“We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore.” IfsTwoImportantSocialHoursCommonWorryMediaMajorsPoliceTrainSocial MediaCommon SenseStationsBusClosingRiotTrain Stations Author:Louise Mensch
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” PeopleInspirationalMotivationalLeadershipCommonLeaderVisionAnxietyMajorsEssenceCharacteristicsWillingnessGreat LeaderBeing A LeaderInspiring LeaderGreat LeadershipLeadership By Famous LeadersBest LeaderLeadership By Great LeadersGreatest LeadershipFuture LeadersPowerful LeadersInnovation And LeadershipParticipative LeadershipLeading On Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Aside from certain rare cancers, it is not possible to detect any sudden changes in the death rates for any of the major cancers that could be credited to chemotherapy. Whether any of the common cancers can be cured by chemotherapy has yet to be established.” CertainCommonMajorsRateCancerChemotherapySudden Change Author:John Cairns
“In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.” MenPersonsCharacterCommonWiseMajorsFollyDiscourse Book:Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth Source: Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth
“The major break in the understanding of manliness is not between, say, the nineteenth century and any particular preceding era but between my generation of Baby Boomers and the entire proceeding complex of teachings. In some ways, TR and Churchill have more in common with Homer and Shakespeare than they do with us.” MenWayUnderstandingCommonBreakGenerationsTeachingCenturyParticularBabyMajorsComplexesErasManhoodMy GenerationNineteenth CenturyProceedingManlinessBoomersBaby Boomer Author:Waller R Newell
“A person who takes a walk of 100 feet and a person who walks 2,000 miles have one major thing in common. They both need to take a first step before they take a second step.” NeedsFirstsPersonsWalksCommonStepsFeetMajorsMilesFirst Steps Author:Zelig Pliskin
“The outcome of the referendum does not affect those of my officials who have British nationality, since they work for Europe and not for the UK. They have made a major contribution to our common European project, and I will continue to count on their talent and commitment.” DoeMadeCommonTalentProjectsMajorsCommitmentEuropeBritishOutcomesOfficialsContributionNationalityReferendums Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.” ThinkingWholeCommonIssuesMajorsAreasThreatChinaAccessNuclearShipsRegionsStabilityProvidingKoreaPacificProliferationNuclear Proliferation Author:Leon Panetta
“Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.” LanguageReligiousCommonEffectsMajorsNationalismCommon LanguageMolding Author:Hilaire Belloc
“I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that.” PeopleTryingChildrenTwoShowsKidsDifferencesCommonStreetsActivityProjectsMajorsDrawingGathering Author:Marjane Satrapi