“My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.” YearsSchoolSocialCitiesCareersStudyTeachingHigh SchoolYears AgoRetiredSocial StudiesInner CityYounger SisterTeaching History Author:Judy Woodruff
“No scientist or student of science, need ever read an original work of the past. As a general rule, he does not think of doing so. Rutherford was one of the greatest experimental physicists, but no nuclear scientist today would study his researches of fifty years ago. Their substance has all been infused into the common agreement, the textbooks, the contemporary papers, the living present.” ThinkingNeedsYearsDoeTodayPastScienceCommonStudyStudentsPaperResearchYears AgoScientistOriginalsNuclearContemporarySubstanceFiftyAgreementPapersPhysicistTextbooks Author:C.P. Snow
“After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.” YearsNaturalStudyYears AgoDecidedDefinitionsRealisingSurrealismAffinity Author:Trevor Dunn
“According to a new study, the marijuana in Colorado is almost twice as strong as it was 20 years ago. Of course, people had some questions for the scientists, like 'How can I get your job?'” PeopleYearsJobsCoursesStrongStudyYears AgoScientistMarijuanaColorado Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Right now if this preacher died he would go to heaven. Not because I spent years in the jungles and the Andes Mountains of Peru. Not because of piety, devotion or bible study. Not because of denominational affiliation, baptism, or participation in the Lord’s supper. If I died right now, I would go to heaven because two thousand years ago the Son of God shed His blood for this wretched man. And that is my hope.” IfsMenYearsTwoHeavenLordStudyBloodSonRight NowThousandMountainYears AgoDiedDevotionPreacherShedThousand YearsParticipationJungleWretchedPietyBaptismBible StudySupperPeruAffiliationLord's Supper Author:Paul Washer
“Caffeine gives me hope. Sometimes, when I brew my wicked strong Irish black tea just perfect, about halfway through the mug I feel a clear and overwhelming feeling of optimism. It didn't surprise me when a study a few years ago implied that suicide was much less likely among coffee and tea drinkers.” GivingFeelsYearsSometimesFeelingsStrongBlackPerfectStudyClearYears AgoOptimismGive MeSuicideSurpriseCoffeeTeaWickedOverwhelmingHalfwayCaffeineSurprise MeDrinkersImpliedMugCoffee And Tea Author:John Vanderslice
“Create sacred spaces in the workplace as well. Classrooms, five years ago, professors would say, I don't want be a nanny to my students. They can do whatever they want. Now professors are saying, put away that laptop, because studies show that it not only takes away the attention of the person who's on the laptop from the class, but everyone around them. There's like a circle around that person that's distracted and not paying attention.” WantYearsWellsPersonsShowsCan DoSpaceAttentionClassStudyFiveStudentsYears AgoSacredCirclesPay AttentionFive YearsProfessorsClassroomWorkplaceDistractedLaptopsNanniesSacred Space Author:Judy Woodruff
“I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying one of the negative emotions, like fear, anger, anxiety, or depression. I wondered why no scientists cared to explain why we humans sometimes feel upbeat and pleasant. I liked the idea of charting new terrain. It's been a fun intellectual puzzle. There's so much to discover!” FeelsYearsHumansIdeasSometimesFunEmotionStudyAnxietyIntellectualAreasNegativeYears AgoScientistTwentiesPleasantPuzzlesTerrainHuman EmotionsNegative EmotionsUpbeatCharting Author:Barbara Fredrickson
“I've been studying how quickly we can get energy out to the poor countries - a lot of which are in Africa - and how little progress we've made there. There's no more electricity today in sub-Saharan Africa per person than there was 20 years ago.” YearsLittlesPersonsMadeCountryTodayEnergyPoorStudyProgressYears AgoElectricityPoor CountriesSub Saharan Africa Author:Bill Gates
“We made our debut in Japan about few years ago and when we went on a morning show there to promote our album, I did a brief interview in Japanese using simple expressions such as "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." But one of the members of our group said, "Stay quiet if you can't speak Japanese! It's embarrassing!" So that's when I told myself that I'd show how good I am by studying Japanese hard.” IfsYearsMadeSaidHardShowsSpeakSimpleMorningStudyGroupsExpressionQuietMembersYears AgoAlbumsInterviewsJapanEmbarrassingDebut Author:Seungri
“Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program.” YearsHeartFeltChurchStudyFourCallingYears AgoProgramTwentiesCatholicProfoundConversionFour YearsCatholic ChurchBible Study Author:Gail Buckley
“Frank Moore Cross is also a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, which he's been since they were discovered more than 50 years ago. He's just completing an edition of one of the most significant scrolls for Biblical studies, the Book of Samuel from the Dead Sea Scrolls.” YearsBookStudySeaYears AgoCrossesSignificantScholarFrankBiblicalCompleting Author:Hershel Shanks
“There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to decline with increasing industrialization and education. The US, however, is off the chart, ranking near devastated peasant societies. About 1/2 the population believe the world was created a few thousand years ago: the justification for the belief is that that is what they were ordered to believe by authority figures to whom they were taught one must subordinate oneself. And on, and on.” WorldYearsBelieveBeliefReligiousStudyFiguresTaughtThousandAuthorityYears AgoOneselfPopulationFactorsDeclineJustificationThousand YearsPeasantsFanaticismSubordinatesDevastatedRankingIndustrializationAuthority Figures Author:Noam Chomsky
“The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what’s No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don’t eat hamburgers.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSaidNationsUnitedStudyFiveFourGrowingCarPlanetsIndustryEatingYears AgoMeatFive YearsKillersScrewsUnited NationsOur PlanetTransportationHybridHamburgersMeat EatingMeat IndustryHybrid Cars Author:Maggie Q
“Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.” YearsStudyFootballYears AgoManagersMinistersDriversPrimeOccupationBusPrime MinisterStressfulBus Driver Author:Jonathan Sacks
“Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we’re simultaneously cowardly and arrogant. We don’t know the answers, so we assume they must not exist. But they do exist. They are unclear and/or unfathomable, but they’re out there. And—perhaps surprisingly—the only way to find those answers is to study NBA playoff games that happened twenty years ago. For all practical purposes, the voice of Brent Musburger was the pen of Ayn Rand.” KnowsWorldWayYearsBelievePurposeGamesVoiceAnswersStudyHappenedYears AgoAbsolutesTwentiesAssumingPracticalsPensNbaGrayArrogantCowardlyPlayoffsUnfathomableUnclearPlayoff Games Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“My father was and is a great journalist. Thirty years ago, I was studying broadcasting in college, and the problem was I wasn't nearly as good as my father. I wasn't as quick or as smart as my old man, and I realized it would be a long time before I was ever going to be, and I decided to do something else.” MenYearsLongProblemWould BeFatherStudyCollegeLong TimeSmartYears AgoDecidedI RealizedJournalistThirtyOld ManThirty YearsBroadcasting Author:George Clooney