“I would hazard the statement that in the broad sense [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas had triumphed, since the communist victory in Vietnam was a consequence of political, diplomatic, and psychological factors more than military ones. That is a tribute to the ideas that he introduced in his life and thought.” IdeasPoliticalMilitaryVictoryConsequenceStatementsPsychologicalFactorsBroadsCommunistVietnamTributeHazardsDiplomatic Author:William J. Duiker
“What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to speculate about that question. Sun Tzu's ideas, as expressed in his famous treatise, have undoubtedly influenced the nature of many revolutionary movements that are arrayed against more powerful forces, and in some cases - as in Vietnam - have played a useful role in bringing about success. But such ideas are always in conflict with other deepseated emotional factors, which propel dissident movements into the rampant use of terrorism and other forms of anarchistic struggle.” WorldIdeasUseTodayFormForcePowerfulRolesCasesStruggleSunInfluenceMovementEmotionalConflictTerrorismFactorsRevolutionaryVietnamQualifiedWorld TodayNature Of ManDissidentsAbout Success Author:William J. Duiker
“Craft is important, but cameras for their own sake are not. A sense of aesthetics, a connection with the subject matter, an enquiring and an inquisitive mind, these factors outweigh whatever equipment we use.” MindImportantMatterUseSubjectsConnectionsCamerasSakeFactorsCraftsEquipmentAestheticsSubject MatterInquisitiveInquisitive Minds Author:Michael Kenna
“Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.” DifferentCultureDemocracyInfluenceFactorsRelatedForeignersImports Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Heaven works extensively with the fact that we're currently placed here in 3D as the 'spirit' part of what is to come. Each being in heaven represents the human factor dimensionally, therefore our focus is the direction of the dimensions to be able to assist all here as one. My 'daily' focus here is the discovery/growth of self, if I am to use such a word, meaning who am I?” IfsHumansSelfFactsUseAbleSpiritHeavenGrowthFocusDiscoveryFactorsDimensions Author:Timothy Treadwell
“You're not gonna win every outing. I don't mean game. You're not gonna beat everybody out for the top job. Sometimes you're gonna be the best, but you're not gonna get the gig because there are other factors, people making the decision might like somebody more than they like you. It's vicious. And you have to be totally, singularly focused on yourself. Not in a bad way.” PeopleWayMeanSometimesMightJobsGamesWinningDecisionLike YouBeatsFocusedFactorsBeing The BestViciousGigs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The people that say diversity is the reason for the greatness are purposely assaulting the United States as founded. They want you to believe that America was only great for a few people as founded, because, as founded, America was gigantically discriminating against the poor and against people of color and against transgenders. Yeah, I've read the Federalist Papers, you know. James Madison, he wasn't popular with the transgender group back then. Did you know that? You won't find the word. It was not a factor, the way they have attempted to modernize things here today. It's just lies.” PeopleKnowsWayWantBelieveStatesReasonTodayAmericaLyingPoorUnitedUnited StatesGroupsGreatnessColorPaperDiversityYeahFactorsPapersTransgenderDid You KnowMadisonFederalistFederalist Papers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In 1990, one in 10 children died before the age of five. That's now down to one in 20, and vaccines were the single biggest factor in that. Had it stayed at 10 percent, 122 million more children would have died.” ChildrenAgeMillionsFivePercentDiedFactorsVaccines Author:Bill Gates
“I do think what the Tea Party also had was Obamacare and the unpopularity of that, at least at the time. And so whether there is something that is equally unpopular and equally galvanizing that is almost self-destructive from the administration, that's another factor that we will wait and see.” ThinkingSelfWaitingPartyFactorsAdministrationTeaDestructiveObamacareTea PartySelf Destructive Author:Mark Shields
“Donald Trump has the media wrapped around his little finger. And this is a contributing factor to why so many people are bothered and upset, because even in the Republican establishment, the media is looked at as a legitimate player in the power arrangement of politics.” PeopleLittlesPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanFingersFactorsUpsetEstablishmentArrangementsBotheredContributing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republican establishment, the Democrat establishment agree and accept that the media is an equal player in the ruling class. Trump has blown all of that out the window. As such, the normal ways that people in politics are controlled, the normal way that people are contained - the ways people are promoted, punished, destroyed, what have you - are all out the window where Trump is concerned. And therefore the media is considered by the ruling class to be one of the great leveling factors.” PeopleWayAcceptingClassPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanEqualNormalConcernedWindowAgreeDemocratFactorsDestroyedControlledEstablishmentRuling Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media is news gatherers. Why in the world are the media a factor?” WorldMediaNewsFactors Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Of course [the White House press corps] are a factor, and the reason is they're not media. They happen to pretend or portray people running around finding out things nobody else knows and telling everybody, but that's not what they do.” PeopleKnowsReasonHappensRunningCoursesHouseWhiteMediaFindingsPressesFactorsWhite House Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Love for coworkers, love for customers, love for the product and love for self. Walt Disney instilled all of these "loves" in his company. Each of these factors is critical to achieving success in any organization.” SelfCompanyAchieveProductsAnd LoveOrganizationCriticalCustomersFactorsWaltAchieving SuccessCoworker Author:Bill Capodagli
“In every single case, the truth is that the atmosphere created by the Iraq invasion and the staggeringly mismanaged occupation has incited terrorists to act. It's been a contributing factor. It's unavoidable throughout Europe - in Spain, in Germany, in Britain. The truth is that we need long-term American policy to shift in order to really soak up and get rid of these sources of terrorism that threaten our Western allies.” NeedsLongOrderTermCasesPolicySourceTruth IsEuropeWesternIraqTerrorismTerroristFactorsAtmosphereLong TermGermanyBritainOccupationAlliesSpainInvasionContributing Author:Sidney Blumenthal
“This fear factor, this war driver is a very strong one and it's been with the species ever since the beginning and it motivated the Great Wall of China. War can be aggressive or defensive, right? So it motivated the Great Wall of China. Our space program was reactive to Russia.” WarStrongSpaceWallProgramSpeciesChinaRussiaFactorsDriversMotivatedAggressiveVery StrongSpace ProgramGreat WallGreat Wall Of China Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There was one element of my childhood that was really a positive asset for me. By moving a lot, I learned to assimilate into whatever new surroundings I had and to become very comfortable with people quickly. I think that was one of the strongest contributing factors to my becoming an actor, because I constantly had to readjust, even reinvent. But at the same time, it also became very easy for me not to become attached to people, places, or things. I learned to enjoy people and places for the time I had, for the moment, to be in the moment, and move on.” PeopleThinkingMomentsMovingActorsEasyEnjoyChildhoodBecomingElementsComfortableFactorsStrongestAssetsSurroundingsContributing Author:Demi Moore
“Diversity hasn't a thing to do with why this country is great. Diversity is not a factor in any way when defining or explaining America's greatness.” WayCountryAmericaGreatnessDiversityFactorsThings To DoDefiningExplainingGreat Diversity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is Chairman Mao who should be held primarily responsible for the Great Leap Forward. But it didn't take him long - just a few months - to recognize his mistake, and he did so before the rest of us and proposed corrections. And in 1962, when because of some other factors those corrections had not been fully carried out, he made a self-criticism. But the lessons were not fully drawn, and as a result the "Cultural Revolution" erupted.” ShouldLongMadeSelfResultsMistakeRevolutionMonthsLessonsCriticismResponsibleFactorsLeapChairmanCorrectionsMaoSelf CriticismChairman Mao Author:Deng Xiaoping
“You want the president to be uninfluenced by any factors other than his advisers and the best interests of the United States. I think, on that category, Donald Trump easily beats Hillary Clinton.” ThinkingWantStatesPresidentInterestUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBeatsClintonFactorsCategoriesAdviser Author:Kris Kobach
“Possess the "Nobel Factor": Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change; but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent."” CareChoicesWorryHairBirdOptimismAncientFactorsChineseNestsNobelHope And FaithChinese Proverb Author:Warren G. Bennis
“Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.” KnowsInstinctFactorsPuckGretzky Author:Warren G. Bennis
“For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.” ArtImportantMovingStepsPaintingMaterialsStressHarmonyEnvironmentalArchitectureFactorsSculptureOutputEnvironmental Factors Author:Santiago Calatrava
“He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.” ThinkingMenHumansStoriesForceDifferencesEconomicFactorsOne ManHistorianMarxistRebuttal Author:Boris Johnson
“All great hotels should have stellar personalized service, a unique design that gives guests a sense of place, an excellent on-site restaurant, and other fantastic amenities. Obviously location is a key factor as well.” GivingShouldWellsDesignKeysUniqueShould HaveFactorsFantasticExcellentRestaurantsHotelGuestsSiteLocationAmenitiesStellarSense Of PlacePersonalized Author:Ivanka Trump
“If you're dealing with grappling [with] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make a bigger impact on that than any other factor - not these various regulations [such as] you have to have one child or that. It turns out that none of these are effective.” PeopleIfsChildrenProblemSchoolTurnsGirlBiggerImpactVariousFactorsRegulationFeedingReductionSchooledFertilityGrappling Author:Amartya Sen
“[The] USA has been immensely successful in making the determination to deal with terrorism [as] a factor in the global world and, similarly, if it took a similar interest in education, it could make a difference.” IfsWorldHas BeensInterestDifferencesDealsSuccessfulDeterminationTerrorismFactorsUsaMaking A Difference Author:Amartya Sen
“The fact that schools can actually be a major factor in cementing the world is a factor that's worth considering, the fact that we all have a shared human identity in addition to many other identities.” WorldHumansFactsSchoolIdentityMajorsFactorsConsidering Author:Amartya Sen
“An Arab activist can take pride in the Arab heritage of mathematics and science or he can take pride in his religion, and there's pride to be taken in both. But one of them could be exploited much more easily and has been in the context of world conflict. And the other is very difficult to do on the grounds that science and literature and mathematics have been among the uniting factors in the history of the world.” WorldHas BeensLiteratureDifficultTakenPrideConflictMathematicsFactorsActivistHeritageWorld HistoryUnitingMathematics And Science Author:Amartya Sen
“Thailand's economic development was driven by educational expansion. That has been a very dramatic factor, and South Asia had been pretty miserable in not learning from that experience.” Has BeensEconomicDevelopmentSouthEducationalDrivenFactorsMiserableDramaticExpansionAsiaEconomic DevelopmentThailandSouth Asia Author:Amartya Sen
“Cats, dogs, and some I mean, birds, many species of mammals, they also have the sort of potential to show affection firstly because of the biological factor.” MeanShowsDogBirdCatSpeciesAffectionFactorsMammalsCat Dog Author:Dalai Lama
“The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps.” HelpingAffectionFactorsStrengthening Author:Dalai Lama
“While there were many factors in the 2016 election, from false news to voter suppression and Russian hacking, the question is why so many people responded to Donald Trump's demagoguery.” PeopleTrumpNewsElectionFactorsVotersSuppressionHackingDemagogueryVoter Suppression Author:Riane Eisler
“There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to decline with increasing industrialization and education. The US, however, is off the chart, ranking near devastated peasant societies. About 1/2 the population believe the world was created a few thousand years ago: the justification for the belief is that that is what they were ordered to believe by authority figures to whom they were taught one must subordinate oneself. And on, and on.” WorldYearsBelieveBeliefReligiousStudyFiguresTaughtThousandAuthorityYears AgoOneselfPopulationFactorsDeclineJustificationThousand YearsPeasantsFanaticismSubordinatesDevastatedRankingIndustrializationAuthority Figures Author:Noam Chomsky
“The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message the film has - only then do I sign on the dotted line.” NeedsFeelsStoriesFilmLinesMessagesExcitedFactorsExcitement Author:Aamir Khan
“The argument goes that the pay gap only exists because of women's 'choices' of work type, hours, and child related career breaks, effectively making it a myth. But research shows that while those are factors, they don't account for the whole gap, suggesting that discrimination certainly plays a role as well.” WellsChildrenPlayWholeShowsChoicesHoursPayCareersRolesBreakTypeResearchArgumentAccountsMythDiscriminationFactorsRelatedGapsSuggestingPay Gap Author:Laura Bates
“I'm a believer in biochemistry. But I tell people to try only one thing at a time to see if it works. And if you do give a powerful drug to a kid, it better have a big wow factor.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingBigsKidsPowerfulOne ThingDrugBelieverFactorsWowOne Thing At A TimeBiochemistry Author:Temple Grandin
“There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal markets. Perhaps this point can be initially made by reference to the decline of democracy and the erosion of human rights within the United States since the 9/11 attacks.” HumansMadeStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsDegreesHuman RightsFactorsOperationsRelevantDeclineErosionIncompatibilityDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Richard A. Falk
“I think there are a lot of factors going into an election. I think the bottom line is - is that Donald Trump is gonna be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America. And it's not necessarily profitable to sort of try to untangle all the different factors that went into it.” ThinkingTryingDifferentStatesAmericaPresidentLinesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpElectionBottomFactorsUnited States Of AmericaBottom LineProfitable Author:Barack Obama
“I don't actually have cable. I watch TV, but only shows that I buy on DVD. As a result my TV rage factor is pretty low right now. I do have a real distaste for those extreme makeover shows. I once caught a roommate watching one and proceeded to rant for almost 15 solid minutes about how, in watching that bullshit, she was actively contributing to the destruction of all civilization.” RealShowsResultsWatchesMinutesTvsCivilizationRight NowLowsDestructionCaughtExtremesRageFactorsBullshitCablesContributingDvdsRantRoommateDistasteMakeovers Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Nowadays, we have to deal with so many more factors that weren't there in the past. It's not enough to be a good rider, if you want to finish at the front. The riders have become incredible athletes. In the past, you could manage the race and fight only on the last laps. Now you need to train hard. You cannot allow yourself to go on track without being at 100 percent.” IfsWantNeedsHardEnoughLastsPastFightingDealsRaceFrontsGoes OnPercentTrainIncrediblesAthleteTrackFactorsManageLapRidersTrain Hard Author:Valentino Rossi
“Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make them different.' What she meant was that in my films there is a character that faces insurmountable odds, and they overcome them. But I thought that might be true, but you need certain factors for drama, and you need to overcome them.” NeedsSaidDifferentHardCharacterMightFilmFacesCertainHard WorkDramaOvercomingExcuseFactorsBeing TrueJournalistOddsExcuse MeInsurmountableInsurmountable Odds Author:Danny Boyle
“I had a lot of fantasies about being an architect when I was young, and I think I still do. On a visceral level, I'm very intellectually and emotionally attracted to acknowledging how space functions in our lives, both in terms of pleasure and in terms of control, and in terms of all those factors that form a life. I'm also very anxious and maybe repulsed by how superficial that whole dialogue can become.” ThinkingStillsWholeFormYoungTermSpacePleasureLevelsFantasyOur LivesFunctionDialogueFactorsAnxiousArchitectSuperficialVisceral Author:Tom Burr
“To think that we are disconnected in some way serves the occupation whether it's through indifference or a distancing. It is a colonial approach of making you a subject and them the spectators. That is disturbing and counterproductive. And then suddenly they are surprised or find it alienating that the microcosmic effects of Palestine are happening in the U.S., France, and England, whether it's from the Islamic movements or immigration factors. Keeping a false purity of their countries will harm them eventually.” ThinkingWayCountrySubjectsEffectsMovementApproachHappeningsEnglandHarmImmigrationFactorsFranceIndifferencePurityIslamicOccupationPalestineSpectatorsDisturbingDisconnectedCounterproductiveFrance And England Author:Elia Suleiman
“I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter.” KnowsProblemPoliticalPresidentStudyEconomicLowsScientistElectionDefeatProductivityFactorsRisingUnemploymentInflationCarterEconomic ProblemsPresident Carter Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.” PeopleImportantSchoolYoungModelsStandardsTestsExcitingMethodFactorsEducatedAccountabilityUrbanBusiness ModelsSuccess Or Failure Author:Jonathan Kozol
“If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.” IfsConsciousFactorsBiasNoveltyBeing A Woman Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.” WorldMeanDoeWarEndsAttitudePovertyViolenceThis WorldNegativeDefinitionsDiscriminationFactorsInequalityReally MeanMy Attitude Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.” WaySelfInternetSmartPhonesFactors Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“I've always competed in those shows. Like, I won 'Fear Factor', I did 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here', I did 'The Mole', 'Celebrity Apprentice' with Donald Trump. I've done a lot of those shows, all in the hope of being a blessing to my mom's organization.” DoneShowsMomTrumpBlessingOrganizationMy MomFactorsApprenticeMoles Author:Stephen Baldwin