“You cannot keep up a nightlife and amount to anything in the day. You cannot indulge in those foods and liquors that destroy the physique and still hope to have a physique that functions with the minimum of destruction to itself. A candle burnt at both ends may shed a brighter light, but the darkness that follows is for a longer time.” MayStillsEndsLightDarknessHealthAmountDestructionFunctionCandleShedMinimumIndulgeBrighterLiquorIndulge InTime HealsPhysiqueNightlife Author:Coco Chanel
“To function effectively, the system scientist must know a considerable amount about the natural world AND about mathematics, without being an expert in either field. This is clearly a prescription for career disaster in today's world of ultra-high specialization.” KnowsWorldTodayNaturalCareersFieldsAmountScientistFunctionMathematicsDisasterExpertsNatural WorldPrescriptionsToday's WorldSpecializationUltras Author:John L. Casti
“I think what we need is better understanding of how to do risk analysis of a CDO, but that they still can perform a very valuable function because they can aggregate these risks and pass them around so that mortgages or other kinds of loans can be packaged and sold to investors all over the world, who in most times, would justify a small amount of each one.” ThinkingWorldNeedsKindStillsUnderstandingRiskAmountFunctionValuableAnalysisJustifyInvestorsLoanMortgageSmall Amounts Author:Robert F. Engle
“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.” IfsWellsWaterNaturalAliveAirAmountFunctionSoilPositive EnergyBiodiversity Author:David Suzuki
“The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country.” HumansCountryNumbersGreaterRightsHeardAmountFunctionHuman RightsProtectedComplaintsViolationInverseViolation Of Human Rights Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive – or repellent, depending on the situation – that a considerable amount more seems to happen to them, and likewise, their presence in a certain place makes more seem to happen around them. They’re magical people. They have special power.” PeopleHumansSeemsHappensCertainSituationSpecialAmountFunctionAttractiveMagnet Author:Daniel Wallace