“You are different from the really great man in only one thing: The great man, at one time, also was a very little man, but he developed one important ability: he learned to see where he was small in his thinking, and actions. Under the pressure of some task which was dear to him he learned better and better to sense the threat that comes from his smallness and pettiness. The great man, then, knows when and in what he is a little man.” ThinkingKnowsMenLittlesImportantDifferentActionAbilityOne ThingTasksPressureThreatDearGreat MenOne TimeReally GreatLittle ManSmallnessPettiness Author:Wilhelm Reich
“Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.” BodySeemsThreeForceCommonOne ThingPressureInstitutionsCourtListsSupremeAdmireReservesSupreme CourtPollsFederal ReserveArmed Forces Author:Fareed Zakaria
“One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to the Victorians--threat and obsession, taboo and fascination.” MindLongCertainSexTakenPsychologyOne ThingBecomingComputerMachinesRelationPressureThreatIntelligencePhilosopherObsessionTopicsFascinationTabooUrgencyRiddlePreoccupationUnder Pressure Book:The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit Source: The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit
“I suppose one thing that's always fascinated me is that thing where you're a band and you want to start recording and you get a label and a producer, and then there's that pressure to go out there and really toil.” WantOne ThingBandPressureProducersLabelsFascinatedToil Author:Thom Yorke
“One thing you try not to do as a father, as a coach, is pressure your son to do something that you've done. You don't just keep saying, "this is what I've done, this is what I've done." You have to take a little piece at a time.” TryingLittlesDoneFatherPiecesOne ThingSonPressureCoachesYour Son Author:Patrick Willis