowsMenHumansImportantRaceExistenceGreaterWonderfulEventsDependsComfortAgentsHuman RaceElectricityChronicles Book:On Light and Other High Frequency Source: On Light and Other High Frequency
“The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant. In other words, when qualified people are hired without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, religious or other differentiating characteristics, that will be the most significant, indeed momentous, event of all.” PeopleMomentsReligiousRaceEventsRegardGenderSignificantCharacteristicsMinoritiesQualifiedHiringReferringEthnicitySignificant Moments Author:Amy Trask
“Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.” RaceEventsExcuseMythologyIndulgeIndulge InBlack Racism Book:James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences Source: James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences
“Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for corporate staffers, and nearly $6 million for the use of Trump`s private plane.” UseRaceHalfMillionsEventsTrumpOfficePaidCampaignsFinanceCorporatePlanesAnalysisFacilityFilingCampaign Finance Author:Chris Hayes
“You could think about Vietnam and at some point in time about Nigeria. And then you head to South America: Argentina, Columbia, Peru. Probably not all of them will have an F1 race, but they are definitely considering events.” ThinkingAmericaRaceEventsSouthVietnamConsideringNigeriaColumbiaArgentinaSouth AmericaPeru Author:Martin Sorrell
“We haven't seen a real volcanic event at least in 74,000 years - [Mount Toba] in Indonesia, in Sumatra, where the crater itself is 100 kilometers across. It was so monumental, what happened, that for a very long time the entire atmosphere of our planet was darkened. It's not the lava and the heat per se; it's the obscuring of the entire atmosphere, and it made it very difficult for the human race to survive.” YearsHumansLongMadeRealDifficultRaceHappenedEventsHavensPlanetsLong TimeMade ItAtmosphereHuman RaceHeatOur PlanetIndonesiaLavaCraters Author:Werner Herzog