“The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity; they don't create any incentives; they don't produce solar, hydro, nuclear.” ShouldTwoReasonMomentsEnergyCommonProduceDiversityStandardsNuclearCommon SenseReason WhyAccountabilityAdoptedIncentivesInputOutput Author:Frank Luntz
“There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.” SelfReasonGovernmentTogetherPoliticalOrderProduceProductsProductionsReason WhyLatterCommonwealthSelf-government Author:Charlie Pierce
“I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn't in dire straits.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLongReasonKnow HowProduceDrinkOffersLong TimeReason WhyGrandmotherBartenderGreat Grandmother Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Humans became easy prey when they moved from the forest to the savanna, which deprived them of the option of climbing trees to flee predators. This shift made it necessary for the men to actively protect the women and their babies. Only as a result of this protection were women able to give birth in shorter intervals, perhaps once every two or three years. This meant that they could produce offspring about twice as frequently as apes. I would be willing to bet that this rapid reproduction is one of the reasons why we dominate the world today, and not the apes.” MenWorldGivingYearsHumansMadeTwoReasonWould BeTodayAbleThreeEasyResultsTreeProduceWillingHe ManBabyBirthProtectMovedProtectionForestsMade ItReason WhyClimbingThree YearsPreyRapidsDeprivedApesWorld TodayOffspringReproductionPredatorIntervalsClimbing TreesSavanna Author:Frans de Waal
“The truth is that we have hitherto made no genuine effort to produce forged steel working parts of automobiles of the highest quality. That is one of the reasons why our automobiles have not ranked with those of foreign make.” MadeReasonEffortQualityProduceTruth IsHighestGenuineReason WhySteelAutomobileForged Author:Charles M. Schwab
“Let the parent ask "Why?" and the child produce the answer, if he can. After he has turned the matter over in his mind, there is no harm in telling him - and he will remember it - the reason why.” IfsMindChildrenMatterReasonRememberAsksParentAnswersProduceHarmReason WhyHomeschooling Book:The Original Home School Series Source: The Original Home School Series