“All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?” IfsUseBigsPurposeHouseJusticeDecisionStreetsExampleWallCostTaxesPaperHumorousRainCourtPossessionNewspapersSupremeChiefsCorporationsRelatedWhat IfJournalSupreme CourtBurgersLandmarksBig CorporationsDepreciateWall Street JournalChief JusticeBusiness Related Author:Dave Barry
“You have to feel your own personal truth with a little ‘t’ – your sadness, rage, frustration for example -- in order to get to the Truth with a big ‘T’.” FeelsLittlesBigsOrderSadnessExampleRageFrustrationPersonal Truth Author:Derek Rydall
“Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German states were more than 30 percent wind-powered in 2007 - and more than 100 percent in some months. Mostly renewable power generally needs less backup than utilities already bought to combat big coal and nuclear plants' intermittence.” NeedsStatesBigsThreeExampleWindMonthsDemandPercentPlantNuclearCellsCombatCoalUtilityIntegratedSuppliesVariablesBackupSupply And DemandNuclear PlantsSolar Cells Author:Amory Lovins
“The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.” HomeBigsLostLanguageDifferencesCompanyImpossibleExampleAppealsSubtleTranslationsBig CompaniesLost In Translation Author:Larry Gelbart
“The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.” WayBigsMightSchoolValuesHateClassTeachExampleFinancialDebtHandleGrandmotherLiteracyMy GrandmotherMamaFinancial LiteracyBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in Chicago tomorrow, which looks like it's going to happen for 1100 or 1200 people, then obviously everyone will know that we can affect between 700 to 1000 people at a time in damn near every city in America, then I think that's a good start. It also tells people, and gives them an example, how independent hip-hop is able to do this without gigantic corporate support.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingLooksBigsHappensAbleAmericaCitiesSupportExampleTomorrowIndependentSellsHip HopHipsCorporateDamnHopsChicagoVenuesOmaha Author:Immortal Technique
“The actor that taught me the most was Bernie Mac. I did my first big budget studio film with he and Angela Bassett, 'Mr. 3000' for Disney. Bernie taught me by example what creates success is humility and hard work.” FirstsHardBigsFilmActorsExampleHumilityTaughtHard WorkStudiosBudgetsMacsAngela Author:Brian J. White
“The more big business talks about something, the less of it there is. For example, it 'values' jobs just at the moment when they disappear; it revels in 'autonomy' when in fact you have to fill out forms in triplicate for the slightest trifle and ask the advice of six people to make insignificant decisions; it harps on 'ethics' while believing in absolutely nothing.” PeopleBelieveMomentsFactsBigsJobsFormValuesAsksDecisionBusinessAdviceExampleSixEthicsDisappearAutonomyInsignificantTriflesAbsolutely NothingBig BusinessHarps Book:Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay Source: Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay
“I'm really conscious of the amount of food I eat, but I don't deny myself anything. For example, I have a really big sweet tooth. At the end of the night, if I'm craving ice cream, I might not have the bowl that I would have when I was a kid, but I'll put a couple of scoops in a coffee mug, and I'll eat it slowly, and I enjoy every moment of it.” IfsEndsMomentsBigsMightKidsNightEnjoyExampleSweetAmountCoupleConsciousDenyCoffeeTeethIceBowlsCreamIce CreamCravingMugSweet ToothCoffee Mug Author:Summer Sanders
“There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't do in every square, that you can do in some of them, building a mosaic of these kinds of practices. There are about 400 cable television networks, for example, that are publicly owned. That's a big fight for big private companies. In some areas, this is a political struggle, in some it's conventional common sense.” KindDifferentBigsMovingPoliticalFightingCan DoCommonCitiesCompanyPracticeStruggleExampleTelevisionBuildingAreasStrategyCommon SenseSquaresConventionalCablesMosaicsPolitical StruggleCheckerboard Author:Gar Alperovitz
“I wouldn't want to promote teenage girls having sex. But the reality is, it's happening, and they're just a little too young to understand how careful they need to be. That's a big battle with me, because I'm 23, and a lot of my fans are eight years younger than I am, so there's a bit of a tug-of-war there. I want to set the right example and, at the same time, live my life.” WantNeedsYearsLittlesWarBigsRealityYoungGirlSexBitsFansExampleBattleHappeningsCarefulEightTeenageLiving My LifeHaving SexTeenage GirlTug Of War Author:Rihanna
“People feel that the Bible is unequivocal in stating that the age of the earth is very young and so on and so forth, and so the big things get lumped together with the lesser things. And the age of the earth is for example virtually made a touchstone of doctrine, when there's so much evidence out there in science against it.” PeopleFeelsMadeBigsAgeEarthTogetherYoungExampleEvidenceDoctrineBig ThingsTouchstonesUnequivocal Author:John Lennox
“The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.” BigsWinningSecretStudyExampleMy FriendsVoteElectionOpponentsRepresentativesRobinsGood ExamplesWinning Elections Author:Jesse Helms
“I don't believe that art and politics or social issues must be separated. In writing about marriage, for example, money can be a big factor, and money is linked to earning, and earning is influenced by politics.” WritingBelieveArtBigsSocialIssuesExampleDon't BelieveFactorsEarningLinkedSocial Issues Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries.” MindHas BeensMatterProblemBigsMysteryExampleClaimsPhilosophicalReactionariesApproximation Author:Mario Bunge
“One of the great awards from a chef's point of view are Michelin stars. The ultimate is three Michelin stars. For example, Gordon Ramsey has three Michelin stars. Having one Michelin star is a big deal, two is incredible and having three puts you in a bracket of maybe 30 chefs worldwide.” TwoBigsThreeStarsViewsDealsExampleUltimateIncrediblesPoint Of ViewAwardsChefBig DealBrackets Author:Paul Rankin
“I think circumstance plays a big part in terms of what I do. For example, if I wasn't ever able to show in an art gallery I probably wouldn't really make very much sculpture. But I've had the opportunity to show in big spaces, so I want to fill up that space in the same way you might want to fill up a page.” IfsThinkingWayWantArtPlayShowsBigsMightAbleOpportunityTermSpaceExampleCircumstancesPagesSculptureGalleryArt Galleries Author:David Shrigley
“I know people who support Hamas but they never got involved in terrorist attacks, for example... They follow Hamas because they love God and they think that Hamas represents God. They don't have knowledge, they don't know the real God and they never studied Christianity. But Hamas, as representative for Islam, it's a big problem.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealProblemBigsChristianitySupportExampleInvolvedIslamTerroristGod LoveRepresentativesBig ProblemsTerrorist AttacksHamas Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“American girls are much more financially savvy - for example, if a girl went to Paris and she was going to do a fragrance campaign, she would say she wouldn't do it for less than half-a-million dollars. Whereas a girl from the Czech Republic would do it for $100,000. I think that's a really big imbalance that created the demise of the modeling industry - and it also created a gap in giving girls an opportunity to become or gain super-status.” IfsThinkingGivingBigsGirlOpportunityHalfMillionsExampleIndustryGainsDollarsCampaignsParisGapsRepublicFragranceModelingMillion DollarsDemiseImbalanceSavvyCzechCzech RepublicModeling Industry Author:Michael Flutie
“Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!” WayImportantShowsBigsNamesCareersExampleTvsBandElementsJazzRadioSettingBest WaySettingsVarietyHallsConcertsOperaConcreteSoloBroadwayOrchestraFestivalsSymphonyDukesEnsembleBroadway ShowsSymphony Orchestras Author:Billy Taylor
“I don't think that the big crunch should be seen as a menace, but rather as an opportunity. It's one of these times in -history - and we have plenty of examples from the past - where it's possible to really make a difference. And if art is serious about claiming a central role in today's society and culture, this is the best chance it's had in ages.” IfsThinkingShouldArtBigsAgeTodayPastCultureOpportunityDifferencesChanceRolesExampleSeriousArt IsPlentyMaking A DifferenceMenaceCrunchSociety And CultureToday's Society Author:Maurizio Cattelan
“There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a promise - for example, you promise yourself you're just going to have coffee with a man, then before you know it, you're in bed together.” KnowsMenBigsTogetherExamplePromiseBedCoffeeObsessionBig ThingsRemorseConsensusSatiety Author:Susan Cheever
“At the bottom of the social heap is the black man in the big-city ghetto. He lives night and day with the rats and the cockroaches and drowns himself with alcohol and anesthetizes himself with dope, to try and forget where and what he is. That Negro has given up all hope. He's the hardest one for us to reach, because he's the deepest in the mud. But when you get him, you've got the best kind of Muslim. I look upon myself as a prime example of this category - as graphic an example as you could find of the salvation of the black man.” MenTryingLooksKindBigsNightGivenSocialBlackForgetCitiesExampleSalvationBottomAlcoholHardestLook UpPrimeCategoriesRatsMudGiven UpGraphicGhettoDopeBig CitiesCockroaches Author:Malcolm X
“There is less gray area there, less doubt. There is a security in being some thing all the way. Our culture, too, encourages this way of being - exaggeration, for example, is the key to advertising success in the United States. But hyperbole also seems a big part of Iranian culture, as well.” WayWellsStatesBigsSeemsCultureUnitedUnited StatesDoubtSecurityExampleKeysAreasAdvertisingGrayExaggerationIranianHyperboleGray Area Author:Porochista Khakpour
“Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican candidate's sex tape?” ThinkingGivingBigsRememberSexCrazyExampleRepublicanCandidatesTapeSpoilersCrazy Times Author:Kathleen Rooney
“Every time you have a big blast-out experience you think that's the ultimate-everything, and of course it isn't, although you can get hints. The key however, is not to take those hint experiences to be the ultimate experience. There always needs to be a balance. For example, when you find something, by having some experience, you always want to keep looking because there could be more to it.” ThinkingWantNeedsBigsCoursesExampleKeysBalanceUltimateHintsBlast Author:Robert Thurman
“There's a big difference between trolling and just attacking guys to attack guys, to get under people's skin, and to genuinely express how you felt about something. Like if I go to a movie for example, and I watch a movie, and I wasn't a fan of it. I don't mind turning to my family or some buddies I'm with and saying "oh man, I really didn't like that movie." But I've never acted or directed in my life. But I'm able to voice my opinion about whether or not I enjoyed it or not.” PeopleIfsMenMindBigsAbleGuyFeltVoiceDifferencesOpinionWatchesFansExampleMy FamilySkinsEnjoyedAttackingBuddy Author:Adam Cole
“An example I love: Diwata auditioned for the school play by doing a big number from Once Upon A Mattress. I went home and my boyfriend plunked out the notes for me, and I had to learn and prepare that song just so I could learn and know how that feels. I've never had that kind of detail in a rehearsal process. Jason Moore is absolutely unbelievable.” KnowsFeelsKindPlayHomeBigsSchoolSongProcessNumbersKnow HowExampleNotesDetailsUnbelievableRehearsalJasonMy BoyfriendMattressesSchool Plays Author:Sarah Steele
“A lot of ambitious code has been written into the law for those and we will have to see if it actually works, if we have another example of a big financial institution going bankrupt.” IfsHas BeensBigsLawWrittenExampleInstitutionsFinancialCodeAmbitiousFinancial Institutions Author:Robert F. Engle
“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.” IfsWantMayEndsFactsBigsActionValuesChoicesHavensHonestyExampleConflictBehaviorStressWhat You WantUnhappyDefinedFinding YourselfLiarsHanging OutFrustratedBig ThingsOur ActionsPsychologistMaking ChoicesDespondent Author:Darren Hardy
“I am of the opinion, and have been for a long time, that any kind of big technological move is almost always positive in the short term but inevitably somewhat negative in the long term. And I think there are many examples of this in every possible context.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensBigsMovingTermOpinionExampleLong TimeNegativeLong TermTechnologicalShort Term Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I feel that I've often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot explain. Why the universe is accelerating in its expansion and what came before the Big Bang serve as compelling examples. The process of science provides a way to seek answers to those questions.” WayFeelsBigsUniverseProcessAnswersExampleAspectScientistThinkerCompellingExpansionBangsAspects Of Life Author:Bill Nye