“The I-95 bridges were built in the early 1960s and are now more than 50 years old. The same vintage as the I-35 bridge that collapsed in Minnesota back in 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The antiquated Skagit River Bridge in Washington state that collapsed last May after a truck hit one of the trusses was even older. And it's not just bridges. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 32 percent of the major roads in America are now in poor condition and in need of major repairs.” PeopleNeedsYearsMayStatesLastsAmericaPoorConditionsMajorsPercentBuiltRiversKillingBridgesEngineersTruck1960sVintageAmerican SocietyMinnesotaCivil EngineerWashington State Author:Ed Rendell
“Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but think of it this way: Every other anti-poverty program that’s been tried has failed to get the national poverty rate below 11 percent... Why shouldn’t we experiment with a program built around the one strategy that has proven time and again to work wonders – capitalism?” PeopleThinkingWayShouldMightPayWonderPovertyPercentCapitalismBuiltFairsProgramStrategyRateExperimentsProven Author:Michael Bloomberg
“When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute, we wanted people to take it seriously so we gave it more of an industrial look. People personified their Roomba anyway. Over 80 percent of people name their robot. We did nothing to encourage people to do that but they do it anyway.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksWantedFacesNamesPercentBuiltCuteRobots Author:Colin Angle
“Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building. Eighty percent of success is showing up.” EnoughAbilityBuildingPercentBuiltClimbsGood EnoughLaddersEightyShowing UpLadder Of Success Author:Woody Allen
“Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.” FilmAudiencePercentBuiltScreensMediocreNinety Author:George Clooney
“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
“Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading.” YearsHas BeensLastsAmericaPercentBuiltUglyBrutalDepressingEightyUnhealthyDegrading Author:James Howard Kunstler
“About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.” PeopleKnowsHelpingSupportAmountPercentBuiltOperationsOld FriendsGrassrootsHelp And Support Author:Adam Kinzinger
“You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.” WantForceClearFireSafePercentBuiltPaidPoliceMovedWorkersGoodsEducateFactoriesSocial ContractPolice ForceOccupy Movement Author:Elizabeth Warren