“If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.” IfsPoliticalUsedSocialGroupsMinutesSecuritySolveRhetoricSocial SecurityPleasantriesPolitical Rhetoric Author:Alan Greenspan
“We want to believe we are good, we are different, we are better, or we are superior. But this body of social-psychological research--and there are obviously many more experiments in addition to mine and Milgram's--shows that the majority of good, ordinary, normal people can be easily seduced, tempted, or initiated into behaving in ways that they say they never would. In 30 minutes we got them stepping across that line.” PeopleWayWantBelieveDifferentShowsBodySocialLinesMinutesMinesNormalResearchOrdinaryMajorityExperimentsSuperiorsPsychologicalTemptedPsychological Research Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I'm kind of a social person and I enjoy corresponding with people and checking out their Facebook pages. And it really doesn't take much time. Ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at night and a little bit during the day. It's just something I really enjoy.” PeopleKindLittlesPersonsNightSocialBitsEnjoyMorningMinutesTenLittle BitPagesCorrespondingFacebook PageChecking Out Author:Chris Frantz
“Consider yourself not ready to start the day, ill equipped, unprepared to mix with your fellows, until you have spent at least fifteen minutes in prayer. Count it as much a social necessity as washing.” SocialPrayerMinutesReadyFellowsIllFifteenWashingNot ReadyUnpreparedStart The Day Author:Muriel Lester
“When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wanted to be a social worker or a missionary or a teacher... Then I got involved with tennis, and everything was just me, me, me. I was totally selfish and thought about myself and nobody else, because if you let up for one minute, someone was going to come along and beat you. I really wouldn't let anyone or any slice of happiness enter... I didn't like the characteristics that it took to become a champion.” IfsWritingWantedSchoolHappinessSocialTeacherMinutesGrewInvolvedPaperGrew UpBeatsWorkersSelfishSelfishnessChampionCharacteristicsTennisGradesMissionaryPapersSocial WorkerOne MinuteGrades In School Author:Chris Evert
“Even five minute meaningful conversations with other people not only fuel us in the moment but also build up a reserve of social capital so that when hard times strike, we can draw down on that bank account.” PeopleHardMomentsSocialFiveMinutesConversationDrawsAccountsStrikesMeaningfulHard TimesFuelReservesFive MinutesBank AccountsSocial CapitalMeaningful Conversations Author:Michelle Gielan
“The evil in question reappears in the world after you vanquish it, often within mere minutes, and the world as a whole never changes because of anything you do. So in that way it's less like being a fantasy adventurer and more like being a social worker.” WorldWayWholeEvilSocialFantasyMinutesMereWorkersNever ChangeSocial WorkerAdventurerVanquish Author:Lore Sjoberg
“Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot him and there'll be another one along in a minute. Shoot him too? Why not shoot everyone and invade Poland?” WarWholeSocialMinutesWhy NotDictatorPolandLords And LadiesFestering Book:Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14) Source: Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)