“... we are obliged to produce the truth by the power that demands truth and needs it in order to function: we are constrained, we are condemned to admit the truth or to discover it. Power constantly asks questions and questions us; it constantly investigates and records; it institutionalizes the search for the truth, professionalizes it, and rewards it. ... In a different sense, we are also subject to the truth in the sense that truth lays down the law: it is the discourse of truth that decides, at least in part; it conveys and propels effects of power.” NeedsDifferentLawOrderAsksRecordsSubjectsEffectsProduceDemandFunctionLaysRewardsDiscourseObligedKnowledge And Power Author:Michel Foucault
“One wonders whether a generation that demands instant satisfaction of all its needs and instant solution of the world's problems will produce anything of lasting value. Such a generation, even when equipped with the most modern technology, will be essentially primitive it will stand in awe of nature, and submit to the tutelage of medicine men.” MenWorldNeedsProblemValuesWonderTechnologyGenerationsModernProduceDemandSolutionsMedicineSatisfactionInstantAweLastingSubmitPrimitiveModern TechnologyTutelage Author:Eric Hoffer
“Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe... Our love of art is often quite temporary, dependent upon our moods, and our love of art is subservient to our demand for a positive self image. How we look at art should account for those imperfections and work around them. Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader. Maybe we think we are supposed to like tough books, but are we? Who says? Many writers (and art museums) produce for quite a small subsample of the... public.” ThinkingShouldMindBelieveLooksArtImportantBookSelfMatterMightDesireAttentionProduceReaderDemandArt IsToughAccountsNo Matter WhatMoodOur TimeDependentTemporaryMuseumsImperfectionOur LoveScarceSubservientPositive SelfPositive Self Image Author:Tyler Cowen
“While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run.” KnowsWantLongCountryHappensRunningChoicesFoodProduceDemandPercentDenyBritishConsumersIngredientsLong RunsCropsOrganic FoodGenetically Modified Author:Prince Charles
“New technologies will always demand and deserve careful navigation and difficult readjustments. But the weakening or de facto abolition of copyright will not merely roil the seas, it will drain them dry. Those who would pirate what you produce have developed an elaborate sophistry to convince you that they are your victim. They aren't. Fight back.” FightingDifficultTechnologySeaProduceDemandDeserveVictimCarefulDryConvincePirateDrainsNew TechnologyAbolitionCopyrightWeakeningNavigationSophistry Author:Mark Helprin
“I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a margin for old age and for a dowry for the incidents that are to follow. I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth or shapes it into a garment will starve in the process.” MenWantMayDoeAgeProcessProduceHe ManShapesDemandPityOld AgeFarmsFactoriesCoatsWagesIncidentsMarginsGarmentsLiving WageDowryCheap Things Author:Benjamin Harrison
“I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana. There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented. When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.” FirstsCountryStatesReasonWholeChallengesGrowing UpGrowingProduceFootballFitDemandTrainingAthleteWhole LifeEnjoyedDivisionNavySealsMontanaNavy Seal Author:Ryan Zinke
“In college, unable to be "special" - or in demand - as a girl, I made myself useful, even essential, in my microcosm - as a writer and photographer for the band, particularly for the band director. My "specialness" was to produce something of value, not to look like something (with that different kind of "value"), so I was still fundamentally invisible, but had a significant purpose.” LooksKindMadeStillsDifferentPurposeValuesGirlSpecialProduceCollegeBandDirectorsDemandEssentialsPhotographerSignificantInvisibleDifferent KindsLike SomethingMicrocosmSpecialness Author:Cris Mazza
“If, as consumers, we can change our mindset so that we see gnarled, twisted, lumpy or otherwise imperfect produce as beautiful, we can create demand, change the system and ultimately help feed the world.” IfsWorldHelpingBeautifulProduceDemandMindsetConsumersImperfectTwisted Author:Dana Cowin
“Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on. But the old orders should not be moved easily - certainly not at the mere whim or behest of youth. There must be clash and if youth hasn't enough force or fervor to produce the clash the world grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay.” IfsWorldShouldEnoughMovingOrderForceGrowsAcceptingYouthProduceDemandMovedMereRadicalDecayClashWhimSourStaleStagnantFervor Author:William Allen White
“We're teaching a generation of students who've been schooled to produce quick, right answers on demand. They are not comfortable with ambiguity. The implications of that in the long term are discomforting.” LongTermAnswersGenerationsTeachingStudentsProduceDemandComfortableLong TermAmbiguityImplicationsSchooledRight Answers Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“We're in a classic demand-shortfall recession. There aren't enough jobs because total spending is too low. Consumers won't lead the way because they're busy paying down debt and are fearful they'll lose their jobs, if they haven't already. Businesses, which are currently sitting on mountains of cash, won't spend either, because they already have sufficient capacity to produce more than people are willing to buy.” PeopleIfsWayEnoughJobsLosesHavensProduceWillingDemandMountainLowsSittingCapacityBusyDebtSpendingConsumersClassicSufficientCashFearfulRecessions Author:Robert H. Frank
“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.” MenCountryNaturalLandProduceDemandEconomicsPropertyReapPrivate PropertyProperty RightsLandlordEconomic InequalityReal Property Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With notes, and an additional vol., by D. Buchanan Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With notes, and an additional vol., by D. Buchanan