“Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.” ThinkingYearsKindIssuesFeetBasketballMajorsMajorityFactorsGet BetterInjuryNbaPlayoffsDuncan Author:Bill Walton
“It's a good idea not to major in minor things.” IdeasMajorsMajorityGood IdeasMinorsMinor Things Author:Tony Robbins
“The greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison Edison's first major invention, in 1877, was the phonograph, which could soon be found in thousands of American homes, where it basically sat until 1923, when the record was invented.” FirstsHomeFoundRecordsMajorsMajorityInventionSatPioneersElectricalPhonograph Author:Dave Barry
“The gulf coast region has been hit hard by two major hurricanes and is going to need federal assistance at several levels, The best way to make sure that the resources are targeted properly is for us to see this area firsthand. I am pleased that members from both sides of the aisle share my commitment to making sure that the relief effort is targeted and managed as efficiently as possible.” WayNeedsHas BeensTwoHardSidesLevelsEffortShareMembersMajorsCommitmentResourcesAreasMajorityBest WayReliefRegionsCoastBoth SidesAssistanceHurricanesAisle Author:Bob Goodlatte
“You don't need a major label and they sure don't need you.” NeedsMajorsMajorityLabelsNeed YouDon't Need You Author:Alan Light
“There are major disappointments with the outcomes of Solidarity: corruption, and major pockets of economic backwardness and even poverty. By and large, though, if there were a choice between the life Poles led in the 1970s and 1980s and now, nobody but a lunatic would say they wanted to have back what they had before.” IfsWantedChoicesPovertyEconomicMajorsMajorityDisappointmentCorruptionOutcomesPocketsSolidarityLunatic Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.” ShouldNumbersMajorsBaseballMajorityLeagueRetiringJackieMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Carlos Beltran
“While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.” AbleLevelsFiguresMajorsWeaponsPercentDestructionAccountsMajorityIraqProductionsSignificantAgentsCertaintyFactoriesDispositionEquipmentItemsDisarmamentWeaponry Author:Scott Ritter
“Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.” PeopleKnowsPlayGamesMajorsMajorityVideoSuperhero Author:Jim Lee
“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.” GivingDoneActionPoliticalProcessChanceEconomyMediaConflictBenefitsMajorsCapitalismMajorityClimate ChangeStuckMinoritiesElitesCatastropheThreateningOutletsEmissions Author:Naomi Klein
“A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.” CharacterMajorsMajorityUnconscious Author:Graham Greene
“I've been on a major label for 14 years. I've always wanted as many people as possible to hear my music, and it definitely made sense for the majority of my career to be on a major label, on a distribution level, to be in people's faces and be out there, and have access to major labels' incredible machine, even though they have not understood or haven't been invested in what I was doing.” PeopleYearsMadeWantedFacesLevelsCareersHavensMajorsUnderstoodMachinesMajorityIncrediblesAccessLabelsDistribution Author:DJ Shadow
“The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.” SeemsValuesMajorsIncreaseMajorityWork OutShareholdersMergersShareholder Value Author:Barry Ritholtz
“[The] majority of the girls working there had major emotional problems. And not cries-too-much emotional problems; more like stabs-her-boyfriend-with-a-steak-knife-then-falls-into-a-corner-and-starts-whispering-to-herself emotional problems.” ProblemFallGirlToo MuchCryEmotionalMajorsMajorityCornersKnivesWhisperingSteakEmotional Problems Author:Justin Halpern
“There is no question that the US market is the hardest to break into. I believe that the reason for this primarily has to do with the fact that the majority of the most powerful radio stations in the US are owned by Clear Channel. They are massive and have the ability to break artists worldwide. For the most part, they are dealing directly with the major labels in the US, with whom they have had long relationships. If you are an artist that is not being pushed by Clear Channel radio in the US, your chances of becoming a household name are slim.” IfsBelieveLongReasonFactsArtistNamesI BelieveChanceAbilityPowerfulBreakClearBecomingMajorsMajorityRadioHardestLabelsMost PowerfulMassiveStationsHouseholdSlimRadio StationsLong Relationship Author:Wendy Starland
“There are clearly environmental factors that can decrease the incidence and death from cancer. I would still say though that the majority of cancers cannot be prevented at this point, but they can be treated and they can be treated two major ways.” WayStillsTwoMajorsMajorityEnvironmentalCancerTreatedFactorsDecreaseIncidenceEnvironmental Factors Author:Laurie Glimcher
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.” MatterProblemSecurityBecomingMajorsMajorityMinoritiesInsufficientMajor Change Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent the time on Obamacare, which had real benefits, 20 million insured, but not on inequality, was a major cost to the Democratic Party, costing them their majorities, but also a bit of a cost to the country, because it didn't address the fundamental issues that led to Donald Trump and that led to a lot of unhappiness, just the continued widening inequality.” ThinkingRealCountryHouseBitsWhiteViewsPartyMillionsIssuesTrumpCostBenefitsMajorsFundamentalsMajorityDemocraticCongressPoint Of ViewInequalityAddressesUnhappinessWhite HouseProgressiveDemocratic PartyObamacare Author:David Brooks
“The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.” TwoChallengesSituationEconomicCenturyPlanetsMajorsMajority21st Century Author:E. O. Wilson