Scenarios Quotes - Page 9

• Unfortunately many scientists see themselves too much as priests whose job it is to preach moralistic sermons to people. This is another legacy of the 1968 generation, which I happen to belong to myself. In fact, it would be better if we just presented the facts and scenarios dispassionately - and then society can decide for itself what it wants to do to influence climate change.

  Hans von Storch

  Jobs, People, Climate

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I find some comfort in running through the worst-case scenario in my mind and seeing how it's all going to go down.

  Laurel Nakadate

  Running, Worst Case Scenario, Mind

  Interview with Scott Indrisek, believermag.com. October 1, 2006.

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• In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that age, there was a feeling of freedom and community that I wanted to partake in.

  Laura Owens

  School, Math, Artist

  Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.

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• Daydreaming allows you to play out scenarios where you miraculously save the day. You play out scenarios in your head that are kind of crazy, and then you personally, heroically resolve them.

  Mark Waters

  Crazy, Play, Kind

  Interview with Shawn Adler, www.mtv.com. February 14, 2008.

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• I'm a paranoid person. And I think - I'm the kind of person that can come up with lots of negative scenarios. But I remembered thinking that seemed like - that was a stretch even for me.

  Conan O'Brien

  Thinking, Negative, Kind

  Source: deadline.com

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• I'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up.

  Curt Schilling

  New York, Thinking, People

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• My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual. Then, the next time the system breaks, it breaks much, much bigger.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Government, Usual, Next

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• Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence.

  Dale Jamieson

  Gdp, Answers, Statistics

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Digital technologies are setting down the new grooves of how people live, how we do business, how we do everything--and they're doing it according to the expectations of foolish utopian scenarios. We want free online experiences so badly that we are happy to not be paid for information that comes from us now or ever. That sensibility also implies that the more dominant information becomes in our economy, the less most of us will be worth.

  Jaron Lanier

  Technology, People, Expectations

  Jaron Lanier (2014). “Who Owns the Future?”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• The people who are taking these loans because it's the only way they can afford their house are exposing themselves to a lot of risk. They're not saving money and they're not building equity, which means they could find themselves in a scenario where they owe more money than their house is worth.

  Ric Edelman

  Mean, People, House

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• The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like.

  George W. Bush

  Said Life, Guessing, Might

  "Bush upbeat on Iraq in talk to U.N. / President dismisses concerns about spread of violence" by Dana Milbank, Colum Lynch, www.sfgate.com. September 22, 2004.

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• You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things that you've felt. It's kind of impossible not to unless you're writing a song and there's an exact scenario that you're trying to write a song for.

  Harry Styles

  Song, Inspiration, Writing

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• Whenever I take a position, I like to imagine what it would be like under the worst-case scenario. In doing so, I minimize the confusion if that situation actually develops. In my view, losses are a very important part of trading. When a loss happens, I believe in embracing it.

  Gil Blake

  Believe, Loss, Views

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• The essential facts are known. We know of the weapons in Saddam's possession: chemical, biological, and nuclear in time. We know of his unequaled willingness to use them. We know his history. His invasions of his neighbors. His dreams of achieving hegemonic control over the Arab world. His record of anti-American rage. His willingness to terrorize, to slaughter, to suppress his own people and others. We need not stretch to imagine nightmare scenarios in which Saddam makes common cause with the terrorists who want to kill us Americans and destroy our way of life.

  Joe Lieberman

  Dream, Iraq, People

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• I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there.

  Lauryn Hill

  Love Is, People, Able

  "Lauryn Hill Releases New Song, Reportedly Settles Tax Debt" by Zach Dionne, www.vulture.com. May 5, 2013.

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• Worrying is just a prayer for the worst possible scenario.

  Daphne Oz

  Prayer, Worry, Worst

  "Women And Success: 26 Things Every Woman Should Know" By Margaret Wheeler Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 9, 2013.

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• Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

  Rand Beers

  Dream, Iraq, Situation

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• We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world.

  Ross Martin

  Real, College, Class

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• If you train worst case scenarios consistently, they will no longer be worst case scenarios

  Rener Gracie

  Worst Case Scenario, Training, Martial Arts

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• Humour allows us to see that ultimately things don't make sense. The only thing that truly makes sense is letting go of anything we continue to hold on to. Our ego-mind and emotions are a dramatic illusion. Of course, we all feel that they're real: my drama, your drama, our confrontations. We create these elaborate scenarios and then react to them. But there is nothing really happening outside our mind! This is karma's cosmic joke. You can laugh about the irony of this, or you can stick with your scenario. It's your choice.

  Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

  Karma, Letting Go, Laughter

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• I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

  Maynard Webb

  Jobs, Men, Years

  "There’s Something Happening Here: Entrepreneurship and the Decline of Corporate Appeal" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2011.

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• Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with Occam’s razor, which states that among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected. They assume that the most likely explanation is miraculous resurrection through some unproven divine connection, but more likely scenarios include a stolen body, a mismarked grave, a planned removal, faulty reports, creative storytelling, edited scriptures, etc. No magic required.

  David G. McAfee

  Christian, Convincing Evidence, Creative

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• But here's the ugly truth: nature doesn't care about democracy, or who's right, or what's fair. And because of the slow-change aspect of climate, we can't wait until the worst effects are upon us to make a decision -- by then, it would be far, far too late. The scenario we may be faced with is one where doing something for the wrong reasons, run by the wrong people, may still save more lives than holding out for a more appealing option.

  Jamais Cascio

  Running, People, Decision

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• If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.

  Biz Stone

  Hate, People, Passionate

  "To Tweet or Not to Tweet". Interview with Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. April 21, 2009.

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• I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

  Jerry B. Jenkins

  Character, World, Inventing

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