“[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.” YearsHumansMeanMadeScienceFiveFoodGoes OnIndustryCircumstancesIncreaseTwentiesFasterFive YearsTwenty FiveRatiosSubsistence Author:Thomas Malthus
“It is useless to check the vain dunce who has caught the mania of scribbling, whether prose or poetry, canzonets or criticisms,--let such a one go on till the disease exhausts itself. Opposition like water, thrown on burning oil, but increases the evil, because a person of weak judgment will seldom listen to reason, but become obstinate under reproof.” PersonsReasonEvilWaterGoes OnDiseaseJudgmentCriticismWeakIncreaseCaughtOilChecksBurningUselessVainProseOppositionThrownManiaObstinateDuncesReproof Author:Sarah Josepha Hale
“This is the only way to reach the goal, to tell ourselves, and to tell everybody else, that we are divine. And as we go on repeating this, strength comes. He who falters at first will get stronger and stronger, and the voice will increase in volume until the truth takes possession of our hearts, and courses through our veins, and permeates our bodies.” WayFirstsHeartBodyCoursesGoalVoiceStrengthDivineGoes OnIncreaseStrongerPossessionVolumeVeins Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.” ArtProblemStudentsCollegeGoes OnDisciplineAchievementIncreaseGraduatesOddsBoostPerforming ArtsArt EducationMusic EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“When a major airline goes on a route that a new entrant has gone into, reduces fares, increases capacity, and then when the new entrant goes off, they leave the route, that's not competition.” GoneGoes OnMajorsCapacityIncreaseCompetitionRoutesAirline Author:John McCain
“Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.” YearsGoes OnIncreaseEnvironmentalPopulationRatiosWorld PopulationPopulation Explosion Author:Thomas Malthus