“SDN is a major shift in the networking industry. At Juniper, we think the impact of SDN will be much broader than others have suggested. It will redefine networking and create new winners and losers. We're embracing SDN with clearly defined principles, a four-step roadmap to help customers adopt SDN within their business, and the networking industry's first comprehensive software-centric business model. We're incredibly excited about the value that SDN will deliver to our customers and are committed to leading the industry through this transition.” ThinkingFirstsHelpingValuesStepsPrinciplesFourIndustryMajorsModelsImpactCommittedExcitedCustomersDefinedWinnerLoserTransitionSoftwareNetworkingComprehensiveBusiness ModelsWinner And Loser Author:Bob Muglia
“One of the things that I think makes it hard in this society for us to tell the truth is the kind of conventional relationship to adversity. Things aren't always easy and rather than being taught to have kindness to ourselves and others in the light of that we're taught something very different; that it's wrong and rejected - that's a lot of conditioning to step away from.” ThinkingKindDifferentHardLightEasyStepsKindnessTaughtTruth IsAdversityTelling The TruthConventionalRejectedConditioningThis Society Author:Sharon Salzberg
“We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingLooksWarCountryHelpingRunningActionStepsHellStreetsRaisesRidiculousProtestMarchPotTroopsOur TroopsBangingPots And Pans Author:Molly Ivins
“If I hurt somebody's feelings, I go right to them and talk to them and explain what happens. Sometimes I'm mad at myself because I left a pitch in the middle. It's big when you leave a pitch in the middle. When I make that mistake, it's frustrating for me. I have to think about what I did wrong and go to the next step.” IfsThinkingSometimesFeelingsBigsHappensNextLeftHurtMistakeStepsMiddleMadFrustratingNext Steps Author:Carlos Zambrano
“I think the best models are actors, you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition. Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that, you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.” ThinkingWayFeelsLooksPersonsLongHas BeensDifferentCharacterSeemsMovingActorsActingStepsCrazyLike YouEasierLong TimeModelsBiggerDeeperTransitionLike YourselfModelling Author:Liberty Ross
“It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.” ThinkingHelpingHomeStepsPlayerWindThirdsSlipsYankeesNew York YankeesOutfielders Author:Derek Jeter
“These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps: the fish's delivery of them, the fisherman's read of and response to them, which, if she's good, must be near telepathic. That's what takes a death-grip on your concentration. That's why your mind empties of all trivia, which, when playing a fish, includes just about everything else you could possible think of. That is what anglers live for.” IfsThinkingMindLyingStepsSeaRiversResponseFishesBoatLakesSubtleFishingConcentrationSignalsDeliveryFishermanTriviaAnglersTechnicalitiesPirouettes Author:Jessica Maxwell
“A man that steps aside from the world and has leisure to observe it without interest and design, thinks all mankind as mad as they think him.” ThinkingMenWorldArtPhilosophyInterestStepsHistoryMankindDesignMadLeisure Author:E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
“I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.” ThinkingYearsNightGamesSportsStepsSuccessfulTeamLuckyBeing SuccessfulContributingStep UpGood Team Author:Ed Belfour
“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
“We're the most experienced team in the league. I think we got a little too happy, running our mouths, jumping up and down, looking at the Heat dancers and all of that stuff. We had to step it up and show them what we're all about.” ThinkingLittlesShowsRunningStuffStepsTeamBasketballMouthsLeagueHeatDancerNbaJumpingUp And Down Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.” ThinkingNeedsFeelingsRomanceOrderNextLevelsStepsBandChemicalsNext StepsNext Level Author:Gerard Way
“I don't think that I'll always necessarily be, I guess, famous. I think, hopefully I'll just have longevity at what I love. So, I kind of think it's about taking the right steps and the right roles, and doing the best you can... and praying.” ThinkingKindStepsRolesPrayingHopefullyLongevity Author:Selena Gomez
“When I perform, I lose myself. I'm in total control of that stage. I don't think about anything. I know what I want to do from the moment I step out there and I love every minute of it.” ThinkingKnowsWantMomentsLosesStepsMinutesStage Author:Michael Jackson
“What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and falacious! Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend.” ThinkingYearsMayReasonCharacterGovernmentFormSpeakActingLibertyStepsTakenToo MuchWiseHorrorEqualCapableConsequenceIdealsBasesTriumphIncapableAstonishingRespectableGoverningDespotismForms Of GovernmentIrrevocableAvertSingle Step Author:George Washington
“Factory farming is terrible for the environment—not to mention that it's gross. The best thing you can do, if you think about it, is to become a vegetarian and just spread the word. The world would change for the better for animals, humans, and the planet if everyone took that step.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansCan DoAnimalStepsEnvironmentPlanetsTerribleSpreadBest ThingsVegetarianFactoriesGrossFarmingChange For The BetterFactory Farming Author:Christofer Drew
“Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel in the precision with which they formulate their thoughts, so that you get from them somewhat to remember; others lay criticism asleep by a charm. Especially women use words that are not words,--as steps in a dance are not steps,--but reproduce the genius of that they speak of; as the sound of some bells makes us think of the bell merely, whilst the church chimes in the distance bring the church and its serious memories before us.” ThinkingMenUseRememberSpeakSoundChurchMemoriesStepsSeriousGeniusApproachArgumentCriticismHorseLaysDistanceCharmBellsDisputesPrecisionTalkersChimes Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is, perhaps, the silence of the cloister, the barrenness of moors, the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited, were it not that he encounters suddenly the pale, cold glance of a motionless person, whose half-monastic face peers beyond the window-casing at the sound of an unaccustomed step.” ThinkingPersonsBookMightFacesCertainHouseSoundHalfSilenceStepsMovementInspireColdAspectWindowTownsStrangerRuinsEncountersMelancholyPalePeersGlancesSkeletonsDrearyDesolationStagnantMoors Book:Eugenie Grandet Source: Eugenie Grandet
“I think it displayed what the Australia Council does so well, the awarding of artists who at various steps in their career had been encouraged by the Australia Council.” ThinkingWellsDoeArtistStepsCareersVariousAustraliaCouncil Author:George Brandis
“I'm a thinker; I think too much. So for me to freestyle rap, it's like I'm thinking three, four time steps ahead, and I hate it.” ThinkingHateThreeStepsToo MuchFourI HateRapThinkerFreestyle Author:Andre Benjamin
“The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.” ThinkingFirstsSpiritualStepsOur LivesDiscoveryLive ByMasteryFirst StepsPower To Change Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“Not counting Small Steps, I think Holes is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to Small Steps to compare it to Holes.” ThinkingWayStillsBookStoriesTermStepsChangedHolesSettingSettingsComparePlotMore MoneyCountingChanged My LifeSmall Steps Author:Louis Sachar
“I think the hardest thing in life is when we see those we love turn down a wrong path, and when no entreaty will induce them to retrace their steps.” ThinkingLife IsTurnsStepsPathHardestThings In LifeHardest ThingThose We LoveWrong PathHardest Thing In Life Book:Lover Or Friend Source: Lover Or Friend
“I think that when young players really see their game rise next level, it's when practices are like competition and there's no separation there. Of course, there are adrenaline and the butterflies; you don't have that so much in practice. You want to fake yourself out and try to get them there because you want to be as close to that game mentality as you can when you step on that field every single day whether it's practice or in your backyard or down the street with your dad.” ThinkingWantTryingYoungCoursesNextGamesLevelsStepsPracticePlayerStreetsFieldsDadCompetitionSeparationFakeMentalityButterflyAdrenalineBackyardsNext LevelYour Dad Author:Jennie Finch
“Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.” ThinkingWayWantWritingTryingTwoBookProblemArtistThreeStepsFindingsSolutionsExcitingSolveOne WaySurprisingPuzzlesConstraints Author:Peter Turchi
“I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head, and you're out there. You're receptive, appreciative of details. It heightens reality. You're trying to step into your alertness.” ThinkingTryingRealityStepsPracticePhotographySticksDetailsObservationPolishReceptiveAppreciativeAlertnessAntenna Author:Debra Granik
“The writer has to make pleasure for the reader - which, I think, is done by taking one's character's seriously and taking one's readers seriously -don't condescend or try to be tricky. Be a friend to your reader - I'd say that's a pretty good first step.” ThinkingTryingFirstsDoneCharacterPleasureStepsReaderFirst StepsTricky Author:George Saunders
“I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own.” ThinkingTryingReasonLife IsArtistMy OwnStepsStageIncrediblesSolo Author:Nick Jonas
“When I was a kid I didn't feel like I fit in because - this is really silly and I probably shouldn't say it, but, I didn't think anything was funny. So I used to go home and literally cry to my mom and my step-dad at the time and I didn't think anything was funny. I couldn't laugh.” ThinkingFeelsHomeKidsUsedStepsLaughingCryMomDadFitMy MomSillyStep Dad Author:Courteney Cox
“...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and waitresses calling you 'hon,' you know. Racial strife in the sixties, the riots during the Civil War. F. Scott Fitzgerald said it was civilized and gay, rotted and polite. The terms are slightly anachronistic now, but I think he was essentially right.” ThinkingKnowsSaidWarPastTermStepsBoysCallingGayCivil WarCivilizedImperfectSixtyPoliteStrifeRiotMarbleWaitressBaltimoreWinceScott FitzgeraldDuring The Civil War Author:Laura Lippman
“Poetry is like walking along a little, tiny, narrow ridge up on a precipice. You never know the next step, whether there's going to be a plunge. I think poetry is dangerous. There's nothing mild and predictable about poetry.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesNextStepsDangerousWalkingTinyPoetry IsPredictablePlungeNext StepsPrecipiceRidges Author:Josephine Jacobsen
“I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.” ThinkingPersonsRealMomentsRunningGirlRoomsStepsPicksPopsCampaignsNosesPresidentialHotelSwearFlawedOccasionalCocktailsFartSassyHotel RoomsReal PersonPresidential CampaignTarts Author:Katy Perry
“We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsKindDifferentWarFightingStepsEnemyPositionBorders Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children.” ThinkingWantShouldChildrenUseFatherNamesWishStarsGrowsBitsStepsGrowing UpFieldsShadowMy ChildrenMovie StarDowners Author:Shahrukh Khan
“I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.” ThinkingNeedsGivingFirstsHumansWould BeActionHuman BeingsQualityStepsPositionMetsCourageousFirst Steps Author:Shepard Fairey
“Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story.” ThinkingWantStoriesStepsNovelTeachingReaderToolsEntity Author:Lorrie Moore
“Well, I don't like the UK. I haven't ever been a fan of the pound (sterling), and even though they are taking some steps in the right direction - more so than the US - in addressing some of their problems, I still think they're doing it much too slowly. So, I think that the pound will continue to lose value relative to some of these other currencies. I ultimately expect the pound to rise against the dollar, but that's not the best way to take advantage of dollar weakness.” ThinkingWayWellsStillsProblemValuesLosesStepsFansHavensWeaknessAdvantageDollarsBest WayPoundsRelativeCurrencyRight DirectionSterlingSteps In The Right DirectionRise Against Author:Peter Schiff
“Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.” ThinkingWritingProblemForceStepsAchieveDegreesRantThoughtfulness Book:Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance Source: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
“I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.” ThinkingAbleGuyStepsTeamStep Up Author:Earl Monroe
“This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.” ThinkingWorldIdeasStepsInformationHugeBasesImpactClintonAround The WorldSecretaryProven Author:Biz Stone
“Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we’d grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.” ThinkingWantChildrenI CanAmericaGrowsStepsGrowing UpImagineTrainingLet MeBarackFarmsFathom Author:John Raese
“Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their "critical thinking."” ThinkingChildrenCommonStepsStudentsClaimsCriticalMathCoreInitiativeCritical ThinkingStep UpCommon CoreStep Children Author:David Harsanyi
“I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?” ThinkingKnowsWantSaidArtistStepsCommandI Want YouSignaturesFads Author:Laurieann Gibson
“I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you do. Let it be in control. I don't step in until I know what it demands of me.” ThinkingKnowsWritingImportantStepsTeachDemand Author:Jill Alexander Essbaum
“Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.” ThinkingHumansPersonsNextTermStepsLimitsPushingCompetingHuman ExperienceNext StepsEnvelopesArmstrongPersonal Best Author:Robin Williams
“To play a specifically gay event for me is a backwards step. I don't want to play gay events because I don't want anybody coming to the show thinking that they're not part of the group.” ThinkingWantPlayShowsStepsGroupsEventsGayBackwards Author:Jason Sellards
“I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.” ThinkingWarHappensStepsViolenceMankindMusicianStep Up Author:Elton John
“This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregiousof sins.... It is one step away from protestantism.” ThinkingSelfReligionSinStepsUnusualExaminationProtestantismSelf-examinationUnusual Things Author:Stendhal
“Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man honest, is, to suppose him soso here, to set some value upon ourselves, enables us to support the characterof generosity and virtue.” ThinkingMenWayWellsCharacterValuesCommonActingStepsSupportVirtueHonestGoodnessCharityGenerosityCommon Life Author:Laurence Sterne
“I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young athlete needs to learn. ... I think it served me well to learn how to handle everything that came with the game's ups and downs. Some people call it growing another layer of skin. I just call it growing up.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsYoungGamesAcceptingStepsGrowing UpGraceGrowingLessonsCriticismSkinsAthleteHandleNflLayersApplauseUps & DownsEvery StepYoung AthletesSteps In Life Author:Dan Marino