“So a war begins. Into a peace-time life, comes an announcement, a threat. A bomb drops somewhere, potential traitors are whisked off quietly to prison. And for some time, days, months, a year perhaps, life has a peace-time quality, into which war-like events intrude. But when a war has been going on for a long time, life is all war, every event has the quality of war, nothing of peace remains.” YearsLongHas BeensWarLife IsQualityEventsMonthsLong TimeRemainsPrisonThreatBombsTraitorAnnouncements Book:The Four-Gated City Source: The Four-Gated City
“Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved or how comfortable you might be with where you currently are in life. As a young international rugby player I learnt a valuable lesson about sacrifice. The bottom line was the phrase 'long after the price is forgotten the quality remains'. Undertaking JOLT Challenge involves sacrifice but it is well worth it as you explore creative and innovative ways of challenging yourself for constant improvement in many areas of life.” WayWellsLongMightYoungChallengesLinesQualityCreativePlayerSacrificeLessonsComfortableAreasRemainsConstantBottomForgottenInternationalAppreciationValuableImprovementPhrasesWorth ItInnovativeBottom LineBetter WaysRugbyUndertakingsChallenge YourselfValuable LessonsConstant ImprovementContinual Improvement Author:Nick Farr-Jones
“Money-crimes have an abstract quality. History is laden with the victims of gold, but their remains are odourless.” QualityCrimeGoldVictimRemainsAbstract Author:Georges Bernanos
“Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high quality of the original product, it doesn't show a hint of dating. Neither [Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope nor Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi] were able to match the narrative scope of Empire, which today remains one of the finest and most rousing science fiction tales ever committed to the screen.” YearsStillsWarShowsTodayAbleStarsFictionQualityProductsReturnDatingOriginalsRemainsScience FictionCommittedStrikesScreensTalesReleaseNarrativeEmpiresEpisodesFinestScopeThrillingHintsInvolvingSeventeenHigh QualityNew HopeStrike BackEmpire Strikes Back Author:James Berardinelli
“One of the myths about the Internet of Things is that companies have all the data they need, but their real challenge is making sense of it. In reality, the cost of collecting some kinds of data remains too high, the quality of the data isn't always good enough, and it remains difficult to integrate multiple data sources.” NeedsKindRealEnoughRealityDifficultChallengesQualityCompanySourceInternetCostRemainsMythDataMake SenseGood EnoughMultipleCollectingIntegrating Author:Chris Murphy
“Regularity in Nature is not proof of the control of Nature by a Divine intelligence; it is rather the reverse. If something- call it matter, or ether, or x - exists, it must operate in accordance with its innate qualities; and so long as this x remains uncontrolled, its manifestations will continue unchallenged- in other words, there will be order. The same causes, the same results. That is the manifest signs of a natural order that knows nothing of God.” IfsKnowsLongMatterOrderCausesNaturalResultsQualityDivineRemainsProofManifestationManifestReverseInnateRegularityNatural Order Book:Essays in freethinking Source: Essays in freethinking
“Love is the most important ingredient to any meaningful relationship. It is fundamental to true significance. Your quality of life is directly tied to the amount of love flowing in you and through you to others. Though it's often overlooked, love is infinitely more valuable than riches, fame, and honor. They will pass away, but love remains. You can be fulfilled without these, but not without love.” ImportantLife IsLove IsQualityAmountHonorFameFundamentalsRemainsValuableRichesMeaningfulSignificanceIngredientsTiedFulfilledQuality Of LifePassing AwayWithout LoveOverlookedMeaningful Relationship Author:Alex Kendrick
“I think as long as the standard of quality, the story-telling, film-making, acting etc. etc. remains consistent, then you've got a good change of making a decent anthology.” ThinkingLongStoriesFilmActingQualityStandardsRemainsDecentConsistentEtcAnthologyGood Change Author:Neil Marshall
“The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.” TwoEndsParentDifferencesSimpleQualityPovertyStrugglePolicyPaidRemainsWorkplaceFlexibilityAntidoteAffordablePaychecksSingle ParentChildcare Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.” LifeHappinessQualityTalentRemainsAttractiveAttractive Qualities Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce a prodigious amount of work. The second is that they never know fatigue. And the third is that their minds grow more brilliant as they grow older, instead of less brilliant. Great men's lives begin at forty, where the mediocre man's life ends. The genius remains an ever-flowing fountain of creative achievement until the very last breath he draws.” KnowsMenMindEndsLastsThreeGrowsCommonSecretQualityCreativeSuccessfulProduceParticularAmountGeniusAchievementDrawsThirdsBreathsRemainsBrilliantGreat MenFortyMediocreFountainFatigueProdigiousSuccessful Man Author:Walter Russell
“Whether manufactured by black, white, brown or yellow hands, a widget remains a widget – and it will be bought anywhere if the price and quality are right. The market is a more powerful and more reliable liberating force than government can ever be.” IfsHandsGovernmentForceBlackWhitePowerfulQualityRemainsBrownYellowLiberatingBlack White Author:Margaret Thatcher