“One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.” WorldWayTodaySourceBeatsApplesSoftwareMicrosoftBack In The DayOpen Source Author:Jimmy Wales
“We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.” TodayEnergyKnownSourceDependsFindingsSurvivalOilDecadesAlternativesImports Author:Barack Obama
“Whom do I hate most among the rabble of today? The socialist rabble, the chandala apostles, who undermine the instinct, the pleasure, the worker's sense of satisfaction with his small existence-who make him envious, who teach him revenge. The source of wrong is never unequal rights but the claim of "equal" rights.” TodayHatePleasureExistenceTeachRightsSourceEqualI HateClaimsInstinctWorkersSatisfactionRevengeSocialistEqual RightsApostlesEnvious Book:The Portable Nietzsche Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food.” HumansHas BeensImportantTodayRolesSourceMajorsPlantAcceptedMeatDietsUnlikely Author:Jane Goodall
“Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today.” BelieveHas BeensEnoughProblemTodaySocialCommunitySourceAccountsRapidsBreakdownSocial ProblemsRapid Change Book:The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future Source: The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future
“I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.” TodayNumbersHalfMoralMillionsAtheismSourceIntellectualPositive AtheismConvincedBelieverFrankDiscomfortLarge NumbersUnbelievers Author:Margaret E. Knight
“Serious skeptics, true believers, and seekers of every stripe will want to read Mitch Horowitz's vibrant, probing, and richly researched account of the impact of the positive-thinking movement on every aspect of American life today. Filled with a cast of remarkable characters and many lively tales, One Simple Idea is a readable, responsible examination of the limits and possibilities of mind-power as a source of constructive transformation.” ThinkingWantMindIdeasCharacterTodaySimpleMovementPossibilityPositive ThinkingSeriousSourceLimitsAspectAccountsTransformationResponsibleImpactFilledCastsBelieverTalesRemarkableSeekersExaminationConstructiveLivelySkepticAmerican LifeStripesTrue BelieverPower Of The MindProbingSimple Ideas Author:Judith Viorst
“Only through religion can logic develop into philosophy, only from this source stems that which makes philosophy more than science. And without religion we will have only novels, or the triviality today called belles lettres instead of an eternally rich and infinite poetry.” PhilosophyTodayReligionNovelRichSourceLogicInfiniteStemTriviality Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“I didn't have any looks, I didn't have any talent, and it was easy for me to say to the Lord, "I don't have anything." If you only knew where I came from ... this leetle-bitty town with no more than twelve hundred people in it. So ... anything I am today, He is the one who has done it [ellipses in source].” PeopleIfsLooksDoneTodayEasyLordTalentSourceHundredTownsTwelveIf Only You Knew Author:Kathryn Kuhlman
“The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus on a 17th-century technology, when there are 21st-century alternatives that are both necessary and available? And the answer is the subversion of democracy.” TodayEnergyAnswersTechnologyDemocracyFocusCenturySourceEconomicsAvailableAlternativesCompelling21st CenturyPublic HealthEnergy SourcesSubversion17th CenturyAlternative Energy Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare drama you're in. But an actor is pretending to be somebody, a singer isn't. And that's the difference. Singers today have to sing songs where there's very little emotion involved. That and the fact that they have to sing hit records from years gone by doesn't leave a lot of room for any kind of intelligent creativity.” YearsKindLittlesDifferentFactsTodaySongActorsDifferencesRoomsEmotionCreativityGoneRecordsSourceInvolvedDramaIntelligentSingersPretendingYears Gone By Author:Bob Dylan
“The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks.” ThinkingWayTwoEnoughAgeTodayYoungEnergyGenerationsYouthSourceDaughterConsumerismTwo Daughters Author:Mike Horn
“Forget land, buildings, or machines-the real source of wealth today is intelligence, applied intelligence. We talk glibly of "intellectual property" without taking on board what it really means. It isn't just patent rights and brand names; it is the brains of the place.” MeanRealTodayNamesWealthForgetBrainRightsLandBuildingSourceIntellectualMachinesPropertyBrandsBoardsReally MeanPatentsIntellectual PropertyBrand Names Author:Charles Handy
“I think smart aggregation is a service to readers. And we do it, too ... . Whether it's a politics page and you want Dan Balz to tell you what is he reading, what does he think are the smartest articles today on the elections or the primaries. So, I think aggregation is great ... . So I'm all for aggregation. And the more eyeballs we can get to our content, the better. We do want readers to be educated and to understand the difference between, what is a source that you can trust as opposed to just rumors out there. And the difference between just repurposing content and not crediting it.” ThinkingWantDoeTodayReadingDifferencesSourceReaderPagesSmartElectionEducatedPrimariesArticlesRumorEyeballs Author:Katharine Weymouth
“Of all persons the Christian should be best prepared for whatever the New Year brings. He has dealt with life at its source. In Christ he has disposed of a thousand enemies that other men must face alone and unprepared. He can face his tomorrow cheerful and unafraid because yesterday he turned his feet into the ways of peace and today he lives in God. The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation.” MenWayShouldYearsPersonsMadeTodayChristianFacesChristEnemyFeetHe ManSourceTomorrowThousandSafePreparedYesterdayNew YearCheerfulDwellingUnafraidUnpreparedDwelling PlaceChristian New Year Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsLightKidsTodayEarthTurnsNextEnergyRoomsProgressSeeingEconomicMankindPlanetsTheorySourceDependsIndustryCleanCorruptionGlobal WarmingScareNext YearBansLiving OnTurn OffEnergy SourcesHotter Author:Doug Casey
“Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country.” Has BeensCountryUseTodayHouseEnergySpaceSourceElementsMajorsResearchDiscoveryProgramMedicineCriticalNuclearSmokeEnergy SourcesSpace ProgramPlutoniumBasic ResearchIsotopes Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.” FeelsChildrenTodayParentChallengesInformationSourceOur ChildrenCrucial Author:Gloria Estefan
“White House political adviser Karl Rove was one of Robert Novak's sources for the 2003 disclosure of a CIA operative's identity, according to a story published today in "Duh" magazine.” StoriesTodayPoliticalHouseWhiteIdentitySourceMagazinesWhite HouseCiaAdviserDisclosureDuh Author:Andy Borowitz
“It's naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace exclusively from the administration in power. It's essential to have other sources of information, to check those against one's own common sense, and to form your own judgment as to whether we ought to go to or persist in war.” WarTodayFormCommonInformationPolicySourceOughtEssentialsJudgmentChecksCommon SenseAdministrationForeign PolicyPersistNaiveIrresponsibleGrownups Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“Today you have a situation where now the prescription is: People who dont have enough money to buy food should end up paying for their drinking water. That is going to be the kind of situation in which you will get more child labor. You will get more exploitation of women. Youre going to get an absolutely exploitative economy as the very basis of living becomes a source of capital accumulation and corporate growth. In fact, the chief of Coca-Cola in India said: Our biggest market in India comes from the fact that there is no drinking water left. People will have to buy Coca-Cola.” PeopleShouldKindChildrenSaidEndsEnoughFactsTodayLeftGrowthWaterSituationEconomySourceLaborIndiaBasesDrinkingChiefsCorporateExploitationAccumulationPrescriptionsDrinking WaterCoca ColaChild Labor Author:Vandana Shiva
“Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.” WorldStatesTodayStrongSourceCapableInternationalDrivingAgendasLegitimacyToday's World Author:Ian Bremmer
“An ethic of maternalism was central to the utopianism of 19th century feminists. I don't think that today's women see motherhood as a source of personal power, let alone political power. I don't think that women now have that same sense that their lives as mothers gives them any special power or virtue. I think women see their lives as mothers as an adjunct to their working lives - a fulfilling and important adjunct, to be sure - but something they do in addition to working in the public realm, not because being a wife and mother gives them a distinct edge in improving the world as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsWorldGivingImportantTodayPoliticalMotherWomenVirtueWifeSpecialCenturySourceEthicsEdgesFeministMotherhoodRealmsFulfillingImproving19th CenturyPolitical PowerPersonal PowerWorking LifeWives And Mothers Author:Clare Wright
“To restore our inflamed atmosphere to a hospitable state requires nothing less than rewiring the entire globe - and replace every oil-burning furnace, every gasoline-burning car, every coal-burning generating plant, with renewable, climate-friendly energy sources. The earth's fossil fuel resources have blessed us with a level of prosperity and abundance unimaginable a century ago. Today they are propelling us forward into a century of disintegration.” StatesTodayEarthEnergyLevelsCenturyCarSourceResourcesBlessedPlantClimateProsperityOilBurningAtmosphereAbundanceFuelGlobal WarmingFriendlyGlobesCoalFossilsFossil FuelUnimaginableGasolineFurnacesEnergy SourcesDisintegration Author:Ross Gelbspan
“Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.” ArtDifferentMatterTodayArtistModernSubjectsSourcePainterSubject MatterModern Art Book:Jackson Pollock Source: Jackson Pollock
“The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people.” PeopleWayHardHelpingTodayJobsAmericaForceCreativityEconomicCreationHard WorkSourceBureaucracyComebackIngenuityPaychecksNew JobJob Creation Author:Rob Portman
“I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do.” IdeasWholeTodaySourceNotionIncrediblesDevelopingCompareOpennessImprovingWitchcraftAlchemyOpen Source Author:Linus Torvalds
“In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.” YearsStatesTodayPastLostUnitedMillionsUnited StatesSourcePercentAgingNineIncomePrimariesFarmsFarmersElsewhereFarmingRanchersPrimary SourceFamily FarmsFarmers And Ranchers Author:Tom Vilsack