“The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.” PeopleHardUseAsksGamesWinningSecretImpressionCommandAsk MeComplaintsDebugging Author:Graham Nelson
“It is such hard work to keep your heart hidden! And worse, by the time you find it easy, it will be harder still to show it. It is a terrible magic in this world to ask for exactly the thing you want. Not least because to know exactly the thing you want and look it in the eye is a long, long labor.” KnowsWorldWantLooksHeartLongStillsHardShowsEyeAsksEasyMagicThis WorldHard WorkTerribleLaborHarder Book:The Fairyland Series Source: The Fairyland Series
“Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?” IfsFeelsTryingLittlesHardBodyAsksPayCuttingPolicyNeededBehaviorQuittingFirmBoardsEmployeeUnfairUnemploymentBehalfDissatisfied Author:Janet Yellen
“Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.” IfsKnowsLittlesHardPlayAsksPlayerHarderHonestlyTrashIt Is What It IsHolding BackTrash Talk Author:Jason Babin
“The process of just being in front of people, having to stand up for your ideas, and ask - and then ask people for money, which is a very hard thing to do.” PeopleIdeasHardAsksProcessFrontsThings To DoJust BeingHard Things Author:David Plotz
“How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the family standing in front of it? What is it about the anatomy of the people that doesn't look right? Then let them try it again. Teach them to learn how to see and ask questions.” PeopleShouldTryingLooksChildrenHardBigsAsksHouseTeachFrontsStandingComparisonAnatomy Book:Triskell Tales: Twenty-two Years of Chapbooks Source: Triskell Tales: Twenty-two Years of Chapbooks
“What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.” IfsThinkingShouldChildrenLongI CanBookHardAsksBe GoodAsk MeChildren's Books Author:Astrid Lindgren
“Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the end, it's ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they're challenged? I ask everybody that: 'Why are you here?' The answers themselves are not what you're looking for. It's the meta-data.” KnowsInspirationalFeelsPersonsEndsHardEnoughAsksHoursAnswersFindingsDataInterviewsGutsNeedlesOne Hour Author:Steve Jobs
“I think the hard thing about this job [stand-up] I mean, I think this part is great but that the traveling is y'know, 'cause 'cause I'm gone a lot from home and this time I'm out for three-and-a-half weeks without going home, and that's hard, to be gone three-and-a-half weeks 'cause then I have to ask my friends, "Would you mind going to the house and watering the plants, and turn some lights on and make it look like somebody's home, and make sure that the mobile over the crib isn't tangled or the baby's gonna get bored.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksMeanHardHomeLightJobsTurnsThreeAsksHouseCausesHalfGoneWeekBabyMy FriendsPlantBoredMobileHard ThingsTangledGoing Home Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“The NFL has a hard cap, but if you ask 20 NFL experts who is going to win the Super Bowl this year, you might get 20 different answers. If you then asked 20 baseball experts who is going to represent the American League in the World Series, at least 90 percent of them would say the Yankees and the rest would say Seattle.” IfsWorldYearsDifferentHardMightAsksWinningAnswersPercentBaseballSeriesLeagueExpertsNflBowlsYankeesCapsSuper BowlSeattleWorld Series Author:Bob DuPuy
“Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.” PeopleRealHardAsksLeaderComfortManageZoneDistressComfort ZoneHard Questions Author:Alan Hirsch
“I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.” IfsKnowsTryingI CanSometimesHardGuyAsksHard WorkHumbleCocky Author:Shabazz Muhammad