“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesHardPlayWantedDecisionTalkingEmotionalPercentHardestOur FamilyAccomplishedHardest ThingNhlHard Decision Author:Chris Chelios
“We are operating at an overall mechanical efficiency of only four percent... Therefore, we find that if we increase the overall mechanical efficiency to only twelve percent we can take care of everybody. That three-fold increase in the overall efficiency can only be accomplished by redesign.” IfsCareThreePoliticsEconomyFourPercentIncreaseTake CareLiberalismAccomplishedTwelveEfficiencyFoldsRedesign Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“It's immoral and wrong that the top 1 percent of the USA owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. We should look at countries like Denmark and Sweden and Norway and look at what they've accomplished for their working people.” PeopleShouldLooksCountryWealthPercentBottomUsaAccomplishedImmoralSwedenDenmarkNorway Author:Bernie Sanders
“Under the Dodd-Frank law, the SEC got the lion's share of the rules to write, more than 100 rules, and we have done an extraordinary amount of that. Eighty percent have been either proposed or adopted. So, a lot, a lot accomplished but of course, more to do.” WritingHas BeensDoneLawCoursesShareAmountPercentExtraordinaryAccomplishedLionsFrankAdoptedEightyDodd Frank Author:Mary Schapiro
“Rising inequality hasn't really accomplished anything of value for its ostensible beneficiaries, the top one percent. They've all built bigger mansions and staged more lavish parties. But in so doing, they've simply raised the bar that defines what's considered adequate in these categories.” ValuesPartyPercentBuiltBiggerRaisedBarsInequalityRisingAccomplishedCategoriesAdequateMansionsBeneficiaries Author:Robert H. Frank
“If you go back and you look at the presidency over the course of history, presidents tend to do what they campaigned on. In the 20th century, presidents between Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter accomplished 73 percent of the things that they said they would do as candidates. Part of that is because once they get into office, their credibility, their ability to do anything depends on doing the things that they said they would.” IfsLooksSaidCoursesPresidentAbilityCenturyDependsOfficePercentCandidatesAccomplishedThey SaidPresidency20th CenturyCredibilityJimmyCarterWilson Author:Evan Osnos