“I believe that the visit of the Queen to the United States is an admirable occasion to produce an historical, truthful, sincere, genuine analysis of how the British Monarchy evolved into its present situation.” BelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedSituationUnited StatesProduceHistoricalBritishGenuineOccasionsQueensAnalysisSincereTruthfulMonarchyAdmirablePresent SituationBritish Monarchy Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“It doesn't take an incredible manner of analysis to reveal that our primary desires are incessantly stimulated to keep us basic consumers.” DesireIncrediblesPrimariesConsumersAnalysisIncessantly Author:Russell Brand
“I think in terms of who can be trusted, I think the evidence is clear that there has been no candidate that I have ever seen who lies more often than does Donald Trump. I mean and that's just not me saying it, that's what any independent media analysis has shown. So in terms of trust, you really can't trust a word, I think, that Mr. Trump has to say.” ThinkingMeanDoeHas BeensLyingTermClearMediaTrumpEvidenceIndependentAnalysisCandidatesTrustedIndependent Media Author:Bernie Sanders
“This [Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original] is another one of those books with the perfect blend of anecdote and analysis. The analysis is built into the anecdote. It has that right feel about it. It's not too scholarly, either.” FeelsBookPerfectBuiltOriginalsAnalysisMonkAnecdotesScholarlyLife And Time Author:Scott McClanahan
“One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.” YearsPastPoliticalMy OwnAnalysisOver The PastReevaluating Author:Tony Blair
“All philosophers make the common mistake of taking contemporary man as their starting point and of trying, through an analysis of him, to[21] reach a conclusion. "Man" involuntarily presents himself to them as an aeterna veritas as a passive element in every hurly-burly, as a fixed standard of things. Yet everything uttered by the philosopher on the subject of man is, in the last resort, nothing more than a piece of testimony concerning man during a very limited period of time.” MenTryingLastsCommonMistakePiecesSubjectsPeriodsElementsStandardsStartingPhilosopherContemporaryConclusionAnalysisFixedPassiveTestimonyResortsStarting Point Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those” NeedsInterestStudyIndustryCostBenefitsImpactFinanceAnalysisGamblingEconomistCost Benefit Analysis Author:John Warren Kindt
“Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and sense of affection and commitment lay in shared collective analysis of social injustice as well as a vision for radical transformation"” WellsHomeSocialSpaceVisionCommitmentTransformationLaysInjusticeAffectionFamiliarRadicalAnalysisCollectivesStableImaginativeFamiliaritySocial Injustice Author:Chandra Talpade Mohanty
“There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.” PeopleWayReasonOpportunitySituationEconomicsVery GoodAvailableAnalysisBehaveAssumptionExploitsSimplifyPlausible Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Of course, it is worth it to take the time to think carefully through your assumptions, and ensure you at least have hypotheses around how you will create value. But use the analysis as a way to focus attention on the most critical assumptions, rather than spend a ton of time massaging the numbers.” ThinkingWayUseValuesCoursesNumbersAttentionFocusCriticalAnalysisAssumptionWorth ItHypothesisTime To Think Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for corporate staffers, and nearly $6 million for the use of Trump`s private plane.” UseRaceHalfMillionsEventsTrumpOfficePaidCampaignsFinanceCorporatePlanesAnalysisFacilityFilingCampaign Finance Author:Chris Hayes
“It's my opinion that, if Barack did want to solve the gang problem, number one would be to work with people from the inside out, people who can actually give him an accurate analysis of the problem in L.A., because they're in it or at one point were a part of it, and now they're workin' to change it, and redirect the energy and the focus of it. And then consciously take steps to solve the problem.” PeopleIfsWantGivingProblemWould BeEnergyNumbersStepsOpinionFocusSolveBarackAnalysisAccurateGang Author:Nipsey Hussle
“You need judgment, you need to utilize conventional resource-allocation analysis, you have to work backward from estimations of the market to the current investments and you have to do some benchmarking of your product and its potential against your competition.” NeedsProductsJudgmentResourcesCompetitionInvestmentCurrentsAnalysisConventionalEstimationAllocation Author:John Kao
“You might want to keep trying to rise, using a path that builds on your natural strengths: sales, analysis, managing people, whatever, and keep asking for honest feedback. When you reach the point at which it feels clear you've topped out, revise your job description or take a step back. Up is not the only way.” PeopleWayWantFeelsTryingMightJobsNaturalStepsPathClearHonestAskingAnalysisDescriptionFeedbackKeep TryingManaging PeopleHonest Feedback Author:Marty Nemko
“Literature is not made of ideas and it's not made of concepts, of psychological analysis. It's made of words.” MadeIdeasLiteratureConceptsPsychologicalAnalysis Author:Amos Oz
“It was really the dream role, and when they first cast me, and I started playing Dolores [in the Westworlds] and all I knew was the analysis mode and her prairie-girl character, I thought, "Yeah, of course I can do this, and I'm good at it, but why did they pick me?" Not because I'm not capable, but I'm also kind of a tomboy, edgy, so I was curious.” FirstsKindI CanCharacterDreamGirlCoursesCan DoRolesCapablePicksYeahCastsCuriousAnalysisEdgyPrairiePick MeI Can Do This Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“The question is how do you do it [more consumer protection] so that it actually works that way? And that takes analysis, and sometimes collaboration between government and business, to understand how that works.” WaySometimesGovernmentProtectionConsumersAnalysisCollaborationConsumer ProtectionGovernment And Business Author:Jamie Dimon
“Go back to the Bible, the Old Testament. I mean there were people who we would call intelectuals, there, they were called prophets, but they were basically intelectuals: they were people who were doing critical, geopolitical analysis, talking about the decisions of the king were going to lead to destruction; condemning inmorality, calling for justice for widows and orphans. What we would call dissident intelectuals. Were they nicely treated? No, they were driven into the desert, they were imprisoned, they were denounced. They were intelectuals who conformed.” PeopleMeanJusticeDecisionTalkingKingsCallingDestructionCriticalDrivenTreatedDesertAnalysisProphetTestamentOld TestamentWidowsOrphanCondemningDissidentsGeopoliticalWidows And Orphans Author:Noam Chomsky
“[Sigmund ] Freud assumes that every dream represents the satisfaction of adesire and in the last analysis, of a sexual desire that has its roots in infancy.” DreamLastsDesireRootsAssumingSatisfactionAnalysisInfancySexual Desire Author:Erich Fromm
“I read letters and journal entries by [Georgia] O'Keeffe (which were infinitely more useful than any critical analysis of her work).” LettersCriticalAnalysisJournalGeorgiaEntryGeorgia O KeeffeCritical Analysis Author:Liza Campbell
“There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can trace this principle back to the Bible. The designated intellectuals of that time are called prophets, which is a mistranslation of a Hebrew word, but they were basically intellectuals, giving geopolitical analysis, criticizing the moral practice of leadership, etc. Now, these people were not treated very nicely. There were other intellectuals who were treated nicely, namely those who centuries later came to be called false prophets. These were the flatterers of the court.” PeopleGivingHumansLooksMoralPrinciplesPracticeCenturyMirrorsCourtAffairTreatedAnalysisProphetEtcCriticizeVery NiceHebrewFlattererGeopoliticalFalse Prophets Author:Noam Chomsky
“People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.” PeopleWantedVoiceTalkingDecadesBarackLegacyAnalysisPresidency Author:Julianne Malveaux
“As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.” MenShouldWritingBookForceBlackPresidentSupportRecordsAirRegretVoteExcitedBarackSettlingRanAnalysisSenateSymbolismPresident Barack ObamaAir ForceAir Force One Author:Julianne Malveaux
“I like sincerely talking about market analysis and how marketing is ahead of design and design needs to catch up to fulfill the promise of the marketing.” NeedsTalkingDesignPromiseMarketingAnalysisSincerely Author:Reggie Watts
“Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them are higher. I think if we can use this as a vehicle to get out the analysis that these guys have 3-5 times as much carbon in the ground as the most conservative government thinks would be safe to burn, then that politically stigmatises them, makes them into the rogue industry that they are.” IfsThinkingUseGovernmentWould BeGuyIndustryHigherSafeConservativeAnalysisVehicleOddsCarbonRogues Author:Bill McKibben
“Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches.” IfsSelfStrongBlackClearSpeechCommitmentDeterminationAnalysisNationalismSelf DeterminationBlack Nationalism Author:Manning Marable
“Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle. As his vision became more internationalist and pan-African, as he began, especially in 1964, after seeing the example of anti-colonial revolutions abroad and began to articulate and incorporate a socialist analysis economically into his program, he clearly became a threat to the US state.” StatesUnderstandingVisionStruggleClearSeeingExampleRevolutionProgramThreatAnalysisBroadsSocialistClear Vision Author:Manning Marable
“If someone came to me and said, "Your strategy in your post-presidency is brilliant," as if I had figured out a way to make me look better, to me, that analysis is amusing.” IfsWayLooksSaidStrategyBrilliantPostsAnalysisPresidencyAmusing Author:George W. Bush
“I know it's - this is this insane analysis. Hillary Clinton lost the election because her ideas were bad. She didn't fit the electorate. She ignored states that she shouldn't have, and Donald Trump was the change agent, OK?” KnowsIdeasStatesLostTrumpFitElectionClintonInsaneAgentsAnalysisIgnoredElectorateChange Agent Author:Reince Priebus
“I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies and security agencies. We need to assess everything and understand what we can agree on and what the implications will be both for Japan and for Russia so that both the Russian people and the Japanese people come to the conclusion that these compromise solutions are acceptable and are in our countries' interests.” PeopleNeedsBelieveCountryTodayPoliticalI BelieveInterestEconomicSecuritySolutionsAgreeVariousRussiaConclusionCompromiseOur CountryAnalysisExpertsAgencyJapanAcceptableMinistryImplications Author:Vladimir Putin
“On the level of investigative results, John Boswell's methodology has led to the discovery that what has been called the repression of homosexuality does not date back to Christianity properly speaking, but developed within the Christian era at a much later date. In this type of analysis it is important to be aware of the way in which people conceived of their own sexuality.” PeopleWayDoeHas BeensImportantChristianLevelsResultsChristianityTypeDiscoverySexualityErasAnalysisHomosexualityRepressionMethodology Author:Michel Foucault
“I must be honest and say that I was under the fascination of films. I was fascinated by all films, even the words of them. If I was to do a more-precise analysis of the situation, I have to admit that I was more entertained by the bad films than the good ones. Because when something is beautiful, it is there; it is finished; it is done. It doesn't have to be touched or be worked upon.” IfsDoneBeautifulFilmSituationHonestFinishedBeing HonestAnalysisTouchedFascinatedPreciseFascination Author:Sergio Leone
“You win by struggle, and that requires understanding and serious analysis of the options and the circumstances, and then you can do a lot.” WinningUnderstandingCan DoStruggleSeriousCircumstancesAnalysis Author:Noam Chomsky
“I belong rather to a more classical tradition of social analysis.” SocialTraditionAnalysis Author:Susan Sontag
“The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for justice and mercy for those who needed help, etc. I wouldn't personally endorse everything they said, any more than I would for critics of power and its crimes today. But rather generally I think they played an honorable role - and suffered accordingly.” ThinkingSaidHelpingTodayJusticePowerfulRolesCrimeNeededMercyCriticsCriticalAnalysisProphetEtcHonorableThey SaidDissidentsGeopoliticalJustice And MercyNeeded Help Author:Noam Chomsky
“The press and free speech landscape has totally changed. There is far less news reporting today. Instead, we have this endless stream of - largely meaningless and speculative - analysis by sideline commentators and self-proclaimed "experts."” SelfTodayChangedSpeechNewsPressesEndlessLandscapeAnalysisExpertsStreamsMeaninglessFree SpeechCommentatorsSidelinesNews Reporting Author:Chelsea Manning
“I do not mean to say that such institutions act unilaterally on psychic life, or that they determine certain psychic outcomes. Rather, they exploit forms of fear and insecurity that are there for any population - no political organisation of life could ever fully do away with fear and insecurity; but some work to intensify, accelerate, and make more acute forms of fear, and to provide ideological focus for such intensified fears, at which point critical thinking has a fierce rival. The critical analysis that shows precisely how those forms of fear are promulgated, and for what purpose.” ThinkingMeanShowsFormPoliticalPurposeCertainFocusInstitutionsPopulationDetermineCriticalAnalysisOutcomesInsecurityFiercePsychicsRivalsExploitsCritical ThinkingIdeologicalOrganisationAccelerateCritical Analysis Author:Judith Butler
“Intersectionality has made an important contribution to social and political analysis, asking all of us to think about what assumptions of race and class we make when we speak about "women" or what assumptions of gender and race we make when we speak about "class." It allows us to unpack those categories and see the various kinds of social formations and power relations that constitute those categories.” ThinkingKindMadeImportantPoliticalSpeakSocialRaceClassRelationAskingVariousGenderAnalysisAssumptionContributionCategoriesFormationIntersectionalityImportant Contributions Author:Judith Butler
“I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.” WritingTryingBookCriticismAnalysisStraightforwardSociological Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“There is no staff. I make all the investment decisions and I do all my own analysis.” My OwnDecisionInvestmentAnalysisStaff Author:Warren Buffett
“I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love of humanity, and especially of poor and working people. And that radical love leads him to a radical analysis of power, domination and oppression. What's difficult is to situate him ideologically under a particular category.” PeopleThinkingImportantPoliticalHumanityDifficultPoorViewsParticularKingsCommitmentFundamentalsOppressionRadicalAnalysisCategoriesDominationLuther Author:Cornel West
“It's clear that he was incredibly courageous in his critique of white supremacy, wealth inequality, and imperial power as it relates to war in particular. But it's easy to deodorize Martin King, to sanitize or sterilize him. And I simply want to reveal his radical love and his radical analysis as what they really were.” WantWarEasyWealthWhiteClearParticularKingsInequalityRadicalRelateAnalysisCourageousWhite SupremacyCritiqueSupremacyWealth Inequality Author:Cornel West
“My sense from talking to college students is that you have a healthier sense of the diversity of opinions or arguments or analysis about issues. In our day it was just sort of, "Well gee, this is what the news says so that's the way it is." It didn't really get challenged that much.” WayWellsTalkingOpinionIssuesStudentsCollegeDiversityNewsArgumentAnalysisCollege Students Author:William Kristol
“Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.” WellsDemocracyInformationAnalysisAccountabilityInvestigationAccustomed Author:Edward Greenspon
“I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.” IfsWellsFinalsAnalysis Author:Tom Hanks
“In our constitutional system, the extent of political controversies, including the protests, surrounding a given issue is utterly unrelated to the analysis of legality and should have no effect on any court.” ShouldPoliticalGivenIssuesEffectsShould HaveCourtIncludingAnalysisProtestControversyLegality Author:David B. Rivkin
“In Les Mots I explain the origin of my madness, of my neurosis. This analysis may help the young who dream of writing.” WritingMayHelpingDreamYoungMadnessAnalysisNeurosis Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Nobody's ever gonna hold [ Lena Dunham] accountable. She's a liberal and she's a woman and so she's doubly indemnified against any serious analysis of what the hell she says or thinks. It's a clear example of the double standard out there.” ThinkingHellClearExampleSeriousStandardsAnalysisDouble Standard Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't think there is any analysis. I don't think anyone knows why people like [The Twilight]. I don't think even the fans know why they connect with it in the way they do. It's a visceral thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFansAnalysisTwilightVisceral Author:Robert Pattinson
“A one-sided analysis of anything always leads you into the wrong direction.” AnalysisOne SidedWrong Direction Author:Van Jones