“We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.” NeedsHas BeensCountryEnergyNaturalQualityAirSeriousDemandBenefitsPercentPlantGasNatural GasPower PlantsAir Quality Author:Gale Norton
“Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German states were more than 30 percent wind-powered in 2007 - and more than 100 percent in some months. Mostly renewable power generally needs less backup than utilities already bought to combat big coal and nuclear plants' intermittence.” NeedsStatesBigsThreeExampleWindMonthsDemandPercentPlantNuclearCellsCombatCoalUtilityIntegratedSuppliesVariablesBackupSupply And DemandNuclear PlantsSolar Cells Author:Amory Lovins
“Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.” PeopleFiveDemandPercentDiedTwentiesSuicidePhotographSplendid Author:Kobo Abe
“Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the story designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart. Story demands both vivid imagination and powerful analytic thought.” HumansHeartStoriesImaginationPowerfulEffortCreativeDesignDemandPercentLaborTestsInsightFinishedMaturityHuman HeartVividAnalyticsFinished WorkVivid Imagination Author:Robert McKee
“With 3 percent of the worlds resources and 25 percent of the worlds demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security.” WorldWayCountryEnergySecurityDemandPercentResourcesObviousDrillsEnergy Security Author:Lois Capps
“Right now, we continue to see demand at very strong levels. It's tough to find a Wii now. If we hit 100 stores in the area, we would find Wiis in only 20 percent of them today. That tremendous strength we had in December really wiped the pipeline clean. Our pipeline, the retailer pipeline. And so with that kind of demand, it doesn't suggest the need for any pricing actions.” IfsNeedsKindTodayActionStrongLevelsRight NowDemandPercentToughAreasCleanStoresVery StrongDecemberPipelinePricingRetailersWii Author:Cammie Dunaway
“While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run.” KnowsWantLongCountryHappensRunningChoicesFoodProduceDemandPercentDenyBritishConsumersIngredientsLong RunsCropsOrganic FoodGenetically Modified Author:Prince Charles
“I love my brother and respect his talent but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100 percent of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to.” LoveGivingYearsShareTalentBrotherBandDemandEqualGiving UpPercentOriginalsAgreePartnersMy BrotherEmployeeReducingDrummerLove My Brother Author:Rich Robinson
“It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy were never below 70 percent.” WorldFirstsWarThreeGrowthHigherDemandTaxesPercentRateMythDecadesWar Of The WorldsWealthyWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Robert Reich
“We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies, manufacturing plants and green jobs.” NeedsJobsTechnologyDemandPercentAreasAimGreenPlantUrgentManufacturingNew TechnologyAim High Author:Van Jones
“If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides insist on getting everything that they want - that is to say 100 percent of their demands to be met, then there can never be a settlement.” IfsWantLongEndsSidesMetsDemandConflictPercentStandingPreparedCompromiseBe PreparedBoth SidesSettlementEither Or Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout and citizen participation so that people know what's going on and demand a government that works for everybody and not just the one percent.” PeopleKnowsWayGovernmentHappensPoliticalProcessCitizensInvolvedDemandPercentIncreaseVotersParticipationVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders