“It's a chicken-and-egg thing. You could send cards to everyone in San Francisco, but if the merchants don't have the terminals, what's the point? What you need is a cooperative effort with merchants in a metropolitan area to create a tipping point where you can justify advertising and merchants are willing to attempt this new payment system.” IfsNeedsEffortWillingAreasCardsAdvertisingJustifyEggsChickensSan FranciscoPaymentMerchantsCooperativesTippingTipping PointMetropolitan Author:David Robertson
“I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance. Still, I must save this government, if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do, but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.” IfsMenGivingWellsMayStillsGovernmentChristianCoursesGamesTermWillingUnderstoodForgivingPatientLeavingAvailableSurrenderCardsRepentance Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing to be as in the dark about what happens next as your reader would be at that time.” ThinkingHappensWould BeNextDarkWillingReaderTricksCards Author:George Saunders
“I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her choice. If someone isn't willing to give an organ, however, why should that person be allowed to receive an organ?” IfsKnowsWantGivingShouldPersonsChoicesWillingCardsOrgansDonorsOrgan Donor Author:Alex Tabarrok
“People who recognize that money won't buy happiness are still willing to see if credit cards will do the trick.” PeopleIfsStillsWillingCreditTricksCardsCredit Card Author:Charles E. McKenzie
“Coming up with lectures is a huge amount of work. I was willing to do one lecture for Gresham because I was honored to have been invited, but to create lectures for a class would probably require that I shut down everything else and concentrate on lectures for a couple of years. Then there would be many, many other skills that I'd have to learn, such as how to sit through a faculty meeting, how to deal with students, etc. It is really not in the cards for me. It's not who I am or what I do. I'm a novelist.” YearsHas BeensWould BeDealsClassStudentsWillingHugeAmountCoupleSkillsMeetingsWho I AmCardsNovelistsEtcFacultyHonoredInvitedLectures Author:Neal Stephenson
“Is there a market for somebody selling a credit card that helps people pay down their balances? I think the question is yes. But it would have to be sold by a bank that's really willing to invest in being a trusted partner with its consumers, because they will make less money on each consumer.” PeopleThinkingHelpingPayWillingBalanceCreditPartnersSellingCardsConsumersTrustedCredit Card Author:Richard Thaler
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” WayLifePlayHandsMotivationalLife IsGamesInspiringDestinyWillingDetermineDeterminedCardsNationalismFree WillCoincidenceLife Is LikeDeterminismMy DestinyFreedom FighterLynchingPlaying CardsLife DestinyLife And DestinyCoincidence In LifePandit Author:Jawaharlal Nehru