“Several factors besides skill are more significant in professional writers than in most amateurs. One is love of the surface level of language: the sound of it; the taste of it on the tongue; what it can be made to do in virtuosic passages that exist only for their own sake, like cadenzas in baroque concerti. Writers in love with their tools are not unlike surgeons obsessed with their scalpels, or Arctic sled racers who sleep among their dogs even when they don't have to.” WritingMadeLanguageSoundSleepLevelsDogTasteSkillsToolsSakeTongueSurfaceSignificantFactorsObsessedPassagesSurgeonsArcticBaroqueRacersScalpels Book:The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain Source: The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
“Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired.” MadeDifferentMatterFacesPartyLeaderPromiseRepublicanDemocratSignificantSignificant ChangeDifferent Faces Author:James Morcan
“Every time a significant discovery is being made one sets in motion a tremendous activity in laboratories and industrial enterprises throughout the world. It is like the ant who suddenly finds food and walks back to the anthill while sending out material called food attracting substance. The other ants follow the path immediately in order to benefit from the finding and continue to do so as long as the supply is rich.” WorldLongMadeScienceOrderWalksPathRichMaterialsActivityBenefitsFindingsDiscoverySignificantSubstanceEnterpriseAntsLaboratory Author:Bengt I. Samuelsson
“In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid rate. Pollution destroys beauty and menaces health. It cuts down on efficiency, reduces property values and raises taxes. Almost all these wastes and pollutions are the result of activities carried on for the benefit of man. A prime national goal must be an environment that is pleasing to the senses and healthy to live in. Our Government is already doing much in this field. We have made significant progress. But more must be done.” MenMadeDoneGovernmentLastsValuesGoalResultsBeautyEnvironmentCuttingGrowingProgressFieldsHealthySceneActivityTaxesWasteBenefitsRaisesPropertyRateDecadesSensesSignificantPrimeCategoriesPollutionEfficiencyPlagueRapidsMenacePollution Control Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can mark changes they've made in their lives to reach their potential and become the person they were created to be. With each passing year, I want to make good choices that make me a better person, help me become a better leader, and make a positive impact on others.” WantYearsPersonsMadeHelpingMotivationalChoicesLeaderMarkImpactSignificantPassingPassingsHelp MePassagesBetter PersonPassage Of TimePositive ImpactGood Choices Author:John C. Maxwell
“Bush made a point of emphasizing to me that unlike his father's administration, his was one of significant "walk-in access" to the Oval Office.” MadeFatherWalksOfficeAccessSignificantAdministrationOval Author:Robert Draper
“I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed.” BelieveMadeAgeI BelieveDecisionStudyRiskInformationRegretMonthsFindingsMalesFinalsSignificantDataAfrican AmericanReportsArticlesAutismJournalVaccinesI RegretProtocol Author:William Thompson
“After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made.” WorldWayYearsMadeCountryGrowsStuffMysteryFiguresAmbitionHatredSignificantSurroundLegendsBoundlessVisitingMenace Author:John F. Kennedy