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“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory'.”

Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

“As long as nuclear weapons exist, there is a risk that they will be used. And the consequences of their use would be catastrophic. This realization has led to increased engagement, not least through the humanitarian initiative. We must now use this broad engagement to garner support and to push for real results in the disarmament field.”

Long Real Use Would Be Used Results Support Risk Fields Weapons Consequence Humanitarian Nuclear Realization Broads Engagement Initiative Nuclear Weapons Disarmament

Author:Margot Wallstrom

“We need many more intrepid women who set out to expand both their and our concepts of the world. We need them in writing just as we need them in politics. We need that sense of adventure, of reaching wider, delving deeper, pushing further afield, whether that field be geographical, intellectual, political, personal, or all of these and more. Enough with decorousness. Let us risk preconceptions and treasured philosophies, bodies and souls. Let us be big and bawdy and full of courage. Let's go.”

World Needs Writing Soul Enough Philosophy Body Bigs Political Risk Fields Adventure Intellectual Concepts Deeper Reaching Pushing Preconceptions Treasured Delving

Author:Lesley Hazleton

“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”

Faith Religious Chance Loss Risk Fields Position Errors Believer Stakes Hypothesis

Book:James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

Source: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

“Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards, mortgages and other financial products. The result is that consumers can't make direct product comparisons, markets aren't competitive, and costs are higher. If the playing field is leveled and the broken market fixed, a lot more money will stay in the pockets of millions of hard-working families. That's real stimulus - money to families, without increasing our national debt.”

“Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every field combining high risk and complexity. Checklists seem lowly and simplistic, but they help fill in for the gaps in our brains and between our brains.”

Helping Seems Turns Brain Quality Risk Fields Revolution Tools Productivity Complexity Aviation Gaps Construction Engineering Combining High Risk Checklists

Author:Atul Gawande

“I remain an active volunteer in the field of at-risk youth, so I'm pretty familiar with the landscape as it stands now, but I don't have any qualifications or an exhaustive body of research to back up my observations.”

Body Risk Fields Youth Research Active Familiar Observation Landscape Volunteer Qualifications

Author:Janice Erlbaum

“When I began to dare to be clear, because I think clarity is the real risk in poetry because you are exposed. You're out in the open field. You're actually saying things that are comprehensible, and it's easy to criticize something you can understand.”

Thinking Real Easy Clear Risk Fields Dare Clarity Poetry Is Criticize Exposed Open Fields

Author:Billy Collins

“If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.”

Ifs Kind Problem Able Risk Fashion Fields Solve Variety Taking Risks Colossal

Author:Benoit Mandelbrot

“It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a student loan or a mortgage or a credit card, they know the tricks and traps hidden in the fine print. That's why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working on a new financial aid shopping sheet. A shorter, two-page credit card agreement, a simpler mortgage disclosure form. All those are aimed toward helping people understand the basic bargain.”