“As for comics, one has only to turn to the characteristic output of Marvel Comics, for the period from about 1961 to about 1975, to find not an expression of base and cynical impulses but of good, old-fashioned liberal humanism of a kind that may strike us today, God help us, as quaint, but which nevertheless appealed, in story after story, to ideals such as tolerance, technological optimism, and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others.” KindMaySelfHelpingStoriesTodayTurnsSacrificeExpressionPeriodsBenefitsIdealsOptimismHumanismStrikesToleranceImpulseCharacteristicsCynicalNeverthelessTechnologicalOld FashionedSelf SacrificeOutputGod HelpQuaintGod Help UsMarvel Comics Author:Michael Chabon
“If the German nation wants to end a state of affairs that threatens its extermination in Europe, it must not fall into the error of the pre-War period and make enemies of God and the world; it must recognize the most dangerous enemy and strike at him with all its concentrated power. And if this victory is obtained through sacrifices elsewhere, the coming generations of our people will not condemn us.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWarEndsStatesFallNationsEnemyGenerationsSacrificeDangerousVictoryPeriodsEuropeErrorsAffairStrikesElsewhereExtermination Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“Our sense of optimism, our can-do spirit, that's a source of great strength in America. But when there are no limits at all and we've gone through whole periods where we think everything has gone right, that's when disaster tends to strike.” ThinkingWholeAmericaSpiritCan DoGoneSourcePeriodsLimitsOptimismStrikesDisaster Author:Peter Beinart
“Black-Scholes is a know-nothing system. If you know nothing about value - only price - then Black-Scholes is a pretty good guess at what a 90-day option might be worth. But the minute you get into longer periods of time, it's crazy to get into Black-Scholes. For example, at Costco we issued stock options with strike prices of $30 and $60, and Black-Scholes valued the $60 ones higher. This is insane.” IfsKnowsMightValuesBlackCrazyMinutesExampleHigherPeriodsStrikesInsaneScholesCostcoStock Options Author:Charlie Munger
“The flood of photos sweeps away the dams of memory. Never before has a period known so little about itself. In the hands of the ruling society, the invention of illustrated magazines is one of the most powerful means of organizing a strike against understanding... The 'image-idea' drives away the idea.” MeanLittlesIdeasHandsUnderstandingMemoriesPowerfulKnownPeriodsStrikesInventionMagazinesMost PowerfulFloodRulingDams Book:The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays Source: The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays
“I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll spend three straight weeks writing for 12 hours a day and just going through the motions with my worldly business because the compulsion to write descends upon me like a kind of madness. I don't mean to be dramatic, but it feels that way when it strikes.” WayFeelsWritingKindMeanLongThreeHoursWeekPeriodsMadnessMethodStrikesDramaticWorldlyCompulsionLong Periods Of Time Author:Kevin Keck
“I was a member of the Black Student Union, part of the central committee at San Francisco State. During the 1968 strike there, I was certainly very much involved in the activities that occurred on campus. It was part of an extraordinary period in my life” StatesBlackStudentsInvolvedPeriodsActivityMembersUnionsExtraordinaryStrikesCommitteesSan FranciscoCampus Author:Danny Glover
“What strikes me about Toronto is that Toronto's great misfortune was to have too much money in the late 70s and early 80s, and consequently, it built in the style of those periods, which is hideous.” Too MuchStylePeriodsLateBuiltStrikesMisfortunes80sHideousToronto Author:William Gibson