“[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I find that they are also much more interested in learning through problem solving and group collaboration than in the past.” IdeasProblemSeemsPastGroupsInformationStudentsAccessDataCollaborationProblem SolvingAccustomedPointlessAccess To Information Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“The old fundamental principles must continue to apply, even in our changing society: Democracy knows neither master nor slave. Equal education opportunities for all, no matter where they come from and no matter who their parents are. Equal access as well when it comes to digitalization.” KnowsWellsMatterOpportunityParentPrinciplesDemocracyMastersEqualFundamentalsSlaveAccessFundamental PrinciplesEqual Education Author:Martin Schulz
“Technology changes rapidly and there's definitely a shift toward connectivity that provides 24-hour access to information aligned with individual needs. That's one of the driving trends and that's going to impact every industry in a very big way.” WayNeedsBigsIndividualHoursTechnologyInformationIndustryImpactAccessDrivingTrendsAccess To Information Author:Gary Shapiro
“I think increasingly consumers are judging the quality of their travel and hotel experiences by their ability to have access to basic technologies, including Wi-Fi.” ThinkingAbilityQualityTechnologyJudgingIncludingAccessConsumersHotel Author:Gary Shapiro
“I'm an actor who loves to get physical so any role that allows me to access that is glorious.” ActorsRolesAccessGlorious Author:Grace Lynn Kung
“When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.” PeopleUsePoliticalForceViolenceThreatDefinitionsAccessPolitical PowerUnwantedUse Of Force Author:Cody Wilson
“Donald Trump has declared that he's going to divest himself from his companies and that his sons will be separated from the government. But his sons who run the company are regularly attending his meetings with senators, making it clear to everybody, you want access to Trump you pay.” WantGovernmentRunningPayCompanyClearSonTrumpMeetingsAccessSenatorsAttending Author:David Frum
“The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it.” LittlesPlayKidsAbilityAccessLittle Kid Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Part of my impetus to get famous is to have access to printed matter. I love all the stuff like postcards, books, little things. I can make my own zines, but it just helps if you've got somebody behind you publishing things.” IfsLittlesI CanBookMatterHelpingStuffMy OwnBehindsAccessLittle ThingsPublishingPrintedBehind YouImpetusPostcardsZines Author:Jack Pierson
“When a being such as myself who came from a rather difficult background is to 'work' here on earth, dimensionally as part of assistance to the animal kingdom one is brought to your own awareness of what you are capable of firstly even before you're given access to what goes on here. When the dimensions work here there are no issues or fears, just full awareness in each moment of who we really are and what it is we are currently busy assisting with, therefore I have a lot still to learn.” StillsMomentsEarthGivenDifficultAnimalIssuesAwarenessGoes OnCapableBusyAccessBackgroundsKingdomsDimensionsAssistanceAnimal KingdomAssisting Author:Timothy Treadwell
“My movies are always being played on television, I'm very well known and all that stuff - I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it's wonderful. But now I'm at a point where...I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.” PeopleWorldWellsStillsShowsFeelingsStuffKnownWonderfulTelevisionAccessWell KnownBeing Played Author:Al Pacino
“If you have an area where high-income receivers concentrate, you have a higher fiscal capacity. That fiscal capacity is a valuable resource and will create rent-seeking. People will trying to get that resource one way or the other, including immigration. It is very much like the medieval peasants putting their sheep on the commons pasture. It is better than the open range, and if you let them have open access they will, in fact, put too many sheep on the pasture and waste the value that the pasture has.” PeopleIfsWayTryingFactsPastValuesHigherWasteResourcesAreasCapacityIncludingSeekingValuableAccessImmigrationIncomeOne WayRangeSheepPeasantsMedievalReceiverPastures Author:James M. Buchanan
“The Israelis have taken a lot of security measures which reduce significantly the ability of Iran to inflict truly severe pain in Israel. But America is vulnerable with 100,000 troops in Iraq and more than half of that in Afghanistan, and we depend heavily on access to Middle Eastern oil. We're sitting targets for debilitating Iranian retaliation.” PainAmericaAbilityHalfTakenMiddleSecurityDependsSittingIraqIsraelOilAccessVulnerableIranTargetAfghanistanTroopsSevereEasternIranianRetaliationSecurity MeasuresTroops In IraqSevere Pain Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“Why do you think [Russians] hacked into our election? Because they have to make sure that Donald Trump got elected so that he could help them with what I think is a huuuuge deal, not only to lift these sanctions, but to take over, y'know, all of these Soviet countries and pull 'em back into the Soviet Union, so that they could have access it to all of these resources. It's clear to me!” ThinkingKnowsCountryHelpingDealsClearTrumpResourcesElectionUnionsAccessLiftsEmsSovietSoviet UnionSanctionsHacked Author:Maxine Waters
“Anyone who grew up in the crack era - you know, I grew up in that era - knew that there were also people out - and there are still guys to this day that are out there, you know, obviously drug dealing - but those were the guys who had access and had money. And some of those guys felt responsible to create opportunity for other people and were also aware of the dangers of their work and often aren't really the ones that are encouraging kids to get into drug dealing.” PeopleKnowsStillsKidsGuyOpportunityFeltDangerGrewDrugGrew UpResponsibleAccessErasThis DayCracks Author:Mahershala Ali
“Hillary Clinton is on record supporting a doubling of community health centers in this country, which will mean that tens of millions of people - poor people - will have access to health care that do not have it today. Is that significant? It is very significant.” PeopleMeanCountryCareTodayCommunityPoorMillionsRecordsClintonAccessSignificantHealth CarePoor PeopleCommunity Health Author:Bernie Sanders
“How many years did people hate Obamacare? Now there's a poll out there that says Obamacare's never been more popular. Really? Really? Just how stupid do you think we all are? After whatever it is, six years of rising premiums, lost coverage, horrible treatment, no access, now all of a sudden, and there hasn't been any improvement in enrollment.” PeopleThinkingYearsHateLostStupidSixAccessImprovementHorribleRisingTreatmentPollsObamacareCoverageEnrollment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number of other masters. Their teachings are available and we must celebrate that.” SpiritualSocialNumbersWatchesTeacherTeachingMediaMastersAvailableSocial MediaAccessCelebrateLamaDalaiSpiritual TeachersTolle Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“The first mistake in the New York Times is worrying about granting Trump access. They're not "granting" Trump access. Trump is commanding access. Trump is taking access. Trump is dictating the daily narrative.” FirstsMistakeWorryNew YorkTrumpAccessNarrativeNew York TimesDictating Author:Rush Limbaugh
“That's the job of a free press is to hold the lamp up, to investigate, to hold accountable. And denying access, as Sean Spicer did , is the first step toward a dictatorship.” FirstsJobsStepsPressesAccessFirst StepsDictatorshipLampsSeanFree Press Author:Mark Shields
“If gay marriage is a real thing, gay infertility must be a real thing. It's not fair. I mean, it wasn't fair they couldn't get married, and now it's not fair that they can't have babies, even though they're not infertile, that doesn't matter. And so there must be access to infertility insurance for married gay couples, if our culture and if our society is to be fair and equal for one and all, and it is coming, and don't laugh about it.” IfsMeanRealMatterCultureLaughingBabyCoupleGayEqualMarriedFairsAccessOur SocietyGay MarriageReal ThingsNot FairInfertilityGay Couples Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Trump doesn't need to spend a dime to get his message out. Trump doesn't have to run an ad. Trump doesn't have to run a series. He doesn't have to pay people to show up. He doesn't have to buy TV advertising, because he gets more coverage than the combined advertising the rest of the Republicans could buy. And aside from the overwhelming, significant upset that is, the very fact of all that ticks them off. Donald Trump has direct access to his supporters. And you know who gives it to him? The media.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingFactsShowsRunningPayMediaTvsTrumpRepublicanMessagesDirectSeriesAccessSignificantAdvertisingUpsetOverwhelmingAdsSupporterCoverageDimesTick Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Chunking is the ability of the brain to learn from data you take in, without having to go back and access or think about all that data every time. As a kid learning how to ride a bike, for instance, you have to think about everything you're doing. You're brain is taking in all that data, and constantly putting it together, seeing patterns, and chunking them together at a higher level. So eventually, when you get on a bike, your brain doesn't have to think about how to ride a bike anymore. You've chunked bike riding.” ThinkingKidsTogetherAbilityLevelsBrainSeeingHigherPatternsAccessInstanceDataRidingBikeDoing YouHigher LevelBike Riding Author:Kevin Maney
“I like to take CEOs into consumers' homes to see the "real world." CEOs have privileged lives with big incomes, lots of help, access to just about anything they wish. The average consumer lives on $53,000 a year and has daily tradeoffs and compromises that must be made. I took a CEO into a trailer park so he could observe first-hand - and understand - how consumers use his product.” WorldYearsFirstsMadeRealHelpingUseHomeHandsBigsWishProductsAverageAccessIncomeCompromiseConsumersParksReal WorldPrivilegedCeoTrailersTrailer ParkPrivileged Life Author:Michael J. Silverstein
“I recognize that there's an appetite that I'm now serving, and I'm happy to do so. I think it means quite a bit that science has achieved this level of public interest and access. And so I'm simultaneously astonished every day upon recognizing this, and I think it's a good sign for the country and possibly for the world.” ThinkingWorldMeanCountryBitsInterestLevelsAccessServingAppetiteRecognizingPublic Interest Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People put clips of me up. There are quotes from me. I've written books, of course. I'm on Twitter. There are dozens of ways to consume my offerings, and a lecture in a large venue is really only just one of them. So I have no concerns about how much access people would have to me no matter what is the capacity of your pocketbook.” PeopleWayBookMatterCoursesWrittenCapacityConcernNo Matter WhatAccessJust OneDozenOfferingLecturesVenuesClipPocketbooks Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“To form a strong opinion, you have to be knowledgeable about the subject. You have to have access to all the relevant information. You gotta be literally an expert.” FormStrongOpinionSubjectsInformationAccessExpertsRelevantKnowledgeableStrong Opinions Author:Vincent Bugliosi
“I only form an opinion when I feel that I've done sufficient research and have sufficient access to information.” FeelsDoneFormOpinionInformationResearchAccessSufficientAccess To Information Author:Vincent Bugliosi
“The newspaper industry when I came along in the mid-70s was rich and powerful and growing and hungry for material and open to new people. None of that is true in the newspaper industry today. Print in general is pretty rugged. The good thing is that you can gain a foothold on the Internet because everybody has access to it, even things like Twitter - I mean, you can get a reputation for being funny pretty quickly on Twitter, on a blog, that kind of thing.” PeopleKindMeanTodayPowerfulRichGrowingMaterialsIndustryInternetGainsGood ThingsAccessNewspapersHungryReputationPrintBlogsBeing FunnyRugged Author:Dave Barry
“Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government.” GovernmentDemocracyImpossibleInformationFunctionAccessOperationsBroadsCitizenryAccess To InformationInformed Citizenry Author:Ryan Shapiro
“I am calling on all citizens with access to unreleased records pertaining to illegal, unconstitutional, or immoral government activities to return those records to their rightful owners, the American people.” PeopleGovernmentRecordsReturnCitizensCallingActivityAccessOwnersIllegalImmoralUnconstitutional Author:Ryan Shapiro
“I believe that we won't get the fullest contribution from women, they won't be able to reach their fullest aspirations, until we take a completely different look at how we make healthcare more affordable, higher quality, with better access to many more women.” BelieveLooksDifferentAbleI BelieveQualityHigherAccessAspirationContributionHealthcareAffordableDifferent Looks Author:Nancy Pelosi
“If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I'm counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don't have access to the contraceptives they need?” IfsNeedsBelieveTwoUseValuesSonEqualDaughterAccessServingMy SonContraceptivesTwo Daughters Author:Melinda Gates
“Reporters are always supposed to be demanding more access and more transparency. So the day that there isn't some friction between the White House press corps and the White House is the day that somebody in the press corps is not doing their job.” JobsHouseWhitePressesAccessSupposed To BeWhite HouseReportersTransparencyFriction Author:Josh Earnest
“Everybody is looking at their base business and saying, "What else is it? Sure, we do this, but while we're doing that, what else do we know about our customer, and what does that enable us to do?" That comes from the access to information and the ability to analyze it with a speed they never had. I think everybody is thinking that way.” ThinkingKnowsWayDoeAbilityInformationCustomersSpeedAccessAccess To Information Author:Ken Moelis
“Every kid Grade 6 and up carries a cellphone - with that they can access the world. They are the most connected, aware generation that's ever existed.” WorldKidsGenerationsConnectedAccessGradesCarrieCellphone Author:Eric Walters
“The irony and tragedy is any woman of means can have a safe abortion somewhere in the United States. But women lacking the wherewithal to travel can't. There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.” MeanStatesBigsPoorUnitedUnited StatesSafeConcernedTragedyAccessIronyAbortionLackingRestriction Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“It turns out that a lot of women just have a problem with women in power. You know, this whole sisterhood, this whole let's go march for women's rights and, you know, just constantly talking about what women look like or what they wear, or making fun of their choices or presuming that they're not as powerful as the men around. This presumptive negativity about women in power I think is very unfortunate, because let's just try to access that and have a conversation about it, rather than a confrontation about it.” ThinkingKnowsMenTryingLooksWholeProblemTurnsChoicesFunPowerfulTalkingRightsHe ManConversationAccessMarchNegativityUnfortunateWomens RightsConfrontationSisterhoodPresuming Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think the Bible is completely inspired by God in its overall messages. But, for the people of those days to know what was going to happen 4,000 years later in a world of astronomy or subatomic particles. They didn't have access to the knowledge that we presently have about geology. So, we know now that the world was created many of billions of years ago, 13 or 14 billion years ago. As far as they knew, the earth was the center of the universe. They thought that stars were little twinkling things in the sky where as now we know stars are very distant and much larger than the earth.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldYearsLittlesHappensEarthUniverseStarsSkyMessagesYears AgoInspiredAccessBillionsAstronomyParticlesGeologyCenter Of The UniverseTwinklingSubatomic Particles Author:Jimmy Carter
“For the rest of their lives, [black men] can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education and public benefits. So many of the old forms of discrimination that we supposedly left behind during the Jim Crow era are suddenly legal again once you've been branded a felon.” MenFormLeftBlackBehindsBenefitsVoteAccessDiscriminationEmploymentErasDeniedHousingLeft BehindJuryCrowExcludedRight To VoteJim CrowBrandedFelonsAccess To Education Author:Michelle Alexander
“The burden of health care shouldn't be borne by the poorest families. We should have equity within health systems so that families are able to cope with serious illness and not be driven into poverty and relationship breakdown because they don't have access to health care.” ShouldCareAblePovertySeriousShould HaveIllnessBurdenDrivenAccessHealth CareEquityPoorestBreakdownHealth SystemSerious Illness Author:Mary Robinson
“One of the richest countries in the world - the United States of America - is facing a real ethical dilemma in terms of providing equitable access to health care.” WorldRealCountryStatesCareAmericaTermUnitedUnited StatesAccessHealth CareEthicalProvidingUnited States Of AmericaDilemmaEquitableEthical Dilemmas Author:Mary Robinson
“My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right away I started working in the AIDS activist movement. For me, politics was about getting drugs approved and getting prisoners access to the same kind of drugs that you could get on the outside. It was about getting needle exchanges approved. That was politics. These were policy problems that were killing people, and we were trying to get them changed.” PeopleTryingKindIdeasProblemPolicyMovementChangedDrugKillingDrivenActivismAidsAccessActivistPrisonerNeedlesApproved Author:Rachel Maddow
“The goal of my philanthropic work has always been to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her potential. That means our work won't be done until every child has access to quality education from early childhood to adulthood.” MeanChildrenDoneGoalChanceQualityChildhoodAccessAdulthoodPhilanthropicEarly ChildhoodQuality Education Author:Shakira
“After all, by providing early access to medicine, nutrition and stimulation, early childhood development creates lifelong improvements in health, cognitive development, school achievement, and social equality.” SchoolSocialChildhoodDevelopmentAchievementMedicineAccessImprovementNutritionProvidingLifelongCognitiveStimulationEarly ChildhoodSocial Equality Author:Shakira
“At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.” YearsFiveUniversalCurrentsAccessPaceAccess To EducationPace Of Change Author:Shakira
“If you cannot always elicit a straight answer from the unconscious brain, how can you access its knowledge? Sometimes the trick is merely to probe what your gut is telling you. So the next time a friend laments that she cannot decide between two options, tell her the easiest way to solve her problem: flip a coin. She should specify which option belongs to heads and which to tails, and then let the coin fly. The important part is to assess her gut feeling after the coin lands. If she feels a subtle sense of relief at being "told" what to do by the coin, that's the right choice for her.” IfsWayFeelsShouldTwoImportantSometimesFeelingsProblemChoicesNextAnswersBrainLandSolveAccessTricksUnconsciousReliefGutsSubtleTailsNext TimeCoinsFlipLamentRight ChoicesGut FeelingsTwo Options Author:David Eagleman
“The very idea that there should be a certain class of people who give orders by virtue of their ownership of wealth and another huge class who take on orders and follow them because of their lack of access to wealth and power, that's unacceptable. So, sure it should be abolished.” PeopleGivingShouldIdeasCertainOrderWealthClassVirtueHugeAccessOwnership Author:Noam Chomsky
“The frustration of our [The Daily] show is- very much outside any parameters of the media or the government. We don't have access to these people, we don't have access. We don't go to dinners we don't have cocktail parties. We don't you know, you've seen what happens when one of us ends up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it doesn't end well.” PeopleKnowsWellsEndsShowsGovernmentHappensHouseWhitePartyMediaDinnerAccessFrustrationWhite HouseCocktailsParametersCocktail PartiesDaily Show Author:Jon Stewart
“Chicago PD has a rule that if you work in Chicago you have to live in Chicago. Some areas don't have that rule.So oftentimes you get people from different environments that get thrown into environments with people that they never spent time with before in they life. On a daily basis or in their personal life. The only access they had to these type of people was through the media.” PeopleIfsDifferentEnvironmentMediaTypeAreasBasesAccessThrownChicagoPersonal LifeDifferent Environments Author:Michael B. Jordan