“Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.” YearsBigsNightWinningSidesGoalMemoriesEffortFourWonderfulBattleRedWingsCupsEvery NightTeammateThrough The YearsStanleyMusterStanley CupWonderful Memories Author:Ted Lindsay
“I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life. The four of us will continue our close friendship, and I look forward to hearing their future efforts as the world's biggest R.E.M. fan.” WorldYearsLooksDifferentMovingFriendshipEffortFourFansReadyHearingPhasesClose FriendsClose Friendship Author:Bill Berry
“China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the prevention of bird flu is an important target of the organization, which includes Russia, China and four Central Asian states.” ShouldImportantStatesEffortFourSeriousMembersDiseaseBirdOrganizationChinaRussiaTargetCombatCooperationAsianFluPreventionInfectious DiseasesBird Flu Author:Wen Jiabao
“That the sweetly intoxicating three-four rhythm which took hold of hand & foot, necessarily eclipsed great & serious music & made the audience unfit for any intellectual effort goes without saying.” MadeHandsThreeEffortAudienceFourFeetSeriousIntellectualRhythm Author:Eduard Hanslick
“I'll admit, right away, that I am disappointed that we did not have a major trophy to show for our efforts. We were in four and we had a good side, but when you count second place as failure, then standards are becoming fantastically high. We never celebrate second place here.” ShowsSidesEffortFourBecomingMajorsStandardsCelebrateSoccerDisappointedTrophiesSecond PlaceI Am Disappointed Author:Bob Paisley
“Sometimes HR transformations have been definitions. Just because someone does an e-HR system or puts in a new talent system or changes the HR function does not mean an HR transformation has occurred. We identified four phases of HR transformation. Missing any of the four phases would be an incomplete effort.” MeanDoeHas BeensSometimesWould BeEffortFourTalentMissingFunctionTransformationDefinitionsPhasesIncompleteNew Talent Author:Dave Ulrich
“In the United States, throughout all twenty-four hours of every day of the year - year after year - we have an average of two million automobiles standing in front of red lights with their engines going, the energy for which amounts to that generated by the full of efforts of 200 million horses being completley wasted as they jump up and down going nowhere.” YearsTwoStatesLightEnergyHoursUnitedEffortMillionsUnited StatesFourFrontsAmountRedStandingHorseTwentiesAverageEnginesUp And DownAutomobileDays Of The YearRed Lights Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort — taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles — to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.” PeopleYearsFoundEffortFourResearchConsciousMeetingsMarketingStoresFour YearsConvenientGroceriesHookedLabsAisleGrocery StoresInexpensive Author:Michael Moss
“... I'm sort of a nervous person with the camera, so I will just shoot arbitrarily until I can focus and compose something, and then I make a shot. So generally, in [the] proof sheets, there are only three or four really concentrated efforts to take a photograph. It's not like a professional kind of person who sets it up so every photograph looks really cool.” LooksKindPersonsI CanThreeEffortFocusFourShotsCamerasPhotographProofNervousSheetsReally Cool Book:Dennis Hopper: Interviews Source: Dennis Hopper: Interviews
“Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrific possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can't remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, projectile vomiting, a nasty rash, a four-hour erection, and sudden death. Sudden death is my favorite because there is something comical about it being a side effect. What exactly is the main effect in that case? Relief from abdominal bloating?” I CanRememberCausesSidesHoursEffortCasesFourEffectsTelevisionDrugMy FavoriteListsDamageReliefSecondsAdsFifteenNastyPillsLiverTherapeuticHorrificSide EffectsComicalNauseaOdditiesVomitingSudden DeathExactly IsProjectileAbdominals Author:Charles Krauthammer