“The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that suddenly we have to do this because of the San Bernardino case doesn't really pass the straight-face test. I mean, they've been talking about this. And to say, well, it will only apply to this case, that just - that doesn't wash. This is a major piece of public policy.” YearsWellsMeanHas BeensFacesCommunityTalkingCasesPiecesPolicyParticularMajorsTestsArguingAlarmsFbiPublic PolicyIntelligence CommunityStraight Face Author:Angus King
“Well, the film initially - we had decided to pair joy with fear because I don't know about you - for me fear was a major motivator in junior high. So we thought there's probably some good stuff there... As the film went on, we had developed all these great scenes that were really funny, but in the third act, it wasn't adding up to anything.” KnowsWellsFilmJoyStuffSceneMajorsDecidedThirdsPairsJuniorsJunior High Author:Pete Docter
“I learn from all our major competitors, whether they're in or out of the U.S. Wells Fargo is very actively, very aggressively, and very successfully building its U.S. investment bank.” WellsBuildingMajorsInvestmentCompetitorsFargoWells Fargo Author:Jamie Dimon
“Well, it's possible that the new infusion of ad money against Donald Trump kept his margins in Kentucky and Louisiana down a bit. But we're also seeing something that we've never seen in 100 years, which is we are seeing the crackup of a major American political party.” YearsWellsPoliticalBitsPartySeeingTrumpMajorsAdsPolitical PartiesMarginsLouisianaKentuckyInfusion Author:Mara Liasson
“Major danger lie for America? That we could very well be defeated oversees and at home. And the source of it is clearly that we have yet to find a politician in either partywho's willing to tell the American people the truth.” PeopleWellsHomeAmericaLyingDangerWillingSourcePoliticianMajorsDefeated Author:Michael Scheuer
“Cacao has the highest antioxidant concentration of any major food in the world. Cacao is thirty times higher in antioxidants than red wine, twenty times more potent in antioxidants than blueberries, three times higher than acai, and twice as much as chaga mushrooms. These antioxidants protect our cells from free radical damage and therefore contribute to our longevity and state of well-being.” WorldWellsStatesThreeHigherProtectMajorsHighestRedTwentiesWineRadicalCellsWell BeingThirtyDamageConcentrationLongevityThree TimesMushroomsRed WineBlueberriesAntioxidantsCacao Author:David Wolfe
“The idea was that we would decide the order when we looked at the proofs. I remember Brion Gysin saying "Well, why change it? It's perfect the way it is, the way it came from the printer." Made one major change, that is, the first chapter that came from the printers, which would be the beginning, we moved to the end. The first chapter became the last chapter. There's no actual cutups in Naked Lunch.” WayFirstsWellsMadeIdeasEndsWould BeLastsRememberOrderPerfectMajorsMovedProofNakedLunchChaptersPrinterMajor ChangeWhy Change Author:William S. Burroughs
“I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsTwoFourFiguresTrumpRepublicanSixMajorsTwo YearsConventionsCruz Author:David Brooks
“I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to heck with it: I'm just going to be an actor. But I'm going to go to school." And he said, "Well, if you're going to go to school, then major in English literature. Those are the tools you are going to be working with as a man who's going to be acting in English, one would assume."” IfsKnowsMenWellsSaidSchoolActorsFatherLiteratureActingAdviceChangedDadMajorsToolsAssumingEnglish Literature Author:Keith Carradine
“We are actively preparing a partial privatization of Rosneft itself. It is the best proof that our major plans have remained unchanged. Another example would be one of the largest Russian diamond mining companies in the world. We are privatizing part of our stake in that as well.” WorldWellsWould BeCompanyPlansExampleMajorsProofStakesDiamondPreparingMiningPrivatization Author:Vladimir Putin
“These results add up to perhaps the most important investment lesson of all that can be drawn from this week's market anniversaries: Predicting turns in the market is incredibly difficult to do consistently well. That means that, if your investment strategy going forward is dependent on your anticipating major market turning points, your chances of success are extremely low.” IfsWellsMeanImportantTurnsDifficultChanceResultsWeekLessonsMajorsLowsStrategyAddInvestmentInvestingDependentConsistentlyTurning PointsPredicting Author:Mark Hulbert
“It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker as well as the target. And threats are now mounting, particularly at the Russian border, confirming the prediction of George Kennan and other prominent figures that NATO expansion, particularly the way it was undertaken, would prove to be a "tragic mistake," a "policy error of historic proportions."” WayWellsHas BeensWarMightMistakeKnownFiguresPolicyProveMajorsThreatErrorsWinterNuclearBordersProportionTragicTargetExpansionPredictionsHistoricNatoNuclear WarProminentNuclear Winter Author:Noam Chomsky
“That's why we call for a New Deal prototype. Which means we are creating the jobs - nationally funded program but locally controlled - with guidelines to achieve 100% clean renewable energy through wind, water and sun by 2030. Also to create a sustainable food system, since this is a major portion of climate emissions, and also calling for public transportation as well as infrastructure restoration including in that ecosystem restoration.” WellsMeanJobsEnergyWaterDealsSunAchieveWindCallingCreatingMajorsProgramCleanClimateIncludingControlledPortionsInfrastructureRestorationTransportationEmissionsEcosystemsRenewable EnergyGuidelinesPrototypeNew DealPublic Transportation Author:Jill Stein
“I don't know the extent to which they do business [ in Wells Fargo]. I just want to see how this thing continues to unfold and if they have a legitimately major change in their culture.” IfsKnowsWantWellsCultureMajorsMajor ChangeFargoWells Fargo Author:John Kasich
“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“Caterpillar was quite important because that was the first manufacturing industry that used Reaganite strike-breaking techniques. They illegally called in scabs to break a major strike. It was reported pretty well in the Chicago Tribune, who pointed out something very interesting. They said that the workers got very little support in Peoria when scabs illegally broke the strike, and that was particularly striking because that whole community had been built up by the union - it was a union-based community.” FirstsWellsLittlesSaidImportantWholeUsedCommunityInterestingBreakSupportIndustryMajorsBuiltUnionsWorkersStrikesTechniqueBrokeChicagoThey SaidVery InterestingManufacturingCaterpillarsScabsPeoria Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are living in a world where major states and large geopolitical projects have to prove their competitive edge. It is clear, as well, that with regard to the intensifying American-Chinese confrontation and the inert power of a united Europe, Russia has to make up its mind - because it is losing ground as an independent center of power.” WorldMindWellsStatesUnitedClearProveProjectsMajorsLosingEuropeRegardIndependentEdgesRussiaChineseConfrontationGeopolitical Author:Garry Kasparov
“I majored in English in college and that was my major in graduate school before switching to creative writing. I read a lot of [Charles] Dickens and [Anthony ] Trollope, but there was lots of stuff I hadn't read like Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," which is so well written and funny.” WritingWellsSchoolStuffCreativeWrittenCollegeMajorsFairsVanityGraduatesCreative WritingDickensWell WrittenGraduate SchoolSwitchingVanity Fair Author:Stephen Dobyns
“In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing now is the right thing, your main concern should be taking care of yourself, and not doing action at your age." Well, after first feeling angry, I'd think, to be honest, I really am older. So I thought, all right, but before I retire I'd like to make one last major action film, one good one.” ThinkingShouldFirstsWellsHas BeensFeelingsCareAgeActionLastsPastFilmHonestDirectorsMajorsConcernAngryDecadesBeing HonestRight ThingRetiringTake Care Of YourselfLots Of FriendsAction FilmsFeeling Angry Author:Jackie Chan
“My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.” WellsGuySocialDealsSecurityRepublicanMountainMajorsDemocraticLeavingDebtAgreementSocial SecurityExpenditures Author:Barack Obama
“A huge amount of what feminists are fighting for would have major positive impact for men as well as women. Take the male suicide rate, for example. In part, the problem arises from the idea that men are tough and manly, that 'boys don't cry' and it's embarrassing for them to talk about their feelings. So men are less likely to reach out for help and support with mental health issues. But that gender stereotype, which exists alongside the converse notion that women are over-emotional, 'hysterical', or 'hormonal', is one feminists are fighting hard to debunk.” MenWellsIdeasHardHelpingFeelingsProblemFightingBoysSupportIssuesCryExampleEmotionalHugeAmountMajorsToughSuicideImpactMental HealthMalesNotionRateFeministGenderAriseReach OutStereotypeEmbarrassingManlyConversesHystericalPositive ImpactGender StereotypesHealth IssuesHelp And SupportFighting HardBoys Don't Cry Author:Laura Bates
“There is no doubt that the Fed's large-scale asset purchases have caused major increases in a number of asset prices in the economy. This is especially true of mortgage backed securities and corporate bonds, and quite possibly of equities as well. For those people and institutions holding those things, the run up in prices has been a wealth bonanza.” PeopleWellsHas BeensRunningWealthNumbersEconomyDoubtSecurityMajorsIncreaseInstitutionsScalesCorporateNo DoubtFedsAssetsEquityMortgageLarge ScaleCorporate Bond Author:Gerald Epstein
“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
“If people try to push me over into the category of not being a major success, I can think to myself, "Well, of course I'm not. I just started!"” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWellsI CanCoursesMajorsCategories Author:Rob Pruitt
“In 1951 I took my first art course. And one day I looked over my shoulder and there was this tall gentleman standing, very well-dressed and groomed, and he asked, "What is your name? I don't know you. What is your major?" I said history. And he looked at my drawing and looked at me and said, "You don't belong over there; you belong here." He was James A. Porter.” KnowsFirstsWellsArtSaidCoursesNamesOne DayMajorsStandingDrawingShouldersGentlemanTallWell Dressed Author:David C. Driskell
“It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game.” WayBelieveWellsMightGamesFunI BelieveRevolutionMajorsMusicianRadicalLabelsRevolutionaryCashNapster Author:Courtney Love
“So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.” IfsNeedsWellsSaidEndsCollegeNeededLateMajorsToughMathCoffeeThey SaidDrankDrinkersNeed Coffee Author:Danica McKellar
“Then finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre!” KnowsWantWellsSaidNamesSpaceCreativeInvolvedMajorsRedOkayDetailsI RealizedFlagsInputRed FlagsRueLouvre Author:Kate Moss
“There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.” WellsMightKidsWinningSportsRecordsMajorsGolfDustMakeupFlawsTigers Author:Jack Nicklaus
“The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'” ThinkingWellsAudienceComedyTeacherMajorsCrudeCoupsBridesmaidsBad Teacher Author:Chris Pratt
“I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksDifferencesKnownWonderBoysMajorsExpectationsRidiculousCostumesNobody KnowsIconicJessicaWonder WomanFangirlJessica Jones Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.” KnowsWellsChurchStruggleOne DayMajorsRaisedPreacherNot Interested Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“The major networks, the cable networks, they're being prosecutors. They're judges and jurors and executioners. Well, c'mon, that's ridiculous. But they're doing it.” WellsJudgingMajorsRidiculousCablesProsecutorExecutionersJurors Author:Ray Bradbury