“I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving expert performance and sustaining growth in a way that is more sound and more permanent.” ThinkingWaySoundGrowthGainsLaborPerformancesBasesReformCombinationPermanentImprovingUnemploymentReducingAdjustmentSustaining Author:Lucas Papademos
“NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to the kind of risk necessary for innovation.” WayKindNaturalRiskConsequenceInnovationCombinationBureaucracyMonopolyNasaAversionNatural Consequences Author:Burt Rutan
“I'll tell you something about tough things. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find the way through. On the Food Network they have these shows where cooks have to put a meal together with all these weird ingredients. That's a lot like my life-dealing with things you wouldn't think ever go together. But a good cook can make the best meal out of the craziest combinations.” IfsThinkingWayShowsTogetherToughCombinationCooksMealsIngredientsCraziestTough ThingsGood CookFood Network Book:Close to Famous Source: Close to Famous
“You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there was great latitude, and the musician could improvise to his heart's content; and the more the variations and combinations, the greater the musician.” WayHeartCertainSongMusicGreaterMusicianCombinationVariationLatitude Book:Commentaries on Living 1 Source: Commentaries on Living 1