“Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.” HumansEarthWaterLossGrowingChangedPeriodsDemandDiversityFuelHuman HistoryEcosystemsFiberIrreversibleTimberFresh WaterDiversity Of Life Author:Gary Larson
“About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world.” WorldYearsHeartGrowthMillionsIssuesPeriodsDemandChinaOilAround The WorldDevelopingGasConsumptionCrudeBarrelsCrude OilOil Consumption Author:John S. Watson
“The poetical tendency of the present and of the preceding century has been divided in a manner singularly curious. One loud and conspicuous faction of bards, giving way to the corrupt influences of a decaying general culture, seems to have abandoned all the properties of versification and reason in its mad scramble after sensational novelty; whilst the other and quieter school constituting a more logical evolution from the poesy of the Georgian period, demands an accuracy of rhyme and metre unknown even to the polished artists of the age of Pope.” WayGivingHas BeensReasonSeemsAgeSchoolArtistCultureInfluenceCenturyEvolutionPeriodsDemandMadPropertyTendenciesCuriousLoudLogicalDividedAbandonedPopeRhymeNoveltyAccuracyPolishedFactionsSensationalBardsGiving WayGeorgians Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.” MenGivingHumansEndsFormDiesStrongBornConsciousnessEconomicDyingEmotionalBirthPeriodsDemandOptimismCrisisConstantErrorsProsperityExcitedErasExcitementGiantsPessimismInfantVaryLiableHuman ConsciousnessNew EraGravitationElasticityStrong Emotional Author:Arthur Cecil Pigou
“Success by its very nature demands a period of overcoming, a process by which we become strong in broken places.” StrongProcessBrokenPeriodsDemandOvercoming Book:Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers Source: Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers
“Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers intellectual capital; it does not create it....The less ministers know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only sources of available knowledge; the permanent officials.” KnowsDoeWholeRunningSourcePeriodsDemandMembersOfficeIntellectualAvailableConsumersPermanentMinistersOfficialsDepartmentDependentOverwhelmedParliamentCabinetsIntellectual Capital Author:Tony Benn
“Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who must be subjugated to society's goals to a precious being who must be protected from unreasonable social demands. Childhood has come to be seen as a special period of life, rather than as a temporary state of no lasting importance for adulthood.” YearsChildrenStatesPastSocialGoalChangeChildhoodSpecialChangedPeriodsDemandAdultsImportanceIllErasLastingTemporaryConceptionProtectedAdulthoodOver The PastUnreasonable Author:Sandra Scarr
“Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light. We all know that, as the old adage has it, "It is later than you think." But I also say occasionally: "It is lighter than you think." In this light let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” ThinkingKnowsWorldHumansLooksLightComedyAwarenessPeriodsDemandHuman LifeTensionAdagesLightersLightnessLanguish Author:James Thurber
“I don't have an agenda. I don't have things I want to get to or something. I have like a broad, slim grasp of certain periods and certain shows within that period, an awareness of them, but they demand re-listening. I have a flimsy grasp of all the eras and ideas within each period of what would be a good show to think of.” ThinkingWantIdeasShowsWould BeCertainAwarenessListeningPeriodsDemandErasAgendasBroadsSlim Author:Dick Latvala
“I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry as far as how you release music, demand, the pace of everything. You don't know who's talking to you. Who's Spotify? Who's iTunes? Who are all those bloggers? Who says I have to do this? Why do you have to do all this press? Why do I have to do so many shows? Why do I have to do a regular album right now? I don't understand it.” KnowsWayFirstsShowsTalkingRecordsIndustryPeriodsRight NowDemandAgreePressesAlbumsReleasePaceTouringMusic IndustryBloggersItunesSpotify Author:Lykke Li
“It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new devices would, in an earlier period, have been submitting to magazines and working on their first novels. But even in the midst of all these "digital products," the wonder of it is that there are still so many young writers who continue to believe in the venerable print novel as the corridor to fame and fortune.” WritingFirstsBelieveHas BeensStillsYoungWonderNovelProductsPeriodsFameDemandFortuneScriptsMagazinesDigitalMidstDevicesPrintFlocksCorridorsYoung Writers Author:Cynthia Ozick