“The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than the private sector.” HumansGovernmentJobsFacesCan DoOne ThingSuperiorsHuman HistoryPrivate Sector Author:James Cook
“Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing - to learn to live on earth as human beings.” HumansEarthWaterHuman BeingsOne ThingAirBirdFishesSwim Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I spent two years telling studio heads that it wasn't a cancer picture. I hate cancer pictures. I don't want to see a cancer picture. There is only one thing worth saying about cancer, and that is that there are human beings in cancer wards.” WantYearsHumansTwoHateHuman BeingsOne ThingI HateCancerStudiosTwo Years Author:James L. Brooks
“Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature.” HumansStoriesWrittenOne ThingHuman NatureFundamentalsConstant Author:Jessica Shirvington
“Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.” HumansSeemsOne ThingHuman NatureCrueltyUnnatural Author:Robinson Jeffers
“One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the market. Fortunately for our clients, we don't tend to operate based on the view. Our investment strategy is to invest bottom up, one stock at a time, based on price compared to value. And while we may have a macro view that things aren't very good right now - which in fact we feel very strongly we will put money to work regardless of that macro view if we find bargains. So tomorrow, if we found half a dozen bargains, we would invest all our cash.” IfsWantFeelsHumansMayFactsValuesFoundHuman BeingsViewsHalfEconomyOne ThingTomorrowRight NowStrategyInvestmentBottomVery GoodCashDozenVery StrongClientsBargainsMacro Author:Seth Klarman
“One thing about humans is that we all have them - lifestories. We live by and through them. But writers of memoir are particularly good at bringing literary strategies and form to experience (at least the good ones are).” HumansFormOne ThingStrategyMemoirLive By Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“That is a horrible thing in a way, but it is the one thing poets can bring back to experience, this intense focus on language, which activates words as a portal back into experience. It's a mysterious process that's very hard to articulate, because it's focused entirely on the material of language in a way, but in the interests not just of language itself whatever that would mean - that's the mistake, by the way, that so many so-called "experimental" poets make - but in service to human experience.” WayHumansMeanHardLanguageProcessInterestMistakeFocusOne ThingPoetMaterialsFocusedIntenseHorribleMysteriousHuman ExperiencePortalHorrible ThingsActivate Author:Matthew Zapruder
“My characters' addictions are what makes them a bit stylized or "grotesque" - not just in appearance but through what drives them. Addiction is what threatens stability and normalcy and yet it seems very much a part of being human - at least we are all a bit obsessive and compulsive. Aren't all humans driven by mad desires for one thing or another?” HumansCharacterSeemsDesireBitsOne ThingMadAddictionAppearanceDrivenStabilityBeing HumanObsessiveGrotesqueNormalcy Author:Porochista Khakpour
“And one thing the void certainly can teach us is how to wait, how to become truly patient, and how to let go of superfluous intellectual baggage - all of which is a good lesson for hyper-agitated multi-tasking goal-focussed contemporary human beings.” HumansWaitingGoalHuman BeingsTeachOne ThingLessonsLetting GoIntellectualPatientContemporaryVoidBaggageSuperfluousHyperMulti Tasking Author:George Pattison