#on

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer. ↗

— Brian Greene

#answer #attaining #best #deepest #familiarity

Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now. ↗

— Paul Greengrass

#agree #conversation #flight #i #i think

To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance. ↗

— Dan Ariely

#human #human-behavior #mind #motivation #wok

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#could #court #day #days #flames

It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#christian #claimed #i #know #me

As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident. ↗

— Peter Greene

#anyone #been #close #committed #felt

I got into television because I hated it so. I thought, there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen. ↗

— Jeff Greenfield

#fabulous #got #hated #i #instrument

One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's. ↗

— Jerry Greenfield

#every #families #jerry #out #owner

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs. ↗

— H. Stein

#motivational

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#before #being #first #gone #had