“If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to the moneyed interests, the powerful people and institutions of society, take it all. That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Then we give up. Then we are 100 percent plutocracy.” PeopleIfsGivingSelfInterestPowerfulDemocracyGiving UpPercentInstitutionsFulfillingProphecySelf Fulfilling ProphecyPlutocracy Author:Robert Reich
“In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.” WorldWantGivingWellsSelfBigsMightGuyFightingOpportunityChanceClassFansFamePercentSkinsFortuneStriveAthleteSeekingBackgroundsFighterNarrativeBoxingMmaDimesBest SelfLower Class Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“Ninety-nine percent of all work on self is attitudinal.” SelfPercentNineNinetyNinety Nine Author:E. J. Gold
“If you say to yourself, okay, I will not self-destruct. I don't have to be the most talented person. I don't have to be everybody's best friend, I don't have to be liked, I don't have to be successful, well, one thing I will not do is self-destruct. If you take that out, your chances for success just went up like 800 percent.” IfsWellsPersonsSelfChanceSuccessfulOne ThingPercentOkayBeing SuccessfulSelf DestructTalented Person Author:Ethan Hawke
“In all the known history of Mankind, advances have been made primarily in physical technology; in the capacity of handling the inanimate world about Man. Control of self and society has been left to to chance or to the vague gropings of intuitive ethical systems based on inspiration and emotion. As a result no culture of greater stability than about fifty-five percent has ever existed, and these only as the result of great human misery.” MenWorldHumansHas BeensMadeSelfInspirationCultureLeftChanceResultsEmotionKnownTechnologyFiveGreaterMankindPercentCapacityMiseryFiftyEthicalStabilityVagueIntuitive Book:The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction Source: The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction
“Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often seeks to satisfy his perceived and ultimately false psychological needs, such as his need for self-display, luxuries and the like. Twenty percent of humanity consumes eighty percent of the world's wealth and is accountable for an equal percentage of the world's ecological catastrophes.” MenWorldNeedsSelfHumanityNaturalWealthEqualSurvivalPercentTwentiesEnvironmentalPsychologicalLuxuryStabilityDisplayCatastropheEightyPercentagesStewardshipNatural WorldEcologicalPsychological Needs Author:Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
“Muqtada leads the only real mass movement in Iraq. It's a mass movement of the Shia, who are 60 percent of the population, and of poor Shia - and most Shia are poor. Otherwise the place is full of sort of self-declared leaders, many of whom spend most of their time outside Iraq.” RealSelfPoorLeaderMovementMassPercentIraqPopulationShia Author:Patrick Cockburn
“In the Communist Party, we address problems very openly and sometimes very vocally, and we point out abuses. This is a good thing. We exercise self-criticism once a year. Although 80 percent of the members of the National Assembly are also members of the Communist Party, this does not prevent them from sharply criticizing the administrative and governmental system.” YearsDoeSelfSometimesProblemPartyExerciseMembersPercentCriticismAbuseGood ThingsAddressesCriticizeCommunistAssemblyAdministrativeCommunist PartySelf Criticism Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“I can't remember ever being really bored. I find life very interesting, actually. I think some other musicians are always looking for something to give them an idea, but I find I have to reject 90 percent of my ideas because they don't live up to some self-imposed standard. That's also why I don't make a record once a year. I throw so many things out, and I have to have something to say.” ThinkingGivingYearsI CanIdeasSelfRememberInterestingRecordsMusicianStandardsPercentBoredRejectsBeing RealVery Interesting Author:Tom Verlaine
“The technology is available to us today to begin the transition to 100 percent renewable energy. What is keeping us from making that transition is nothing more than misinformation, a lack of knowledge by most people of what is available, and an unwillingness on the part of many of our politicians for either ideological slavishness or something more self-serving, like major campaign contributions from the oil and gas corporations or from utilities who enjoy the monopoly they have on our energy systems.” PeopleSelfTodayEnergyEnjoyTechnologyPoliticianMajorsPercentAvailableOilCampaignsCorporationsContributionGasServingTransitionMonopolyUtilityIdeologicalRenewable EnergyMisinformationSelf ServingOil And GasLack Of KnowledgeCampaign Contributions Author:Mark Ruffalo
“A lot of addiction actually ends by age 30 - something like 50 percent of all addictions with the exception of tobacco - and I think a lot of what's going on there is that the self-control areas of the brain are finally developed enough to be able to stop yourself from relapsing or just continuing. There is a maturational aspect to it as well.” ThinkingWellsEndsSelfEnoughAgeAbleBrainPercentAreasAspectAddictionExceptionSelf ControlContinuingTobaccoAge 30 Author:Maia Szalavitz
“That's about 90 percent of my theological life - radical self-care. Put your own oxygen mask on first. I watch the self-talk that goes through my mind, and if I am being critical with myself, I shake myself out of it.” IfsMindFirstsSelfCareWatchesPercentCriticalRadicalShakesMaskSelf CareOxygenTheologicalSelf Talk Author:Anne Lamott
“Body concentrates order. It continuously self-repairs. Every five days you get a new stomach lining. You get a new liver every two months. Your skin replaces itself every six weeks. Every year, 98 percent of the atoms of your body are replaced. This non-stop chemical replacement, metabolism, is a sure sign of life.” YearsTwoSelfBodyOrderFiveWeekMonthsSixPercentSkinsYour BodyStomachChemicalsAtomsReplacedLiverTwo MonthsReplacementsMetabolismNon StopSigns Of Life Book:What is Life? Source: What is Life?
“I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily. These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing.” SelfFactsHandsEnergyStrongEnvironmentProductsPercentConsciousHundredExtremesFinishedSillySuperiorsMetalsEfficiencyEvidentPropositionsHypothesisElectricalElectrical Energy Book:I, Robot Source: I, Robot