“Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty.” MenSocialPayAcceptingGroupsWillingBenefitsClaimsDoctrineDishonestyPacifismHalosSocial Groups Book:Double Star Source: Double Star
“And luckily, for whatever reason, I've found people who are interested in living with and owning and existing around the DNA of my mind, which is my visual work. I've found collectors who are willing to put money down to live with my work. So I can't criticize the whole mechanism. But I can criticize it as an artist, in spite of the fact that I benefit from it. And there are problems with it.” PeopleMindI CanReasonWholeFactsProblemArtistFoundWillingBenefitsVisualsSpiteCriticizeMechanismDnaCollectorsOf My Mind Author:Wangechi Mutu
“Every Cuban has a house to live in, no matter how meager. That house is provided by government. Every Cuban who gets sick can go to a doctor or a hospital and get medical attention while 45 million Americans don't have medical insurance. Every Cuban can get education from the kindergarten through college and they don't have to pay. What is Castro doing that we might benefit from-if we are not too arrogant and falsely proud to see what he is doing in a small nation and what we have not been able to do or not been willing to do in the greatest nation on the earth?” IfsMatterGovernmentMightAbleEarthHouseNationsPayAttentionMillionsCollegeWillingProudBenefitsDoctorsSickMedicalHospitalsArrogantCubanKindergartenCastroSmall NationsMedical Insurance Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.” IfsGivingKindSeemsGuyDoubtWillingFitShapesBenefitsBeing TrueAlternativesMake SenseExplanationReasonableUnlikelyMouldBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Frank Schatzing
“This benefit of seeing...can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image...the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.” IfsLooksOur LivesSeeingWillingQuietBenefitsImpressionPausesViewersBattering Author:Dorothea Lange
“Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or concealment is always outweighed by the encouragement it provides to those willing to risk trust for success.” MayLyingSuccessfulRiskWillingBenefitsGainsEncouragementDeceptionOccasionalConcealment Author:Michael Josephson
“Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolate drug users even though at one-seventh the cost of building and maintaining jail space and pursuing, detaining, and prosecuting the drug user, we could subsidize commensurately effective medical care and psychological treatment.” CareSpaceHalfBuildingWillingCostDrugBenefitsAvailableMedicalPsychologicalTreatmentJailUsersMaintainingMedical CareProsecutingDetaining Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“You have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits. When you look at the companies that have really won customers over in technology - say, Apple and Google - you find that they spend billions of dollars on R&D each year, often spending that much on a product before they ever make a dime back in profits.” YearsLooksCompanyTechnologyWillingProductsBenefitsDollarsProfitCustomersSpendingBillionsAwfulApplesPhasesGoogleDimes Author:Ramez Naam
“They're willing to accept changes on the part of the U.S. that contribute to more money entering Cuba so they can benefit. But in terms of political changes on the island, an opening, etc., that won't happen, that won't change, and I've always said that, from the beginning. I've even said that it doesn't matter how many tourists who to Cuba, how many times the President visits Cuba; there won't be any changes in the Cuban government's posture. And that is the same as always.” SaidMatterGovernmentHappensPoliticalPresidentTermAcceptingWillingBenefitsOpeningIslandsEtcMore MoneyEnteringCubaTouristsPostureCubanPolitical ChangeAccepting Change Author:Marco Rubio
“In terms of President Trump, I really do hope that he does accomplish some of the things he said on the campaign trail. If he is willing to make investments in infrastructure, but not on the backs of the middle class and the working class, and put people back to work, that would be a good thing. If he's serious about making Obamacare better, and not pulling the rug out from 20 million Americans who benefit from it, that would be a good thing too.” PeopleIfsDoeSaidWould BePresidentTermClassMillionsMiddleWillingSeriousTrumpBenefitsGood ThingsInvestmentAccomplishCampaignsMiddle ClassPullingWorking ClassTrailsInfrastructureObamacareBack To Work Author:Nina Turner