“My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.” StatesJobsGoalLinesDecisionLevelsCasesToughResourcesSpendingDo The BestGoverningBest JobWisconsinTough DecisionsWisconsin WeatherMaking Tough Decisions Author:Scott McCallum
“When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment of probable truth. Confirmed hunches, of course, are more upbeat than discredited hypotheses. Since the worst traditions of "popular" writing falsely equate instruction with sweetness and light, our promotional literature abounds with insipid tales in the heroic mode, although tough stories of disappointment and loss give deeper insight into a methodology that the celebrated philosopher Karl Popper once labeled as "conjecture and refutation.” GivingWritingStoriesLightCertainCoursesLiteratureLossCasesWorstPromiseOffersToughTraditionErrorsPhilosopherDisappointmentDeeperInsightTalesOperationsHeroicInstructionEstablishmentSweetnessHypothesisTextbooksCorrectionsMethodologyHunchesConjectureInsipidUpbeatRefutation Book:Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History Source: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
“Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.” KnowsFirstsWellsSportsCasesHappenedNeededToughRoundsIndianTournamentsErase Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWellsHardCan DoCasesDesignToughSymphonyComposing Author:Martin Fowler
“Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding the subways. You learn to develop a tough front if you live here, just in case you get into any kind of trouble and you need to talk your way out of it.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsKindCasesGrowing UpGrowingTroubleStreetsFrontsNew YorkStrangeWalkingHorrorToughMuseumsRidingSubway Author:Christopher Walken
“On the other hand, if you suggest to a person who has been a victim of a serious crime that we take the issue too seriously, they'll look at you like you're crazy. So that's a really tough issue, whether we're doing more harm than good by paying so much attention to a few cases that honestly don't normally intersect with our lives.” IfsLooksPersonsHas BeensHandsAttentionCasesIssuesOur LivesCrazyCrimeSeriousLike YouToughVictimHarmHonestly Author:Bill James
“Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.” PeopleCasesSpeechToughFree SpeechObnoxious Author:Barney Frank
“People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterFeltCasesSuccessfulLike YouToughAdversityPreparedBrilliant Author:Bobby Bowden
“I can't go to the cinema. I go to the bathroom in a petrol station and people come in there for autographs. It's tough but I knew that was going to be the case.” PeopleI CanCasesToughCinemaStationsBathroomAutographsPetrol Author:Lewis Hamilton
“I do think that people who are now in their sixties and their seventies are living a different kind of life than their grandparents led, even in these tough times. A lot of them are more active, a lot of them are still working, which was not the case when our grandparents were in their sixties.” PeopleThinkingKindStillsDifferentCasesToughActiveDifferent KindsSixtyGrandparentSeventiesTough Times Author:Anna Quindlen
“After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts the people with the power to make the tough decisions. And, in most cases, it prefers the will of the people to the unchecked rule of judges.” PeopleDecisionCasesJudgingToughConstitutionInstitutionsDemocraticDocumentsTough Decisions Author:Mike DeWine
“Take the [1980] Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate. Carter kept trying to imply that somehow Ronald Reagan was going to push the button, or was irresponsible with nuclear war. You might have been able to make the case that Carter was responsible. But it's very tough when you see a person with Reagan's nice-guy persona up there to believe this guy somehow wants nuclear war, that he somehow wants to antagonize the Russians into an attack. It's just not credible; it doesn't cut with what all your other senses are telling you.” WantTryingBelievePersonsHas BeensWarMightAbleGuyCasesNiceCuttingToughResponsibleNuclearDebateSensesButtonsThis GuyMight Have BeenPersonaIrresponsibleJimmyCarterNuclear WarCredibleNice Guy Author:Roger Ailes
“[Court] is an institution that depends on making tough decisions in close cases for reasons that it explains well and that, in the past at least, have proven satisfactory to the public.” WellsReasonPastDecisionCasesDependsToughInstitutionsCourtProvenTough DecisionsMaking Tough Decisions Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The thing that sometimes gets lost is people look at the harder edge of me ... the leather jacket and the tough rock 'n' roll attitude... and get the wrong impression that I'm mean. That's really something I don't want people to think because I don't think that's the case.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksMeanSometimesLostAttitudeCasesRocksToughHarderEdgesImpressionRock N RollJacketsLeatherLeather JacketsWrong Impression Author:Joan Jett
“Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the case of highly skilled immigrants these policies are a recipe for stagnation.” CasesDoorsPolicyToughImmigrantsSentimentsRecipesTough TimesStagnationClosed Doors Author:James Surowiecki
“Desperate times call for desperate measures. That's a saying, or a bit of advice, or a catchprase, or a string of words used to confuse people less intelligent than you. In any case, it means: Life is tough, so you'd better fight hard-or something like that.” PeopleMeanHardLife IsUsedFightingBitsCasesAdviceToughIntelligentDesperateStringsMeaning LifeLife Is ToughDesperate MeasuresDesperate TimesDesperate Times Call For Desperate Measures Book:The Whispered Secret Source: The Whispered Secret