“It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft.” ShouldWritingFirstsMayStudentsThirdsDisappointed Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
“Many of life's decisions are hard. What kind of career should you pursue? Does your ailing mother need to be put in a nursing home? You and your spouse already have two kids; should you have a third?such decisions are hard for a number of reasons. For one the stakes are high. There's also a great deal of uncertainty involved. Above all, decisions like these are rare, which means you don't get much practice making them. You've probably gotten good at buying groceries, since you do it so often, but buying your first house is another thing entirely.” NeedsShouldFirstsKindMeanDoeTwoHardReasonHomeKidsMotherHouseDecisionDealsNumbersCareersPracticeInvolvedThirdsPursueUncertaintyBuyingStakesSpouseNursingGroceriesNursing Home Author:Steven Levitt
“Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'” WorldShouldFirstsCountryTodayWinningBitsAnimalRaceFiveFourFeetLuckyEqualThirdsHorseShoesRanDucksFifthHorseshoes Author:Eddie Izzard
“Why should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?” ShouldHumansWomenCenturyFemaleThirdsLaysFortyEggsCrocodiles Author:Aldous Huxley
“It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be late abortions - either occurring spontaneously or being induced deliberately in the second or third trimester of pregnancy - in order to prevent the birth of abnormal children.” ThinkingWayShouldChildrenWould BeOrderBirthLateThirdsAbortionAppropriatePregnancyAbnormalScreeningEmbryos Author:Ian Wilmut
“Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.” PeopleShouldLife IsSleepBalancePeriodsActivityLaborThirdsEnjoyedDividedIdlenessRecreationRebuildingLife BalanceTime Periods Author:Brigham Young
“There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true, or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.” ThinkingShouldHappensPoliticianCommitmentThirdsIntentionOccasionsFulfillingRail Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It is difficult to explain this to those who do not know our ways. They cannot easily be made to understand why we consider that the intensity, passion, intimacy, informality and spontaneity of our Debates constitute the personality of the House of Commons and endow it at once with its focus and its strength.” KnowsWorldWayShouldMadeTwoCountryPassionHouseDifficultWonderFocusPersonalityMembersThirdsStartingDebateIntimacySeatsIntensityChamberSpontaneityParliamentaryHouse Of CommonsInformality Author:Winston Churchill