#mati

This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#behind #curtain #democratic #few #generation

I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas. ↗

— William Shatner

#also #communicate #electronic #fans #hear

My site has the whole thing - blogs, information, video interviews. ↗

— William Shatner

#information #interviews #site #thing #video

People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it. ↗

— Nate Silver

#good #how #information #intuitive #know

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them. ↗

— Nate Silver

#happier #implies #information #outlook #people

The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information. ↗

— Nate Silver

#good #information #key #limiting #making

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise. ↗

— Nate Silver

#how #information #learning #means #more

If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs. ↗

— James Sinegal

#could #jobs #made #make #maximum

Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#bush #corporations #debt #destruction #george

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#about #best #family #just #money