Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German. A thousand. ... That is the end of the Great Divergence. Votes: 3
This fundamental subject of Natural Selection will be treated at some length in the fourth chapter; and we shall then see how Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character. Votes: 3
Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture. Votes: 2
Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms. Votes: 2
There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it. Votes: 2
I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case. Votes: 2
The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow. Votes: 2
There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope and my ambition for the economics profession that as we advance our knowledge, that those discussions will narrow in their focus, and that it will help to have more prudent policy-making down the road. Votes: 2
Insularity plus time yields divergence. Votes: 0
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists. Votes: 0
The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. Votes: 0
[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes. Votes: 0
There is too large a divergence at the moment in the interests and values of the world's most powerful states. Votes: 0
I think Little Nicky was a divergence from the films Adam Sandler was used to doing, and he was taking a risk. I admire him for doing that. Votes: 0
There is a divergence between private and social accounting that the market fails to register. One essential task of law and government is to institute the necessary conditions. Votes: 0
In the beginning God said, the four-dimensional divergence of an antisymmetric, second rank tensor equals zero, and there was light, and it was good. And on the seventh day he rested. Votes: 0
As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs. Votes: 0
You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people's beliefs and interests, you will have this vacuum that creates disturbance.
How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest to get serious... If economic divergence continues, combined with global integration, it will build a nightmare for our children.
Even if their outward fortunes could be absolutely equalized, there would be, from individual constitution alone, an aristocracy and a democracy in every land. The fearful by nature would compose an aristocracy, the hopeful by nature a democracy, were all other causes of divergence done away.