“In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid rate. Pollution destroys beauty and menaces health. It cuts down on efficiency, reduces property values and raises taxes. Almost all these wastes and pollutions are the result of activities carried on for the benefit of man. A prime national goal must be an environment that is pleasing to the senses and healthy to live in. Our Government is already doing much in this field. We have made significant progress. But more must be done.” MenMadeDoneGovernmentLastsValuesGoalResultsBeautyEnvironmentCuttingGrowingProgressFieldsHealthySceneActivityTaxesWasteBenefitsRaisesPropertyRateDecadesSensesSignificantPrimeCategoriesPollutionEfficiencyPlagueRapidsMenacePollution Control Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between cause and effect. We have to train ourselves to be thinking in terms of longer-term results.” ThinkingLongStrongCausesTermResultsEffectsCenturyAspectCrisisTrainSignificant21st CenturyCause And EffectLag Author:Jamais Cascio
“The result of [the] cumulative efforts to investigate the cell - to investigate life at the molecular level - is a loud, clear, piercing cry of 'design!' The result is so unambiguous and so significant that it must be ranked as one of the greatest achievements in the history of science. The discovery rivals those of Newton and Einstein, Lavoisier and Schrödinger, Pasteur, and Darwin. The observation of the intelligent design of life is as momentous as the observation that the earth goes around the sun.” EarthLife IsLevelsResultsEffortSunClearCryDesignAchievementDiscoveryIntelligentSignificantObservationCellsLoudRivalsNewtonPiercingsIntelligent DesignHistory Of ScienceCumulativeGreatest AchievementPasteur Author:Michael Behe
“I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance ... and bitter, exaggerated, last-stitch resistance ... to every significant technological change that had taken place on earth. Usually the resistance came from those groups who stood to lose influence, status, money...as a result of the change. Although they never advanced this as their reason for resisting it. It was always the good of humanity that rested upon their hearts.” HeartReasonEarthLastsHumanityLosesResultsTakenGroupsInfluenceSignificantResistanceBitterTechnologicalResistingExaggeratedAmazementStitchesTechnological Change Author:Isaac Asimov
“(1) The more thoroughly a photographer explores his subject with the camera (i.e., the more pictures he makes), the more he sees and the better his chance of getting good results. (2) Even slight changes in subject approach can make significant differences in the effect of the picture.” DifferencesChanceResultsSubjectsEffectsApproachCamerasPhotographerSignificant Author:Andreas Feininger
“The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions.” WorldMovingDecisionResultsPlansSignificant Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever you do, nothing much different happens. This also means there are no important pay-offs if you risk by innovating. As there are no rewards for taking risks, then there's no sense of push in that institution's culture.” PeopleIfsFeelsMeanImportantDifferentHappensCultureResultsPayRiskOrganizationInstitutionsRewardsSignificantSecureOutcomesTaking Risks Author:Judith M Bardwick
“There are 41 million people who do not have access to a toilet in Pakistan and as a result they are defecating in the open. And open defecation has significant health and nutritional consequences.” PeopleResultsMillionsHealthConsequenceAccessSignificantPakistanToilets Author:Geeta Rao Gupta
“I think that's very significant that we're so attached to the idea now of - it was something I advocated for years, that you can make music in studios, music doesn't have to be made as a real-time experience. But now you see the results of that in people who are completely crippled unless they know that they have the possibility of "cut and paste" and "undo." And "undo" and "undo" and "undo" and "undo" and "undo" again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsMadeIdeasRealResultsCuttingPossibilityStudiosSignificantCrippled Author:Brian Eno
“What is the manager's job? It is to direct the resources and the efforts of the business toward opportunities for economically significant results. This sounds trite - and it is. But every analysis of actual allocation of resources and efforts in business that I have ever seen or made showed clearly that the bulk of time, work, attention, and money first goes to problems rather than to opportunities, and, secondly, to areas where even extraordinarily successful performance will have minimal impact on results.” FirstsMadeProblemJobsOpportunitySoundResultsEffortAttentionSuccessfulResourcesAreasDirectPerformancesImpactSignificantManagersAnalysisAllocation Book:The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking Source: The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking