“The American economy is going to do fine. But it won't do fine every year and every week and every month. I mean, if you don't believe that, forget about buying stocks anyway... It's a positive-sum game, long term. And the only way an investor can get killed is by high fees or by trying to outsmart the market.” IfsWayTryingYearsBelieveMeanLongGamesTermForgetEconomyWeekFineMonthsDon't BelieveInvestingLong TermBuyingInvestorsFeesAmerican EconomyBuying Stocks Author:Warren Buffett
“Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to write about what happened anymore. It would be impossible.” WritingTryingWould BeTermImpossibleHappenedAbstract Author:Feist
“Republicans in Congress are getting concerned that President Obama will try to use the final year of his term to push through too many controversial laws. Obama would've responded but he was busy drafting his new 'mandatory Mexican gay weed' bill.” TryingYearsUseLawPresidentTermRepublicanGayConcernedBillsFinalsBusyCongressWeedPresident ObamaMexicanControversialDrafting Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Sustainability is an economic state where the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations. It can also be expressed in the simple terms of an economic golden rule for the restorative economy: Leave the world better than you found it, take no more than you need, try not to harm life or the environment, make amends if you do.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsTryingStatesFoundTermSimpleEconomyEnvironmentGenerationsEconomicMetsDemandCapacityEnvironmentalHarmGoldenSustainabilityCommerceFuture GenerationReducingBetter Than YouGolden RuleAmends Author:Paul Hawken
“I'm not against international institutions that would try to tackle global warming. But the way to go, at least in the short run, is to go to nuclear power. It's amazing to me that people who are so alarmed about global warming are so reluctant to adopt the obvious short-term solution - the bridge until the day when we have affordable renewable energy - of nuclear power.” PeopleWayTryingRunningEnergyTermSolutionsInstitutionsInternationalObviousNuclearBridgesGlobal WarmingShort TermAffordableReluctantRenewable EnergyNuclear Power Author:Charles Krauthammer
“We live in a consumer culture, and Black Friday is like the July 4th of that culture. It might be good not to live in this culture, but it terms of what we can do to make people safer at big sales, it seems more useful to try to avoid dangerous crowd conditions.” PeopleTryingBigsSeemsMightCultureBlackTermCan DoConditionsDangerousCrowdsBe GoodConsumersFriday4th Of JulyJulyConsumer CultureBlack Friday Author:John Seabrook
“I try to take pictures on their own terms, considering the historical and social context from which they emerge.” TryingSocialTermHistoricalConsidering Author:Luc Sante
“[When] the market is trying to get to terms with, first, lower global growth, particularly out of emerging markets and China. And, second, the market is worried the central banks have run out of ammunition. So put these two things together, and then investors are repricing the market lower.” TryingFirstsTwoRunningTogetherGrowthTermChinaWorriedTwo ThingsInvestorsEmergingCentral BanksAmmunitionEmerging Markets Author:Mohamed El-Erian
“In terms of success and drive, I think some people are born with it, sometimes certain circumstances push you towards success... trying to prove people wrong. I'm not exactly sure where mine comes from, but, I have this thing inside of me that, when someone tells me that I can't do something, I become obsessed with proving them wrong. It's a weird thing.” PeopleThinkingTryingI CanSometimesCertainTermBornMinesCircumstancesProveObsessedWeird ThingsTowards Success Author:Tyra Banks
“I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. I have had a few chances to get outside and do something different, like Paris, Je T'Aime or Music Of The Heart, but mostly it's been my lot. And to have created, with a few shocking films, an awareness or a perception of me as somebody dangerous and scary - that can be sold, but trying to sell me for some other kind of picture, like Music Of The Heart, was very difficult.” WorldTryingHeartKindDifferentFilmDifficultTermChanceAwarenessDangerousHorrorPerceptionSellsScaryGenreParisShocking Author:Wes Craven
“My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.” PeopleIfsTryingEnjoyTermMy OwnLovely Author:Bo Burnham
“Our dreams can teach us, instruct us, confuse us... sometimes I think they look to be considered. And in terms of like, they are an opportunity and I think they most certainly could be utilized to focus, to try and achieve - whether it's looking for someone, or influencing us, or inspiring us.” ThinkingTryingLooksSometimesDreamOpportunityTermTeachFocusInfluenceAchieveOur Dreams Author:Keanu Reeves
“I don't make movies. I don't feel that I have to have artistic control. Part of this comes from the fact that the book lives on no matter what Hollywood does to your novel in terms of a film. Now, you try to be careful who you allow to do your film because nobody wants their novel to become a turkey movie. But, on the other hand, it is a crapshot anyway, because even the best people can make a bad film.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingDoeBookMatterFactsHandsFilmTermNovelHollywoodNo Matter WhatCarefulArtisticBe CarefulTurkeys Author:Stephen King
“Instead of trying to understand agriculture in its own terms, acknowledge that agriculture ultimately comes out of nature. Right now agriculture is the No. 1 threat to biodiversity on the planet.” TryingTermPlanetsRight NowThreatAcknowledgeAgricultureBiodiversity Author:Wes Jackson
“I was a class clown, of the classic term for it. I would get the work done easily, and then I would try to deprive other people of their educations. I developed skills for mimicry, and I was a good showoff. I knew how to get attention, and I knew how to do it in a positive funny way.” PeopleWayTryingDoneTermAttentionClassSkillsClassicClownWork DoneMimicryShowoffs Author:George Carlin
“There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingPersonsGoalTermPracticeGet UpMotivatedShort TermGoal OrientedShort Term Goals Author:Dara Torres
“It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was a lot of poetry activity and some of my first readings abroad and trying to relate with people my own age there and what they were discovering and learning had to examine in terms of their backgrounds. Then so many of my friends had family who had either perished in the holocaust or survived in the holocaust. It was very palpable.” PeopleTryingFirstsHardAgeReadingTermMy OwnActivityMy FriendsTwentiesBackgroundsRelateGermanyHolocaustDiscoveringSurvivedNazi Author:Anne Waldman
“I try not to think in terms of what poems or poets should do. Most of us appreciate a wide diversity in music, in cooking, in movies, but in our own medium, poetry, we often fail to make allowances for tastes and projects other than our own.” ThinkingShouldTryingTermFailingPoetTasteDiversityProjectsAppreciateCookingWideMediumsAllowance Author:James Arthur
“Don’t try to change someone’s worldview is the strategy smart marketers follow. Don’t try to use facts to prove your case and to insist that people change their biases. You don’t have enough time and you don’t have enough money. Instead, identify a population with a certain worldview, frame your story in terms of that worldview and you win.” PeopleTryingEnoughFactsStoriesUseCertainWinningTermCasesProveSmartStrategyPopulationWorldviewEnough TimeMarketers Author:Seth