“It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subconscious incubation which could not be hurried and was if anything impeded by deliberate thinking.... Having, by a time of very intense concentration, planted the problem in my subconsciousness, it would germinate underground until, suddenly, the solution emerged with a blinding clarity, so that it only remained to write down what happened as if in a revelation.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingFirstsBookProblemAttentionHappenedSubjectsSeriousNeededPeriodsSolutionsIntenseClarityRevelationsConcentrationContemplatingSubconsciousDeliberateIncubation Author:Bertrand Russell
“Our hopes of avoiding the fate which threatens must...[be to make]adjustments that will be needed if we are to recover and surpass our former standards...and only if every one of us is ready to individually obey the necessities of readjustment shall we be able to get through a difficult period as free men who can choose their own way of life. Let a uniform minimum be secured to everybody by all means; but let us admit at the same time that with this assurance of a basic minimum all claims for a privileged security for particular classes must lapse.” IfsMenWayMeanAbleDifficultClassFateSecurityParticularReadyNeededPeriodsStandardsClaimsFormerUniformsMinimumPrivilegedAvoidingAssuranceAdjustmentFree ManSecuredLapses Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.” JobsIndividualLosesNeededHabitPeriodsSkills Author:Janet Yellen
“The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.” PeopleRememberCreativeNeededPeriodsBrave80s Author:Cyndi Lauper
“There are also flat periods in life which may well be the periods during which-before new lessons come- the past lessons of life are allowed to seep, quietly and deeply, into the marrow of the soul. These outwardly flat periods, when enduring well may not seem very purposeful,, are probably the times when needed attitudinal alignments are quietly occurring.” WellsMaySoulSeemsPastNeededPeriodsLessonsEndureFlatsLife LessonAlignmentMarrow Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion of Belgium by the German army, Spring 1940, to join my family. The two alternatives left then to us were either to emigrate to the United States, or to pursue some activity that needed neither support nor connection with the outside Aryan world where we lived. My family chose this second alternative. I then decided to build a small research unit at home and installed it in my bedroom.” WorldTwoStatesHomeLeftUnitedUnited StatesSupportNeededPeriodsActivitySpringResearchMy FamilyConnectionsDecidedArmyPursueAlternativesGuestsBedroomUnitsAutobiographyInvasionInstituteVergeBelgiumBrussels Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“The phrase, 'Emancipation of Women' is only an invention of the Jewish intellect and its content is stamped with the same spirit. In the really good periods of German life the German woman never needed to emancipate herself.” SpiritNeededPeriodsIntellectInventionPhrasesMen WomenEmancipation Author:Adolf Hitler
“In my case, spirituality has been important to me because at periods in my life there's been very little else that I've had going. I've actually needed to call on, to feel the forces of good in this universe to be able to survive.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensImportantAbleSpiritualityUniverseForceCasesNeededPeriods Author:Assata Shakur
“At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsBelieveChildrenLongWarCountryMomentsHomeCareWaitingCommunityLeadershipPolicyNeededPeriodsTerrorHumanitarianAcceptedBoatDecentAustraliaWealthyEthicalCampsVietnamAustralianVietnam WarLong Wait Author:Malcolm Fraser
“Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to state that its about work, its not about welfare... Set up a grace period where they can get a work permit... social security card so that they can pay income tax, social security, Medicare.” StatesIndividualSocialEasyPayGraceSecurityNeededPeriodsTaxesImmigrationIncomeCardsReformWelfarePermitSocial SecurityIncome TaxMedicareImmigration Reform Author:Gary Johnson
“Men can become twins with age. The past was their common womb; the six months of rain and the six months of sun was the period of their common gestation. They needed only a few words and a few gestures to convey their meaning. They had graduated through the same fevers, they were moved by the same love and contempt.” MenLoveAgePastCommonSunMonthsNeededPeriodsSixRainMovedContemptGesturesTwinsSix MonthsWombFeverFew WordsSame LoveGestation Book:The Portable Graham Greene Source: The Portable Graham Greene
“...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water supply comes from hundreds of miles away and any interruption of that, or food, or power for any period of time, you're going to have riots in the streets. Our society is so fragile, so dependent on the interworking of things to provide us with goods and services, that you don't need nuclear warfare to fragment us anymore than the Romans needed it to cause their eventual downfall.” NeedsCausesWaterCitiesStreetsNew YorkNeededPeriodsNuclearMilesDependentOur SocietyGoodsLos AngelesChicagoFragileWarfareFragmentsRiotBreakdownNuclear WarDownfallInterruptionsMiles AwayGoods And ServicesLarge Cities Author:Gene Roddenberry
“As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.” WarEnoughFactsInterestArmsNeededPeriodsArmyInstitutionsSlaveryUnionsSlaveSouthProofSavedCentsEightyLaying Down Book:Reminiscences of the Civil War Source: Reminiscences of the Civil War
“Kenneth Rexroth took me under his wing for a brief period. I was fifteen years old, and I was smoking a lot of heroin and trying to be cool, man, and I really loved poetry. And Kenneth convinced me that destroying myself was not really the best possible solution, and that I needed to look at the world's literature, and not just my own life, in order to be hip, if you will. So he had a huge influence on what became of me thereafter.” IfsMenWorldTryingYearsLooksOrderLiteratureMy OwnInfluenceHugeNeededPeriodsSolutionsWingsConvincedHipsSmokingDestroyingFifteenMy Own LifeHeroinBeing CoolFifteen YearsKennethFifteen Years Old Author:Sam Hamill
“Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.” HelpingRunningCompanySituationCuttingBearsProudNeededPeriodsProgramReliefAssetsSteadfastTime PeriodsTarp Author:Jamie Dimon
“There's such a stigma around girls' periods, and women's sexuality - girls can't speak out for themselves or be who they want to be. I think that coming from the social platform that I have, I try to be a positive influence, and this was something that I felt needed to be seen and heard.” ThinkingWantTryingGirlSpeakSocialFeltHeardInfluenceNeededPeriodsSexualityPlatformsStigmaSpeaks OutPositive Influence Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“I see in the FBI 302, which was put out on Memorial Day weekend in print about this big where you needed to use a magnifying glass to read it, but I read it twice, I saw something that really concerned me.It said Hillary Clinton can't remember her exit interview from the CIA because she had no memory for a period of time after she had a concussion. She was secretary of state when she had no memory. Now there's something really seriously wrong with it.” SaidStatesUseBigsRememberMemoriesSawsNeededPeriodsConcernedClintonGlassesInterviewsPrintWeekendSecretaryMemorialCiaFbiExitMemorial DayMagnifyingNo MemoryConcussionsMagnifying GlassMemorial Day Weekend Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The first art in caves were really psychedelic experiences, and the reason that they were is because the tribal encyclopedia, the amount of information that people needed to know in order to move to a new way of life, suddenly increased over that period of time.” PeopleKnowsWayFirstsArtReasonMovingOrderInformationAmountNeededPeriodsNew WaysCavesPsychedelicEncyclopediaPsychedelic ExperienceNew Way Of Life Author:Howard Rheingold
“Every actor has periods of their life that are a little less busy than others, and that was just a time when I needed that. And to be back on a sitcom stage, with Julia [ Louis-Dreyfus], was really, really fun.” LittlesActorsFunStageNeededPeriodsBusySitcomJulia Author:Eric McCormack