“Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples.” IfsThinkingGivingRealityLastsAsksExampleChangedCoupleClimateDecades Author:James Lovelock
“Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were not actually born to succeed. King George VI was 41 when the abdication of Edward VIII propelled him suddenly and unexpectedly to take up the crown; and Queen Elizabeth II spent her first decade with no inkling thay she herself might one day have to reign. Taken together, these examples suggest that the best preparation for the job of sovereign is not to be prepared for it at all, ir not to be too well prepared for it, or for too long.” FirstsWellsLongHas BeensShowsMightTogetherJobsBornTakenRecordsCenturyExampleKingsOne DaySucceedPreparedDecadesPreparationQueensCrownsBe PreparedSovereignReign20th CenturyMonarchsParadoxicalIrsBritish HistoryQueen ElizabethAbdicationElizabeth Ii Author:David Cannadine
“Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect historians will use Palin as an example of how insane America became in the decade following the destruction of the World Trade Center, and her origin story will seem as extraterrestrial and eccentric as Abe Lincoln jumping out of a window to undermine a voting quorum in 1840.” WorldYearsTwoStoriesUseSeemsAmericaPresidentPartyExampleRepublicanHundredWindowDestructionTradeVicesFollowingDecadesInsaneDesperateVotingSuspectsHistorianRepublican PartyJumpingInclinationEccentricVice PresidentPalinNominationsWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterExtraterrestrialAbe Book:I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
“This decade is strewn with examples of bright people who thought they built a better mousetrap that could consistently extract abnormal returns from the financial markets. Some succeed for a time. But while there may occasionally be mis-configurations among market prices that allow abnormal returns, they do not persist.” PeopleMayExampleReturnSucceedBuiltInvestingFinancialDecadesPassiveConsistentlyPersistAbnormalFinancial MarketsConfiguration Author:Alan Greenspan
“As an actor, often you're stuck with these scenes in which a great period of time is in between them - for example, if you do a biopic, it might be a year, it might be a decade, you never know.” IfsKnowsYearsMightActorsExamplePeriodsSceneDecadesStuck Author:Aden Young
“The Arab countries in the Middle East have for decades demonized Israel, to Western leadership, which for reasons not entirely clear, listen to them politely. The Bush Administration, for example, was infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood years before Obama began mainstreaming them and allowing them to have positions of influence within the White House.” YearsCountryReasonHouseWhiteClearInfluenceMiddleExamplePositionWesternIsraelEastDecadesAdministrationWhite HouseAllowingBrotherhoodMiddle EastMuslim Brotherhood Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to pursue war efforts against a sovereign nation. ...I think it is another example of a flawed foreign policy that we have followed for a good many decades.” ThinkingGivingWarNationsPresidentEffortPiecesPolicyExampleDecadesPursueGood ManForeign PolicySovereignLegislationDeclarationFlawed Author:Ron Paul
“I have been a strong proponent of helping people understand that during the last decade or so, as it lies at the very bottom of how we know anything. Let me give a couple examples to get that point across.” PeopleKnowsGivingHas BeensHelpingLastsLyingStrongExampleCoupleLet MeBottomDecadesHelping People Author:Edgar Mitchell
“Comic books, if you're adapting a comic book - like X-Men, for example - you've got 40 years of amazing stories to dig into, things that incredible artists have been thinking about for decades.” IfsThinkingMenYearsHas BeensBookStoriesArtistExampleIncrediblesDecadesComicComic BookX MenAdapting Author:David Hayter
“Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.” SometimesHardShowsExampleHard WorkEuropeDecadesTake TimeReconciliation Author:Paul Kagame