“I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on TV. I've been on TV. I could be on TV all the time if I wanted to. But most people will never get on TV. It has to be a real breakthrough for them. And trouble is, people will do almost anything to get on it. You know, confess to crimes they haven't committed. You don't exist unless you're on TV. Yeah, it's a validation process.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsBelieveRealWantedI BelieveProcessTroubleCrimeHavensTvsRight NowMajorsEthicsUniversalYeahCommittedBreakthroughValidationAmerican SocietyWants And Needs Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.” WorldWantHas BeensHappensNextEnergySpaceWatchesGoneStudentsTaughtSourceMajorsIntellectualCapacityMortalsAweBreakthroughSpace TravelRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesRenewable Energy Sources Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The record of the rocks contains very little, other than bacteria and one-celled plants until, about a billion years ago, after some three billion years of invisible progress, a major breakthrough occurred. The first many-celled creatures appeared on earth.” YearsFirstsLittlesEarthThreeRecordsProgressRocksCreaturesMajorsYears AgoPlantBillionsInvisibleBreakthroughBacteria Author:Robert Jastrow
“The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.” MonthsAmountCoupleMajorsGuitarSteelBreakthroughBending Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.” Has BeensMajorsInnovationStringsExecutionBreakthroughMisguided Author:Frans Johansson
“The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential to make India competitive and attractive for investment.” StatesMajorsIndiaConstitutionInnovationInvestmentAttractiveConsensusBreakthroughAmending The Constitution Author:Narendra Modi
“To have a major breakthrough in policy, you have to be able to stop and think.” ThinkingAblePolicyMajorsBreakthrough Author:Newt Gingrich
“Every time you have a major breakthrough in self-knowledge, and see the way the divine works within your own psyche, external events, and interior experiences of the divine, you are transformed in some degree.” WaySelfEventsDivineDegreesMajorsTransformedSelf KnowledgeInteriorsBreakthrough Author:Thomas Keating
“We paired this announcement of the R&D [commitment] with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."” EnergyCompanyReadyMajorsCommitmentInnovationSignificantHeyInvestorsBreakthroughCoalitionsAnnouncements Author:Bill Gates
“The Refugee Convention of 1951 was a major breakthrough, outlining the rights of those displaced across borders as well as the legal obligations of states to protect them.” WellsStatesRightsProtectMajorsObligationBordersConventionsRefugeeBreakthroughOutlining Author:Kofi Annan
“What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older generation. There was a rupture in continuity, since most young people influenced by those breakthroughs did not enter the professions.” PeopleHas BeensYoungGenerationsMajorsIntellectualForgottenProfessionThanksBreakthrough1960sContinuityAmerican WriterOlder GenerationRupture Author:Camille Paglia