“What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history.” ThinkingHumansHas BeensStatesNationsPercentAccountsRaisedInevitableDivisionHierarchyHuman HistoryMonotheism Author:Gloria Steinem
“Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.” PeopleCommonNiceGroupsPercentRaisedPoliteNinety Author:Susan RoAne
“I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.” ThreeParentGrewMomDadGrew UpPercentRaisedMy DadMy MomNinety Author:Brian J. White
“Ninety-eight percent of all the soy that's raised goes to livestock. So people make fun of vegetarians for being tofu eaters, but no one eats tofu like steak eaters, by a long shot. It's also funny that tofu is held up as what a vegetarian eats. I mean maybe I eat tofu once a month, but other than that, never. All of it, statistically speaking, is going to livestock.” PeopleMeanLongFunMonthsPercentShotsRaisedEightVegetarianNinetySteakLivestockTofuSoyLong ShotsNinety Eight Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.” PeopleFoundLevelsStudyPercentRaisedEndorphins Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Most of the food crops raised in the world today are fed to livestock destined for slaughter for us to eat, and most of the water used is used to raise the food crops that are fed to those animals. It has been estimated that, because of the extraordinary amount of grain it takes to raise food animals, if we reduced the amount of meat we eat by only ten percent, that would free up enough grain to feed all the starving humans in the world. So when we choose to eat meat instead of vegetables, we are choosing to take food away from others who are hungry.” IfsWorldHumansHas BeensEnoughTodayUsedWaterAnimalAmountTenPercentRaisesRaisedExtraordinaryHungryMeatFedsVegetablesGrainDestinedStarvingCropsWorld TodaySlaughterLivestock Author:Sharon Gannon
“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
“Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.” PeopleIfsAmericaDesireAnimalNumbersFiveImpossibleBirdPercentRaisesRaisedRangeMeatEggsFarmsMilkFactoriesSheerNinetyHumane Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens raised for meat in America are the same hybrid, the Cornish cross; more than 99 percent of turkeys are the Broad-Breasted Whites.” TodayAmericaHalfPercentCrossesMajorityRaisedVarietyMeatChickensYieldBroadsOverwhelmingTurkeysMarathonNotableHybridAmerica TodayBroccoli Author:Michael Pollan
“When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question adults all that much. I think that's because they were assuming that 99 percent of the time, we'd be interacting with worthy, smart adults... They didn't ever tell me 'Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say.” PeopleThinkingSometimesKidsParentFiguresQuietAuthoritySmartPercentAdultsAssumingRaisedWorthyIdiotRespectfulInteractingOlder PeopleBe RespectfulAuthority Figures Author:Mindy Kaling