“Singularity will be an opt-in scenario for human beings, especially as we draw closer to it. The more that we have the opportunity to interface with and combine ourselves with machines and machinery and electronics - those will all be opt-in moments. Would you choose to have some sort of brain implant? Would you choose to have Google Glasses installed in your eyes? It's all an approach; it's all a glide path to the moment of genuine singularity; genuine artificial intelligence.” HumansMomentsEyeOpportunityHuman BeingsBrainPathApproachDrawsMachinesGlassesGenuineArtificial IntelligenceYou ChooseArtificialGoogleMachineryScenariosSingularityInterfacesElectronicsImplantsGoogle Glass Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I've definitely had a few moments in my life where I've seen somebody and it's blown me away at first sight, but I guess of those few scenarios, none of them have been like... I'm not married.” FirstsHas BeensMomentsMarriedSightScenarios Author:Adam Young
“When you think about justifiable anger in one's personal life, we look at those scenarios in everyday life and through our story with a superhero, we heighten them.” ThinkingLooksStoriesEverydayEveryday LifePersonal LifeSuperheroScenarios Author:Charlie Cox
“We're all in different scenarios, we all make mistakes, we all break stuff, but we're not perfect, we couldn't [be] - it doesn't matter what you build.” DifferentMatterStuffPerfectMistakeBreakMaking MistakesScenariosNot PerfectWe All Make Mistakes Author:Lights
“You always have to sign contracts for several years, if they want to pick you up. It's kind of a strange scenario. They have the option or not.” IfsWantYearsKindStrangePicksContractsScenarios Author:Patricia Arquette
“Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor the West wants a Russian NATO conflict to erupt.” WantCasesOne ThingWorstConflictWestRussiaTurkeysScenariosNatoMembershipMoscowWorst Case Scenario Author:Peter Kenyon
“I'm thinking about the end of civilization. We may not keep growing like we are now. There must be an end of civilization. That's what I did as a show at the Palais de Tokyo, the 33 scenarios of how this civilization ends.” ThinkingMayEndsShowsGrowingCivilizationScenariosTokyo Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“We need to have nature back in our atmosphere. There might be a turning point of going backward - within a few thousand years we are going back to the Stone Age! There are many scenarios [with] the robot technologies: Humans no longer need to walk; machines can produce products and food and everything. You might not be able to recognize what's false and what is real.” NeedsYearsHumansRealMightAgeAbleWalksTechnologyProduceProductsThousandStonesMachinesAtmosphereThousand YearsRobotsScenariosTurning PointsStone Age Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario.” HumansPersonsProblemEvilCasesMedicalAbortionPregnancyAvoidingScenariosTheologicalHuman ProblemsMedical Problems Author:Pope Francis
“Actors don't act, we're just being in a different circumstance and scenario.” DifferentActorsCircumstancesJust BeingScenarios Author:Aeriel Miranda
“Holman's world is a worst case scenario but it's healthy to examine extreme possibilities. If the technology that is used for genetic enrichment in Genus had been distributed equitably, across society, it could have been nirvana, a great world where people don't fear the diseases that we die from. The problems that arrive are more to do with resource hording than technology itself.” PeopleIfsWorldHas BeensProblemUsedDiesCasesTechnologyWorstPossibilityHealthyDiseaseResourcesExtremesCould Have BeenScenariosEnrichmentWorst Case Scenario Author:Jonathan Trigell
“I was too lazy to read, and I was even too lazy to imagine scenarios drawn up by the pictures. They just suggested a flavor to me. I swallowed them whole, like hosts. It was a form of worship.” WholeFormImagineWorshipLazyHostFlavorScenarios Author:Guy Maddin
“I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.” TryingStuffHip HopHipsRelateHopsDoomScenariosBiggie Author:Lykke Li
“Fun has to rule in a lot of scenarios. Occasionally, when you are really getting going, you need to stretch beyond language. It has to go out the window.” NeedsLanguageFunWindowScenariosGetting Going Author:Brian Chippendale
“If you ask which of the scenarios I think is most dangerous, though, I will give a different answer. In that form of the question, I regard a nuclear attack, terrorist-generated or otherwise, as the most threatening combination of likelihood and long-term damage to modern life today.” IfsThinkingGivingLongDifferentTodayFormAsksTermAnswersModernDangerousRegardNuclearTerroristCombinationLong TermDamageThreateningModern LifeScenariosLikelihood Author:John L. Casti
“There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the Arab Spring was merely the prelude to a deeper and much farther-reaching upheaval in the region that has greater impact on countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.” CountryGreaterRiskMiddleDangerousSpringImpactDeeperEastReachingRegionsIranMiddle EastScenariosArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisUpheavalPreludeArab Spring Author:Ian Bremmer
“I guess if there was a desert island scenario and I only could take one font with me, I guess it would be Helvetica, though it has it's limitations, I think it's incredibly versatile and gets the job done and I also think it's one of the typefaces that will really survive the test of time beyond the next several decades if not into the next century.” IfsThinkingDoneWould BeJobsNextCenturyTestsDecadesLimitationDesertIslandsScenariosVersatileGet The Job DoneTest Of TimeFontsTypefacesHelvetica Author:Khoi Vinh
“I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical about it. I don't ever deal with the subtext because I just know it's there so I don't have to deal with it. I just keep it about the scenario. I keep it on the surface, on my concerns. And one of the fun things is is when I'm done with everything, like now, for instance.” ThinkingKnowsWritingDoneFunDealsConcernSurfaceInstanceScenariosFun ThingsSubtext Author:Quentin Tarantino
“We have basic urges all the time. They just manifest themselves in different scenarios, and we have to turn those weaknesses into our strengths. Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength.” ArtDifferentTurnsArt IsWeaknessUrgesManifestScenarios Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Some think that Russia should become a kind of a U.S. province, where it should supply natural resources to the United States and the rest of the world. But these people ignore one very important thing: The Russian people will never agree to this scenario. Russia is ultimately a self-sufficient country.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldKindImportantSelfCountryStatesNaturalUnitedUnited StatesResourcesAgreeImportant ThingsRussiaSufficientScenariosNatural ResourcesProvincesSelf Sufficient Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“It is very unlikely that Uganda will face a chaotic scenario similar to that in Syria or other places. Incidentally, doctors, scientists, engineers and nurses are highly sought after and find jobs immediately.” JobsFacesDoctorsScientistNurseEngineersSyriaUnlikelyScenariosChaoticUganda Author:Yoweri Museveni
“I've done a nude scene and I felt it was appropriate to the storyline and I thought it was done in a respectful way and I felt comfortable doing it. But there are obviously going to be scenarios - not necessarily in this job, but in other jobs to come - where the question will be posed to me 'Will I want to do nude scenes?' and I would have to consider that as its own thing. And not just something to say yes to because I have done so before. It really is circumstantial.” WayWantDoneJobsFeltSceneComfortableAppropriateScenariosRespectfulStoryline Author:Nathalie Emmanuel
“World War III would become a great possibility, but such a scenario is quite possible under any new US administration... To answer your question: business as usual.” WorldWarAnswersPossibilityAdministrationWar Of The WorldsUsualWorld War IiWorld War IScenarios Author:Andre Vltchek
“The West can only try to destroy Russia and China internally, through horrendous sets of tricks, propaganda and toxic lies. But now even such a scenario is unlikely.” TryingLyingWestChinaRussiaTricksPropagandaToxicUnlikelyScenarios Author:Andre Vltchek
“In order for the second scenario to win, the world would have to return where the struggle for independence and against Western colonialism and imperialism was lost or abandoned more than 50 years ago. Let's face it: the world was never really completely de-colonized. It would be total hypocrisy to claim otherwise.” WorldYearsWould BeFacesOrderWinningLostStruggleReturnYears AgoClaimsIndependenceWesternHypocrisyAbandonedColonialismImperialismScenarios Author:Andre Vltchek
“Once the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we do with oil - we've been experiencing [these problems] at an accelerated rate. The scary end-game scenario is getting closer and closer, about what we're going to be able to do to sustain life on this planet as we have come to know it. And I think this is a very real possibility, that we could be dealing with conditions we have no idea how to wrestle with.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasRealEndsProblemAbleMovingGamesConditionsPossibilityPlanetsRateScaryOilBurningNo IdeaFuelEnginesFossilsScenariosSteamFossil FuelSteam EnginesBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Don Cheadle
“I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.” GamesFootballEnglandInternationalMassiveScenarios Author:Michael Owen
“Clubs don't like their players going off to play international matches and you can see a scenario where they eventually start to make it more difficult for international sides to call up players.” PlayDifficultSidesPlayerInternationalClubsScenarios Author:Michael Owen
“Before I had my son, I learned that I had previa and he was breach. When this happened, I felt so out of control. I decided to stay strong and kept doing the poses that help turn the baby. After several disappointing doctor's visits with the same scenario, I realized that I was stuck on my birthing plan.” HelpingTurnsStrongFeltPlansHappenedSonBabyDecidedDoctorsI RealizedStuckMy SonScenariosStay StrongDisappointingBreachBirthing Author:Emily Carpenter
“The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.” KnowsTryingFallEnergyCasesMinutesWorstPleaseCriticizeExplainingCliffsScenariosWorst Case Scenario Author:Amanda Palmer
“At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government. I'm talking about something else right now - when someone does this, the outcome is very negative. Libya's state is disintegrated, Iraq's territory is flooded with terrorists, it looks like the scenario will be the same for Syria, and you know what the situation is in Afghanistan.” KnowsLooksDoeStatesGovernmentActionPastTalkingSituationRight NowNegativeIraqTerroristRussiaOutcomesTerritoryAfghanistanSyriaScenariosLibyaLegitimate Government Author:Vladimir Putin
“In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures” FormDollarsSpendingConsumersGamblingConvenienceScenariosExpenditures Author:John Warren Kindt
“I mainly get my inspiration for writing from everyday situations and I come up with hypothetical scenarios and I can usually write a lot about that.” WritingI CanInspirationSituationEverydayCome UpScenariosHypothetical Author:Thomston
“The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.” KnowsShouldCasesPlansAssumingPlanningOutcomesScenariosFallacy Author:Daniel Kahneman
“When I did The Umbrella Academy, I studied Gabriel Bá's art. I said, "Oh, this is what he likes to do here. Maybe I can push him to do a little more of this." You can play to those strengths. It's a different scenario with each artist.” LittlesArtSaidI CanDifferentPlayArtistLikesAcademyScenariosUmbrellaGabriel Author:Gerard Way
“We only work the most I ever work is three days a week. Very rare that I will work four. If IÂ’'m involved in a scenario where they need me to be in it, I don'Â’t mind. They always work around my childrenÂ’s schedule, their sports, and stuff like that. ThatÂ’s been very important to me.” IfsNeedsMindChildrenImportantThreeStuffSportsFourWeekInvolvedMy ChildrenSchedulesScenarios Author:Ric Flair
“In a large pharmaceutical company, where it's a big bet, you're going to need finance people to be involved in the decision-making because the investment can run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. You're going to have to run scenarios. You might even need agreement from the C.E.O. to make that type of decision. If it's an incremental, low-cost decision in a marketing-oriented company, it may be a very different set of stakeholders a lot further down in the organization.” PeopleIfsNeedsMayDifferentBigsMightRunningDecisionCompanyMillionsTypeInvolvedCostLowsOrganizationDollarsInvestmentMarketingFinanceAgreementDecision MakingScenariosPharmaceuticalStakeholderPharmaceutical Companies Author:John Kao
“I have a little bit of an out-of-body experience where I enjoy the scenario, and I really do like seeing a crowd turn into a mob, and I do nothing to stop it. People can become really dangerous.” PeopleLittlesBodyTurnsBitsEnjoySeeingDangerousLittle BitCrowdsScenarios Author:Norm MacDonald
“Higher energy costs are unavoidable in all future scenarios.” EnergyHigherCostScenarios Author:Van Jones
“It's a barrel of laughs, isn't it? It makes The Day After look like friggin'...insert name of cheerful thing here. It was one of the things that made me really worry about worst-case scenarios. There's something impish and probably somewhat therapeutic about thinking about those things.” ThinkingLooksMadeNamesCasesWorryLaughingWorstCheerfulScenariosBarrelsTherapeuticInsertWorst Case Scenario Author:Charlie Brooker
“Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence.” ValuesInterestAnswersInfluenceDependsVariousStatisticsScenariosGdp Author:Dale Jamieson
“If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are likely to argue that the election was lost because the Republican establishment failed to rally around the choice their own voters made.” IfsMadeChoicesLostLosesTrumpRepublicanHarderElectionArguingVotersEstablishmentScenariosGop Author:Mara Liasson
“A dramatic unwinding of that relationship [between USA and China], by way of an aggressive trade policy, is one of the nightmare scenarios for the global economy as a whole, because it would result in a spiraling depreciation of the dollar, a surge in American interests rates, a collapse in the market for American government debt.” WayWholeGovernmentInterestResultsEconomyPolicyTradeDollarsRateChinaDebtDramaticUsaNightmareAggressiveCollapseScenariosGlobal EconomyInterest RateAmerican GovernmentDepreciationGovernment Debt Author:Judy Woodruff
“In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far behind that these countries are very interested in maintaining the treaty. Europe and the rest of the world want a strong reaffirmation of the Treaty and the US is unilaterally trying to derail it. Termination of the treaty would mean that the US could develop satellite weapons, put offensive weapons in space. It would probably mean using nuclear power in space. All of this leads to some very dangerous scenarios, including destruction of the species.” WorldWantTryingMeanCountryFactsStrongSpaceBehindsDangerousWeaponsEuropeDestructionSpeciesIncludingNuclearAlliesOffensiveMaintainingAdversariesScenariosBansTreatiesOuter SpaceSatellitesNuclear PowerTermination Author:Noam Chomsky
“I'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios.” CasesTechnologyWorstScenariosWorst Case Scenario Author:Charlie Brooker
“Richard Spencer is a terrifying individual that wants to burn down the system as we know it, has called for sterilization of races. He has called for a whites-only, or European-only state. And for anyone in a position that Steve Bannon has been in to bring them in and, best-case scenario, use them for their vote is truly terrifying.” KnowsWantHas BeensStatesUseIndividualRaceCasesPositionVoteScenariosSterilization Author:Glenn Beck
“Having worked my a - off over here for the last 10 years really hard, really f - ing hard, to see that unfolding every Tuesday and then watching the interviews, and the Megyn Kelly ... It's just extraordinary. It's quite a horrible situation because something needs to happen to stop this thing [Donald Trump] from becoming one of the most embarrassing scenarios ever in the history of politics.” NeedsYearsHardHappensLastsSituationTrumpBecomingExtraordinaryHorribleInterviewsEmbarrassingScenariosUnfoldingTuesdayBecoming One Author:Gordon Ramsay
“We set up a bakery called Bad Boy Bakery, to cook on the inside to sell on the outside. It was huge, because it got them working. I'd give them a certificate to go back in the community with a skill. They could get a job. We set up a little bakery and it's gone crazy. I need to be that raw to do the glossy stuff. I need to get back to that kind of scenario.” NeedsGivingKindLittlesJobsStuffCommunityBoysGoneCrazyHugeSkillsSellsCooksGet BackScenariosBad BoyCertificatesBakeriesGone Crazy Author:Chelsea Handler
“Journalists often put things into either-or scenarios.” JournalistScenariosEither Or Author:Rusty Schweickart
“There are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside the arteries. You could see a social reaction in which people would want to regulate this technology because they are threatened by it, and thereby cause a lot of harm. There are several scenarios that are happening at once. The other scenario is that the Japanese are going for this in a big way.” PeopleWayWantBigsEyeSocialCausesTechnologyCommunicationHappeningsBuiltHarmReactionsThreatenedScenariosSurgeonsArteries Author:Howard Rheingold