“What is "credibility"? It's a very familiar notion. It's basically the notion that is central to the Mafia. So suppose say the Godfather produces some kind of edict and says you're going to have to pay protection money.” KindPayProduceNotionProtectionFamiliarCredibilityMafia Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are in tough economic times right now, and the first thing we have to do is look at how we're spending the dollars that we have, and at what kind of return on investment we're getting. Because I think it will show that spending more money without fixing the fundamental flaws in the system won't produce anything different in terms of results. In DC, we were spending a whole lot of money on things that had no positive impact on students' achievement levels.” ThinkingFirstsLooksKindDifferentWholeShowsTermLevelsResultsEconomicStudentsProduceReturnRight NowAchievementToughFundamentalsImpactDollarsInvestmentSpendingFlawsMore MoneyLots Of MoneyFixingPositive ImpactReturn On InvestmentStudent AchievementTough Economic Times Author:Michelle Rhee
“Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't want to challenge their readers; they want to produce exactly what their reader expects them to produce. I'm not like that.” WantMindKindChallengesProduceReader Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.” WritingKindLongActingFiguresProduceLong TimeScreens Author:Denis Leary
“We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storeroom is more beautiful to me than the perfect carrot. I'm a gnarly carrot kind of guy.” NeedsKindBeautifulGuyLeftStuffPerfectFiguresProduceCustomersStoresHarvestNot PerfectCarrotsGnarly Author:Mario Batali
“Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.” KindSeemsLiteratureConditionsProduceLosingConsciousConsequenceMannersNovelistsBad Manners Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose