“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.” IfsYearsLooksMadeCountryCharacterAbleLastsPovertyEconomyProgressGenerationsExampleGrewPercentEastIndianAsian1960sPhenomenalAsian Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of children who have strong moral character. And if we wish to do that, we have two responsibilities: first, to model good character in our own lives, and second, to intentionally foster character development in our young.” IfsFirstsChildrenTwoCharacterYoungStrongWishResponsibilityMoralGenerationsDevelopmentModelsPercentRaisesPopulationGood CharacterCharacter DevelopmentMoral CharacterRaise Up Book:Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues Source: Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues
“I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language and communication, which was wonderful and something so many deaf people dont have.” PeopleMeanLanguageWonderfulGenerationsCommunicationGrewGrew UpPercentFourthDeafAccessibilityDeafnessLanguage And CommunicationImmediate Family Author:Shoshannah Stern
“I want to create the airplane that flies in the rarified atmosphere of Mars. This is what galvanizes a generation to want to become scientists and engineers in the first place, not we need a scientist to develop a plane that's 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the one your parents flew.” WantNeedsFirstsParentGenerationsPercentScientistPlanesAtmosphereFuelEfficientAirplaneEngineersMarsFlewScientists And Engineers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If two percent of all the films made in Hollywood are really artistically worthy - and I think it's a lot more than two percent - that's a pretty big percentage of things that will outlive their own generation.” IfsThinkingMadeTwoBigsFilmGenerationsPercentHollywoodWorthyPercentages Author:Murray Horwitz
“Attention deficit is no longer the supposed domain of Generation Y's who were brought up on a diet of social media and new technology. A recent study revealed 65 percent of 55-64 year olds surf, text and watch television simultaneously.” YearsSocialAttentionWatchesTechnologyStudyGenerationsMediaTelevisionPercentSocial MediaDietsDomainDeficitNew TechnologySurfGeneration Y Author:Kevin Kelly
“The idea that when people see prices falling they will stop buying those cheaper goods or cheaper food does not make much sense. And aiming for 2 percent inflation every year means that after a decade prices are more than 25 percent higher and the price level doubles every generation. That is not price stability, yet they call it price stability. I just do not understand central banks wanting a little inflation.” PeopleYearsMeanLittlesDoeIdeasFallLevelsGenerationsHigherPercentDecadesBuyingGoodsStabilityInflationCheaperCentral BanksPrice Stability Author:Paul Volcker
“We are using new technologies in meaningful ways. To build our new refinery in 60 percent of the time it took to build our first, we are training 20,000 people in a new generation of welding technology in six months.” PeopleWayFirstsTechnologyGenerationsMonthsSixTrainingPercentMeaningfulSix MonthsNew TechnologyNew GenerationRefineryWelding Author:Mukesh Ambani
“Seventy-eight percent of millennials are worried about not having enough good paying job opportunity to pay off their student loans. Seventy-four percent can't pay the health care if they get sick. Seventy-nine percent don't have enough money to live when they retire. So, already, we're having a whole generation that's coming on, not only here but also in Europe, that isn't able to get good-paying jobs.” IfsEnoughWholeCareAbleJobsOpportunityPayFourGenerationsStudentsPercentEuropeSickEightNineHealth CareWorriedRetiringSeventiesLoanMillennialsStudent LoanJob Opportunities Author:Michael Hudson
“There's a disconnect there between - you're telling me this [war in Iraq] is fight of our generation, and you're going to increase troops by 10 percent. And that's gonna do it. I'm sure what [George W.Bush] would like to do is send 400,000 more troops there, but he can't, because he doesn't have them.” WarFightingGenerationsPercentIncreaseIraqTroopsOur Generation Author:Jon Stewart
“According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third.” GenerationsPercentThirdsAdministrationMarijuanaSmall BusinessBusiness Administration Author:Christopher Bond