“We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to young Muslims some years ago in Casablanca: 'We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.” WorldYearsBelieveSaidChristianYoungReligionValuesReligiousCommonCreaturesYears AgoPerfectionIslamRepeatsReligious Values Author:Pope John Paul II
“The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an extension of a process begun more than a year ago to ensure the foods we offer had high nutritional value.” NeedsYearsHas BeensSchoolValuesProcessStudentsOffersYears AgoNutritionCommitteesExtensionsCurvesCoventry Author:Michael Reeves
“I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth—artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.” YearsLooksArtistValuesObjectsYouthYears AgoPossessionResonance Author:Nicholas Haslam
“European carmakers pledged to reduce CO2 emissions by 25 percent from 1995 to 2008. We kept our word and reduced the value even more. This is not the result of short-term gimmickry. We decided years ago to develop the relevant models and engines, otherwise we wouldn't be able to offer them today.” YearsTodayAbleValuesTermResultsOffersModelsPercentYears AgoDecidedEnginesRelevantShort TermEmissionsOur WordsCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“I like the fact that people come together who have shared values, but I don't believe that a man died 2,000 years ago and was crucified on a cross to save me from my original sin.” PeopleMenYearsBelieveFactsTogetherValuesSinYears AgoCrossesDiedOriginalsDon't BelieveSave MeOriginal SinShared Values Author:Steve Coogan
“Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle taught us that money should be durable, divisible, consistent, convenient, and value in itself. It should be durable, which is why wheat isn't money; divisible which is why works of art are not money; consistent which is why real estate isn't money; convenient, which is why lead isn't money; value in itself, which is why paper shouldn't be money. Gold answers to all these criteria.” ShouldYearsArtTwoRealValuesAnswersTaughtThousandPaperYears AgoGoldConsistentWorks Of ArtThousand YearsEstatesCriteriaConvenientWheatTaught Us Author:Doug Casey
“The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.” YearsValuesGirlGivenYears AgoPrizeFingernails Author:Beryl Bainbridge
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“At the beginning, I felt sort of reluctant about my music from my past. But in the last couple of years, I felt good about what I did in the past. The way I see my work, time passes from the time I performed or recorded a work. When I look at it now, 25 years or 30 years ago, if I see that it has value today, I will agree to release it.” IfsWayYearsLooksTodayLastsPastValuesFeltCoupleYears AgoAgreeReleaseReluctantMy PastTime Passes Author:Yoshi Wada
“I was speaking on the radio in South Texas [in 2016], and I was speaking to Hispanics, and I said 'You know, you probably vote Democrat because your parents always voted Democrat, and your grandparents always voted Democrat, but let me tell you something. Thirty years ago in Texas, there were two parties - liberal Democrats and conservative Democrats. Looking at your principles, your values as Hispanics, in all probability your parents were conservative Democrats. The conservative Democrats of 30 years ago are Republicans today!'” KnowsYearsSaidTwoTodayValuesParentPartyPrinciplesRepublicanYears AgoVoteLet MeDemocratSouthConservativeRadioThirtyTexasGrandparentProbabilityThirty Years Author:Rafael Cruz
“The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense.” YearsValuesKnowingConsequenceYears AgoNotionEngaged Author:Barack Obama
“The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to us more than 50 years ago as a central part of our constitutional tradition. So, under that principle, we ought to be applying the same standard today that I would have said we should have applied a year ago.” ShouldYearsPersonsSaidTodayValuesGivenPrinciplesOughtStandardsYears AgoTraditionShould HaveVote Author:Lawrence Lessig
“And what makes the whites who have these middle-class values have those values? Where did they get it? They didn't have these same values four hundred years, five hundred years ago.” YearsValuesClassFiveFourMiddleHundredYears AgoMiddle Class Author:Malcolm X
“You ever go out to a restaurant now? You can get quality food - you can go out and get the best food that was available 20 years ago. They'll put it on a plate, you'll sit in a plastic chair because nobody values the chair, the white tablecloth, the maître d', but they'll put on your plate some great food for what used to be available at Applebee's prices. There are some really nice things going on, some external values being delivered to people.” PeopleYearsUsedValuesWhiteQualityNiceYears AgoAvailableUsed To BeRestaurantsChairsPlasticPlatesReally NiceNice ThingsGreat FoodBest Food Author:Ken Moelis
“A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.” YearsWellsMadeFilmValuesFashionYears AgoOld Fashion Author:Steven Spielberg
“The Bible was written two thousand years ago. The world is a different place now. Stories that had meaning then are meaningless now. Beliefs that might have been valid then are invalid now. Those books should be looked at in the same way we look at anything of that age with interest with an acknowledgement of the historical importance but they should not be thought of as anything that has any value.” WorldWayShouldYearsLooksHas BeensTwoBookDifferentStoriesMightAgeValuesBeliefInterestWrittenThousandYears AgoImportanceHistoricalMeaninglessThousand YearsMight Have BeenDifferent PlaceAcknowledgement Author:James Frey
“Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great deal of fighting," I mused. "Oh, yes, when applied correctly mighty and noble battles result! Of course I always win—the value of Prince X is a constant. It cannot be lesser than that of Monster Y—this is the Moral Superiority Hypothesis made famous five hundred years ago by my ancestor Ethelred, the Mathematician-King. We have never seen his equal, in all these centuries.” YearsMadeValuesFightingCoursesWinningResultsDealsMoralFiveCenturyKingsBattleEqualHundredYears AgoConstantNobleMonstersFormulasAncestorMathematicianSuperiorityHypothesisMoral SuperiorityI Always Win Author:Catherynne M. Valente