“One of the things that we're all struggling with is how to judge the quality of the value-added experience of an educational course or year. I don't think it's impossible to do that, but it's difficult.” ThinkingYearsValuesCoursesDifficultQualityStruggleImpossibleJudgingEducational Author:Roy Romer
“The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the cost, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns.” StatesValuesNationsUnitedResultsUnited StatesImpossibleRiskEffectsSeriousCostConsequenceDollarsFinancialCongressIllCreditConclusionDamageSenateContemplatingLegislationDefaultDisruptionLeading MeFinancial Markets Author:Ronald Reagan
“The way to solve the conflict between human values and technology needs is not to run away from technology. That's impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is--not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both.” WayNeedsHumansKindRealRunningSpiritValuesUnderstandingBreakTechnologyImpossibleCreationConflictSolveBarriersResolveRunning AwayExploitationBreaking DownHuman SpiritFusionHuman Values Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is voided, for apologetics is aimed at persuading doubters, not at refuting the defiant. He who demands a kind of proof that the nature of the case renders impossible, is determined that no possible evidence shall convince him.” HeartKindValuesCasesImpossibleDemandEvidenceDeterminedProofConvinceSkepticismAgnosticismDoubtersPersuadingApologetic Author:Edward John Carnell
“Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the artist; since what happened in them was beyond the imagination, it was therefore also beyond art and all those human values on which art is traditionally based.” HumansArtArtistValuesImaginationImpossibleHappenedSubjectsArt IsPoliceTerrorDespiteConcentrationCampsHuman ValuesConcentration Camp Book:The Savage God: A Study of Suicide Source: The Savage God: A Study of Suicide
“It is almost impossible for the poetess, once laurelled, to take off the crown for good or to reject values and taste of those who tender it.” ValuesImpossibleTasteRejectsCrowns Book:A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation Source: A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation
“TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they will want to live as long as possible-the desire to be immortal. Nevertheless, it's impossible to know if they're going to be immortal once they die. To do nothing doesn't help the odds of attaining immortality-since it seems evident that everyone will die someday and possibly cease to exist. To try to do something scientifically constructive towards ensuring immortality beforehand is the most logical conclusion.” IfsKnowsWantTryingHumansLongHelpingSeemsFacesDesireValuesDiesHuman BeingsSimpleImpossibleLogicCeaseConclusionImmortalityReasoningSomedayImmortalLogicalOddsNeverthelessEvidentConstructiveHuman FacesWagers Author:Zoltan Istvan
“There is a slovenly disrespect for truth and reality that has infected and cross-infected the arts; the values of entertainment are relentlessly in the ascendant, to the extent that it becomes virtually impossible to write a naturalistic fictional sentence without feeling that the fabric of that sentence is already compromised.” WritingArtFeelingsRealityValuesImpossibleCrossesEntertainmentSentencesFabricDisrespectTruth And Reality Author:Rachel Cusk
“A photographer who wants to see....must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?....Good seeing doesn't ensure good photographs, but good photographic expression is impossible without it.” IfsWantHomeValuesAbilityImpossibleSeeingExpressionDistancePhotographerPhotographFamiliarAbility To SeeTangier Author:Freeman Patterson
“An entrepreneur is someone who, almost artistically, designs a living entity which embodies the values, beliefs, and ambitions of the creator. It's impossible for a larger entity to swallow a smaller one without completely reshaping it. When this process begins, a wild visionary - the entrepreneur type - is the most toxic, indigestible actor imaginable. And this is why I roll my eyes when a new acquisition is announced: Because I don't see it as a triumphant graduation but a sacrifice to an industry that is afraid to dream big.” DreamBigsEyeValuesActorsBeliefProcessImpossibleSacrificeDesignTypeIndustryAmbitionEntrepreneurCreatorToxicEntityVisionariesAcquisitionTriumphant Author:Jake Lodwick