“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
“I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become. My subsequent work on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did is probably also footnote-worthy. In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution.” PeopleAbleTurnsPrinciplesCenturyDesignTheoryRevolutionProudPeriodsComputerWorthySignificantDevelopingLooking BackInterfacesFootnotes Author:Jef Raskin
“I see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and fantasy, and I really don't think about these things when I'm writing. I'm just thinking about telling a story and developing my characters.” ThinkingWritingMeanCharacterStoriesFictionFantasyMaterialsPeriodsScience FictionDevelopingNovelistsScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Roger Zelazny
“With the exception of the few cases to be discussed in the next chapter, adolescence represented no period of crisis or stress, but was instead an orderly developing of a set of slowly maturing interests and activities.” NextInterestCasesPeriodsActivityStressCrisisDevelopingExceptionMatureChaptersAdolescenceOrderlyNext Chapter Book:Coming of Age in Samoa Source: Coming of Age in Samoa
“In the art of teaching, we recognize that ideas and insights need to cook over a period of time. Sometimes the student who is least articulate about expressing the ideas is in fact the one who is absorbing and processing them most deeply. This applies as well to our own private learning of our art form; the areas in which we feel most stuck and most incompetent may be our richest gold mine of developing material. The use of silence in teaching then becomes very powerful.” NeedsFeelsWellsMayArtIdeasSometimesFactsUseFormPowerfulSilenceTeachingStudentsMinesMaterialsPeriodsAreasGoldInsightStuckDevelopingCooksVery PowerfulIncompetentAbsorbingProcessing Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“No one, no single center, can today command the world. No single group of countries can do it. Under the current U.S. president, I don't think we can fundamentally change the situation as it is developing now. It is dangerous. The world is experiencing a period of growing global disarray.” ThinkingWorldCountryTodayPresidentCan DoSituationGrowingGroupsDangerousPeriodsCurrentsCommandDevelopingDisarray Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Unfettered market American-style capitalism doesn't work. Developing countries can't afford that kind of luxury. They just can't afford it. Period. If there's a mistake, they can't afford to put out $2 trillion.” IfsKindCountryMistakeStylePeriodsCapitalismLuxuryDevelopingDeveloping Countries Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Initially, you have to live a period where you are developing your attitude. I would consider that a meditation: determining what you want to do. You have a period where you meditate and you get the strength.” WantAttitudeMeditationPeriodsWhat You WantDevelopingWhere You Are Author:Sakyong Mipham