Games are the only force in the known universe that can get people to take actions against their self-interest, in a predictable way, without using force.
Gabe Zichermann
Related The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest ALBERT EINSTEIN We are appealing to the United States as a world leader in human rights ... to urge the Chinese gove... FALUN GONG Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult th... BARBARA DEMING International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve thei... NORMAN FINKELSTEIN What they told me ... is they feel they were justified in their actions and they were using the amou... DAVID BENELLI Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in ... PETER BLOCK Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, f... BLAISE PASCAL Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Sales of seemingly small items such as binoculars and bird seed are becoming a major force in the na... JAMIE RAPPAPORT CLARK Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force. THOMAS SOWELL What you're protecting yourself against is, frequently, extortion. People will try to put it to thei... JACALYN BARNETT Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army... TAO TE CHING Never be ashamed nor afraid to share your dreams with the universe,because the universe is the only ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The force of commerce got us in this mess and it’s the only force that will get us out, GARY HIRSHBERG To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. POTTER STEWART We would really like to see the surveys returned because that way these people can take an active ro... JOANNE SANDY The force of commerce got us in this mess and its the only force that will get us out, GARY HIRSHBERG The Force, the Force, the Force! Everything the Force. CHUCK WENDIG The Force is with me, and I am one with the Force,” Chirrut told Althin. “And I fear nothing, fo... GREG RUCKA I am one with the Force,” he said to himself and to the universe at once. GREG RUCKA One did not need to believe in the Force to know right from wrong. GREG RUCKA I think of grand design as a presently unfolding dynamism as opposed to a plan to be implemented at ... AARON SANTOS You cannot force change in others, you can only inspire change in others by being your awesomely sel... MICHAEL HETHERINGTON In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force again... VLADIMIR PUTIN I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for... ROSA PARKS The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. ANURAG RAWAT The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. DAVE BARRY Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Lov... JOAN D. VINGE you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only... WILLIAM JOYCE Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered... MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, gra... ALFRED A. MONTAPERT Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, gra... ALFRED MONTAPERT Let us not talk about using force; we are equally strong. In fact, we can swat your ass. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV If the only way for you to get people to do your bidding is through force or intimidation, you are n... CHARBEL TADROS Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz m... EVAN PARKER You must nurture the force within you. You are the only person that can behold the divine force for ... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which al... LEONARDO DA VINCI If you have a foundation that has given in to water pressure, not only are you allowing the structur... GUILLERMO RAMIREZ The most powerful force in the universe? Love. It's love that holds it all together. EDMAN VAN SCHALKWYK I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe. LORETTA YOUNG There are only two kinds of people who can drain your energy: those you love, and those you fear. In... ANTHON ST. MAARTEN I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inabi... LEE KUAN YEW Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more pos... AUSTIN GROSSMAN You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand. CONFUCIUS That will be the big question can our work force get back? It will be a big hurdle getting people... HARRY WADSWORTH She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Men using his force against women is an evidence of his weakness and immaturity. - Devaski. DEVASKI We both want the bill for different reasons. Immigrant advocates want a way for their people to get ... JOHN GAY Military force is justified only in self-defense; naked aggression is the province of dictators and ... RON PAUL There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. JOHN KEEGAN The universe is a gathering of nows that I spread before my feet like a landscape. JANET TURPIN MYERS In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. ERIC LIU Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts,... BLAISE PASCAL With those two lining up against Ms. Burwell, I think we were able to develop a pretty strong case. ... ATTORNEY NANCE With those two lining up against Ms. Burwell, I think we were able to develop a pretty strong case. ... ATTORNEY WES NANCE Most people download using a file-sharing program. As it is, a price hike would just force people to... JAMES HODGES People who represent social organization in a country are a force in that country SUNDAY ADELAJA Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a vi... EPHRAIM MIRVIS Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man. CRISS JAMI If the government wants to continue using force, then we are heading towards a serious conflict. BRUNO JULLIARD We are answering in the only language that he (Saddam) understands, the language of force, WARREN CHRISTOPHER What was taken by force, can only be restored by force. GAMAL ABDEL NASSER The Air Force has recognized that they are using C-17s at a higher rate, and that's why they put sev... JAMES ALBAUGH No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no gre... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power. REBECCA MACKINNON It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world. JULIA QUINN There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mains... CHARLES CALEB COLTON Interest rate differentials continue in favor of the U.S. dollar and that is one of the big drivers.... HUGH WALSH One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have
only interest. JOHN STEWART MILL You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Using the combined, integrated force of the mind and body is more efficient than using one without t... H.E. DAVEY I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only... GARRY KASPAROV The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction an... JONATHAN HAIDT Their plan is to strike on or before February 14 to show they are still a force to reckon with, to s... EMMANUEL VELASCO It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end. ANNE WILSON SCHAEF The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the p... OTTO SCHILY We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought... DAVID BLUNKETT The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population.... BEN SHAPIRO We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peaceke... KENDRICK MEEK Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. BLAISE PASCAL Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult the... BARBARA DEMING A sparrow is beautiful in its own way," Käthe said severely. "Don't force yourself to be a peacock,... S. JAE-JONES Nothing great could ever be achieved, without personal force, determined spirit and self-confidence. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON We can only query against that which we have collected. And so if someone has never made a ripple in... JAMES COMEY If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS No rebel force can get U.S. support by attacking the AU -- in fact they are going to lose any suppor... JENDAYI FRAZER The best scenario is the truth about what happens comes out, ... There is a problem in the way offic... BRUCE JONES I think their visit will force the Canadian government to take a long, hard look at what they are do... REBECCA ALDWORTH Good wins in the end because evil is a self-destructive, cannibalistic force that Inevitably engorge... KEN POIROT Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers tha... DANIEL ELLSBERG In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force ... JUAN PABLO GALAVIS I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. Y... SHANE WARNE Light side? Dark side? Oh no, it's all grey to me. JOLEE BINDO Each side, American and Iraqi, saw their actions as responses to the other's threats. Each side felt... ANTHONY SHADID Let's dig deep to build the kind of police force that our fatherland really deserves. We need a ... NICOLAS MADURO Love has a certain element of tenderness, which alone pierces through the heart and binds us more in... JOCELYN SORIANO
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