“Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.” MayGrowthDealsEconomyInfluenceResearchExpectationsProgramImpactPrimariesConsumersInflationNew DealFuture Growth Author:Christina Romer
“Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.” ThinkingShouldEvilOpportunityStrongForgetWorryAmountWasteNegativeProgramRootsImpactCriticalSpeedEnormousEfficiencyProgrammersMaintenancePrematureOptimizationDebugging Author:Donald Knuth
“Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.” WantFeelingsSportsProgramImpactChoreography Author:Peggy Fleming
“The United States is strongly committed to the IPCC process of international cooperation on global climate change. We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global environment, to assess the potential for future climate change, and to develop effective programs. The state of the science, the social and economic impacts, and the appropriate strategies all are crucial components to a global resolution. The stakes here are very high; the consequences, very significant.” WayStatesTogetherNationsSocialProcessCommunityUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentEconomicConsequenceProgramImpactStrategyClimateClimate ChangeInternationalCommittedSignificantRationalAppropriateResolutionReviewsCooperationCrucialStakesComponentsOrderlyInternational CooperationDrawn Together Author:George H. W. Bush
“Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner.” SocialResponsibilityMoralProgramImpactAddressesPartnershipPrudentMoral ResponsibilitySocial ProgramsSocial Impact Author:Todd Young
“The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs.” TermResultsCasesResearchProgramImpactClimateClimate ChangeExpensive Book:The Greening of Global Warming Source: The Greening of Global Warming
“We do not take into account the value of the stream. We see the number of streams as a measure of consumer demand, not the value. As it is, we think streams are under-monetized, and we are complaining loudly about that. If the value of a stream changes, we won't alter the count because we don't want to alter the history of the program because that would impact these milestone achievements.” IfsThinkingWantValuesNumbersDemandAchievementProgramAccountsImpactComplainingConsumersStreamsMilestone Author:Cary Sherman
“If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact, this should be very relevant for public health initiatives in Michigan and elsewhere in the US.” IfsShouldSucceedProjectsProgramInnovationImpactRelevantPilotsElsewhereInitiativePublic HealthMichiganLearning More Author:Ruth Simmons
“There's been a 40-year effort on the far right to build up think tanks, academic programs, advocacy groups, to push a particular ideology. That's really where the impact is that people don't see.” PeopleThinkingYearsEffortGroupsParticularProgramImpactIdeologyAcademicTanksAdvocacy Author:Jane Mayer
“There was a direct jobs program from the Rooselvelt administration in the 1930s. The Justice Department has set up a task force to investigate the banks and the mortgage crisis but that's a little too late. Whenever they report they will report the obvious. It will be too late to impact the people who need the help the most.” PeopleNeedsLittlesHelpingJobsForceJusticeLateProgramTasksDirectCrisisImpactObviousAdministrationDepartmentReportsToo LateMortgage1930sTask ForcesMortgage Crisis Author:Jesse Jackson
“Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping folks who are in the worst economic situations, are most likely to disproportionately impact and benefit African Americans. They also have the benefit of being sellable to a majority of the body politic.” KindHelpingBodySituationEconomicChildhoodWorstDesignHigherBenefitsProgramUniversalImpactMajorityFolksDefinitionsEmploymentAfrican AmericanMinimumWagesMinimum WageEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Barack Obama
“The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.” PeoplePartyRepublicanBenefitsProgramImpactDemocratBudgetsAgendasRepublican PartyTerrificExplaining Author:J. C. Watts
“If we were left to ourselves with the task of taking the gospel to the world, we would immediately begin planning innovative strategies and plotting elaborate schemes. We would organize conventions, develop programs, and create foundations… But Jesus is so different from us. With the task of taking the gospel to the world, he wandered through the streets and byways…All He wanted was a few men who would think as He did, love as He did, see as He did, teach as He did and serve as He did. All He needed was to revolutionize the hearts of a few, and they would impact the world.” IfsThinkingMenWorldHeartDifferentWantedJesusLeftTeachStreetsNeededProgramTasksFoundationImpactStrategyPlanningConventionsSchemesOrganizeInnovative Author:David Platt