“Right now, 70 percent of the people don't have computers. And where they're needed most, people don't have them. We think this will enable anyone to own a computer. We're aiming at everybody who uses a computer as an information access device. The original idea was to build one cheaply enough to put one on every desk.” PeopleThinkingIdeasEnoughUseInformationNeededRight NowComputerPercentOriginalsAccessDevicesDesksOriginal Ideas Author:Larry Ellison
“Even though these are different times, right now we are particularly thinking about what is leadership, and Washington's qualities are as needed today as they were at the founding of this great nation.” ThinkingDifferentTodayNationsQualityNeededRight NowPatriotismFoundingGreat NationsDifferent Times Author:Igor Babailov
“It's sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn't. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don't. When I come back, we'll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveSaidDoneKidsGuyGamesWinningStepsNeededRight NowBasketballStep UpKarate Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Regardless of what challenge you are facing right now, know that it has not come to stay. It has come to pass. During these times, do what you can with what you have, and ask for help if needed. Most importantly, never surrender. Put things in perspective. Take care of yourself. Find ways to replenish your energy, strengthen your faith and fortify yourself from the inside out.” IfsKnowsWayHelpingCareAsksEnergyChallengesPerspectiveNeededRight NowTake CareSurrenderTake Care Of YourselfNever SurrenderAsking For HelpFortification Author:Les Brown
“I was sick of fast, aggressive music; I felt like I needed to make a poppy thing. But, right now, I feel like I need to make a Hawkwind/Sabbath record. It gets boring if you just do the same thing all the time.” IfsNeedsFeelsFeltRecordsNeededRight NowSickBoringAggressiveSabbathPoppies Author:Ty Segall
“The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and anger, and I hope we will reach acceptance because almost perversely, right now, only the US has the technology that is needed for global economic change.” ThinkingFirstsStillsTechnologyEconomicAcceptanceNeededRight NowTraumaReactionsDenialEconomic Change Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“The change in economic values created by the new markets for global public goods will reorient our global economy and under the right conditions can usher the satisfaction of basic needs of the present and of the future. This is what is needed right now.” NeedsValuesEconomyEconomicConditionsNeededRight NowSatisfactionGoodsGlobal EconomyBasic NeedsEconomic Value Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“[Economy] is flat on the floor, and the paramedics have arrived. And they shouldn't argue about whether they put the resuscitation equipment a quarter of an inch this way or a quarter of an inch this way, or they shouldn't start criticizing the patient, because he didn't have a blood pressure test or something like that. They should do what's needed right now.” WayShouldEconomyBloodNeededRight NowTestsPressurePatientArguingFlatsCriticizeQuartersInchesEquipmentBlood PressureParamedicsResuscitation Author:Warren Buffett