“I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now. I started to realize that the things that helped me do that were these things that brought me love, brought me joy. And if we're all just falling towards an eventual end, falling towards the ground, then these things are parachutes.” IfsEndsJoyFallRealizingSeeingAppreciateMy TimeParachutes Author:Frank Iero
“There's a sense in which Marx does contribute to the fund of human knowledge, and we can no more dismiss him than we can [George] Hegel or [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau or [Baruch] Spinoza or [Charles] Darwin; you don't have to be a Darwinian to appreciate Darwin's views, and I don't have to be a Marxist to appreciate what is valid in a number of [Karl] Marx's writings-and Marx would call that a form of simple commodity production rather than capitalism.” WritingHumansDoeFormSimpleViewsNumbersCapitalismAppreciateProductionsFundCommodityMarxistHegelHuman KnowledgeSpinozaJean Jacques RousseauJacques Rousseau Author:Murray Bookchin
“If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.” IfsKnowsWayShouldTryingWarRunningSufferingValuesGoneOne ThingAppreciateHungerRunning AwayOne Thing After Another Author:Nhat Hanh
“When you love someone, you want to share everything with him or her. So it is your duty to say, "I suffer and I want you to know" - and he will, she will, appreciate it.” KnowsWantSufferingShareDutyAppreciateI Want YouLove SomeoneWhen You Love Someone Author:Nhat Hanh
“In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.” PeopleWayArtistAppreciate Author:Julie Taymor
“I believe that the 9th Circuit will not let Robart's decision stand. I say this fully appreciating the fact that the 9th Circuit is the most idiosyncratic in the country and the one most often overruled by the Supreme Court.” BelieveCountryFactsI BelieveDecisionAppreciateCourtSupremeSupreme CourtCircuits Author:David B. Rivkin
“Until you appreciate something crucial - It is incredibly easy to manipulate us as to who counts as an Us, who as a Them.” EasyAppreciateCrucialManipulate Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“When I traveled through Greece in the '90s, everything [Albert Hoxie] taught me came flooding back and I was able to appreciate the art and culture much more because of him.” ArtAbleCultureTaughtAppreciateTraveledGreeceFloodingArt And Culture Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn't the best, you don't realize that you have any choices. Often, kids don't appreciate the choices available, as if it's either the street or nothing. I want them to understand that reality is what's relative to you, and that you can make choices that allow you to create a new reality for yourself.” IfsWantSometimesRealityKidsChoicesGrowsRealizingPovertyGrowing UpStreetsAppreciateAvailableEducationalNeighborhoodRelativeEducational System Author:Keke Palmer
“In the campaign back in 2007, 2008, people would say, "Oh, he's being naïve. He thinks that there's no red states and blue states. And wait 'til he gets here." And I will confess that, I didn't fully appreciate the ways in which individual senators or members of Congress now are pushed to the extremes by their voter bases. I did not expect, particularly in the midst of crisis, just how severe that partisanship would be.” PeopleThinkingWayStatesWould BeIndividualWaitingMembersRedAppreciateBasesCrisisBlueCongressExtremesCampaignsMidstVotersSenatorsSeverePartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“I think your posing and your onstage presentation is yet another piece of the craft. So anytime you get onstage to show the muscles and show the finished work, that should be looked at with the same kind of respect and appreciation. I'm glad everybody else appreciates it, but I still want to get better.” ThinkingWantShouldKindStillsShowsPiecesAppreciateAppreciationFinishedGladCraftsGet BetterMusclesPresentationPosingFinished Work Author:Kai Greene
“In my teens I fancied myself an artist; I hung out with the eccentric art teacher at my high school, painted still lifes and portraits and landscapes in watercolor and acrylics, took private lessons, won some blue ribbons for my earnest renderings. My lack of talent did little to dampen my enthusiasm. In college I thought I'd continue, but, like Salieri, I quickly realized that while I had the ability to appreciate art, I wasn't actually very good.” LittlesArtStillsSchoolArtistAbilityTeacherTalentCollegeLessonsHigh SchoolAppreciateBlueVery GoodEnthusiasmLandscapeTeensHungPortraitsEarnestEccentricRibbonsRenderingStill LifeArt TeacherWatercolorsSalieri Author:Christina Baker Kline
“When one chants the holy name of Krishna, Krishna dances on the tongue and one wishes one had thousands of ears and thousands of mouths with which to better appreciate the holy names of God.” NamesWishHolyMouthsAppreciateEarsTongueKrishna Author:Mukunda Goswami
“Now I don't have to explain to the world about India's position. The world is unanimously appreciating India's position. And the world is seeing that Pakistan is finding it difficult to respond. If we had become an obstacle, then we would have had to explain to the world that we are not that obstacle. Now we don't have to explain to the world. The world knows our intentions. Like on the issue of terrorism, the world never bought India's theory on terrorism. They would sometime dismiss it by saying that it's your law and order problem.” IfsKnowsWorldProblemLawOrderDifficultIssuesSeeingPositionTheoryFindingsAppreciateIndiaIntentionObstaclesTerrorismPakistanLaw And Order Author:Narendra Modi
“Growing up, it was tough to balance, but looking back I appreciate my parents' efforts to make sure I was well-rounded.” WellsParentEffortGrowing UpGrowingBalanceToughAppreciateLooking BackWell Rounded Author:P. K. Subban
“We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea of giving - of fighting poverty and of promoting the equality of human beings - whatever their background, whatever their political beliefs.” WorldGivingHumansHas BeensIdeasPoliticalFightingBeliefHuman BeingsPovertyCenturyAppreciateBackgroundsPromotingPolitical Beliefs Author:Nelson Mandela
“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.” MenMassAppreciateCriticismIntelligentApprovalIntelligent Man Author:Johannes Kepler
“I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me feel. A lot of times I'll pull them on stage to help me sing songs. I wouldn't have my house, my fame or my career without them voting for me and appreciating this talent that God blessed me with. I just want to share it every day.” IfsWantFeelsTryingImportantHelpingSongHouseStarsCareersShareFansStageTalentFameAppreciateTreatsBlessedHelp MeVotingGod Bless Author:Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
“In my safe corporate job, I might have made one decision of real significance a year. As an entrepreneur, it feels like I'm making a decision every minute - I have lots of balls in the air, and so yes, sometimes I drop one or two. And for the most part, the balls are made of rubber and they bounce. So instead of carrying one ball very carefully, being worried that I might not be holding it at exactly the right angle, I am juggling hundreds, and I have to remind myself to appreciate all the balls I keep up in the air for every one that gets dropped.” FeelsYearsMadeTwoRealSometimesMightJobsDecisionAirMinutesSafeAppreciateBallsEntrepreneurWorriedCorporateSignificanceAngleBounceRubberJugglingUp In The Air Author:Jane Park
“The final thing the Tea Party had was, they fed into the philosophy that Donald Trump now embodies. So they had a different view of how the world should be governed. And so they had a lot of things that we didn't appreciate going for them as time went by.” WorldShouldDifferentPhilosophyViewsPartyTrumpAppreciateFinalsTeaFedsTea PartyDifferent Views Author:Mark Shields
“While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.” WorldRealMomentsNiceShareFashionAppreciateLoved OnesMake You HappyFashion WorldReal Relationship Author:Miranda Kerr
“My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.” PeopleYearsFirstsMotherValuesDaughterAppreciateTablesCookingCleanCooksMy DaughterPotDucksPioneersSaladChinatown Author:Nancy Pelosi
“You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.” SunSkyPrayingStandingAppreciateShiningSunshineStanding ThereLizardsHappy Sunshine Author:Ken Kesey
“If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.” IfsDifferentAppreciateCriticize Author:Barack Obama
“As an optimist, I choose to be glass-half-full about [Donald Trump] while still very cautiously appreciating and understanding the fear that a lot of our fellow citizens have.” StillsUnderstandingHalfTrumpCitizensAppreciateFellowsGlassesOptimistHalf FullGlass Half Full Author:Margaret Hoover
“Bake some bread. Make a focaccia bread or bake a whole mill loaf. Do something creative, and then put the labor of love into it in the beginning. When you take that bread out of the oven and you eat it an hour- and- a- half, two- hours later, you start to appreciate it more and then you eat less because you worked so hard to make it, you appreciate it in a much better way.” WayTwoHardWholeHoursHalfCreativeAppreciateLaborBreadBetter WaysMillsOvensLabor Of Love Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.” WayFirstsDifferentShareInspireSonHusbandAppreciateMy FamilyDifferent WaysMy HusbandAppreciate Life Author:Alicia Keys
“Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.” MatterHelpingAppreciatePopulationSeekingLocalsRumorMalicious Author:Alvin Adams
“I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv classes so that they just appreciate what's happening.” PeopleEnergyClassHappeningsAppreciate Author:Kurt Braunohler
“I do sort of appreciate Nelly's [Ternan] view that it would be woman who would suffer mostly from that - who would be ostracized. The rigid societal conventions meant that it was difficult to live outside of them.” Would BeSufferingDifficultViewsAppreciateConventions Author:Felicity Jones
“But since doing the film ["The Invisible Woman"] I've really learned to appreciate [Charles Dickens], he's phenomenal. "Great Expectations" would be one of my favorites.” Would BeFilmExpectationsAppreciateInvisiblePhenomenalDickensGreat Expectations Author:Felicity Jones
“If you the owner of the dog, really showing not just food but real affection, then dog very much appreciate. Isn't it?” IfsRealDogAppreciateAffectionOwners Author:Dalai Lama
“[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.” ChildrenShowsBornReligiousAbilityAnimalAppreciateAffectionReligious Faith Author:Dalai Lama
“I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space, but it's still lyrical. It's almost poetic, in a way, but it's very personal at the same time.” WayKindStillsSpaceStyleOceanDrawsAppreciatePoeticFrankLyricalPersonal Space Author:Alicia Keys
“In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even say appreciate because I would have rather had my father treat me like this rather than as an idiot that would never have any idea about what was happening around us.” KnowsWayIdeasCertainFatherDegreesHappeningsAppreciateTreatsIdiotSincerityPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I think no country is going to be immune from the Arab awakening because the Arab awakening is driven by deep human longing for dignity, for justice and for freedom. I think that applies to young people in Saudi Arabia as much as to young people in Egypt, Tunisia, or Yemen, or Libya, or Syria. If I were in Saudi Arabia, I would be getting ahead of this and looking for ways to appreciate those aspirations and align my country with them.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansCountryWould BeYoungJusticeAppreciateDignityLongingDrivenAwakeningAspirationSyriaEgyptImmuneArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisLibyaYemenTunisia Author:Thomas Friedman
“I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsBelieveHumansChurchMysteryArmsDegreesAppreciateMiracleAttractionBelieverFrustrationMiraculousUnexplained Author:John Irving
“I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.” ThinkingMenSpeakBlackWhiteAppreciateEstablishmentSpeak The Truth Author:Rick James
“I cannot take you out and say you are separate from the whole. If someone says to me, "Well, how do I find my life purpose?" I first say, "You've never lost your life purpose." Number two, I say, "Have no judgments about your life. No expectations. Give up the need to know what happens tomorrow. Just be fully present and appreciate all that is in your life right now."” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingFirstsWellsTwoWholeHappensPurposeLostNumbersTomorrowRight NowGiving UpJudgmentExpectationsAppreciatePurpose Of Life Author:Caroline Myss
“You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed and the birthday parties, but I also had a lot of young people who came in here [to White House], and this probably, you know, echoes with you, in your own experience, you were young when you got here.” PeopleKnowsMadeYoungGamesHouseHoursWhitePartySacrificeAppreciateSoccerWhite HouseEchoesBirthday PartySoccer Game Author:Barack Obama
“The conversations have been cordial. [Donald Trump] has been open to suggestions, and the main thing that I've tried to transmit is that there's a different between governing and campaigning, so that what he has to appreciate is as soon as you walk into this office after you've been sworn in, you're now in charge of the largest organization on Earth.” Has BeensDifferentEarthWalksTrumpConversationOfficeAppreciateOrganizationSuggestionsGoverningTransmitCampaigning Author:Barack Obama
“I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.” EndsHardBigsGirlHard WorkEthicsAppreciateShoesLikesTalesFairyFairy TaleGood WorkWork EthicGalsGood ShoesProtestant Work EthicGood Work EthicBig Shoes Author:Amy Adams
“I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindArtFactsFormSongInterestingStageStyleClothesSingingAppreciateIndianJeansOutfitsSomething InterestingSari Author:Shreya Ghoshal
“I know for me as an artist, I think I do myself and my listeners a disservice, if I don't listen to some of the best music out there. If I was an architect or a carpenter, I'm going to want to study the best architects and carpenters and I'm going to appreciate their work, because they're going to inspire me to do well. And I just look at them as great architects and I just appreciate the gift that God gave them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantWellsLooksArtistStudyInspireAppreciateArchitectListenersCarpenterDisservice Author:LeCrae
“It's a trip when people take sobriety for granted. Feeling trapped in my addiction and then getting sober - you appreciate it so much more, because I didn't know if I would ever know what it's like to feel normal again, ever.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsFeelingsNormalAppreciateAddictionGrantedTrappedSoberSobrietyGetting Sober Author:Eminem
“What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.” ThinkingImportantHoursOur LivesAliveTelevisionPeriodsSittingAppreciateEightBeach Author:Victor Kiam
“There probably is a lot of music that no one's ever gonna hear. For anyone doing music, just do exactly what it is that makes you want to do it. If you like listening to odd, strange, bizarre noise and that makes you want to create it, do it. Even if everyone around you tells you it's crap or thinks it won't work, someone out there is going to appreciate it.” IfsThinkingWantStrangeListeningAppreciateNoiseOddCrapBizarre Author:Dustin Diamond
“The basis of national identity is to say, "This is authentic to me or my forebears," and is there even such a thing? How authentic is it to your life? Just because your grandfather did it, what does that have to do with you? If I say I'm working in the style of Rembrandt, so what? You can say it, but are you really? No, because when you try to literally copy a cultural artifact, you change it. It dissolves, and then who's looking at it? People who appreciate that kind of drawing, or people it means nothing to?” PeopleIfsTryingKindMeanDoeStyleIdentityAppreciateBasesDrawingCopiesGrandfatherArtifactsNational Identity Author:Ben Katchor
“I am a big fan of Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He's the voice of science and scientific thinking in the United States and the world. He's the most visible proponent of scientific thinking, and he's very unflinching about it. He knows that it's correct and vouches for it in a very intelligent and very firm way, which I really appreciate.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayStatesBigsVoiceUnitedUnited StatesFansAppreciateIntelligentFirmVisibleTyson Author:Baron Vaughn
“I think a more complex idea of fiction - and the human self's relationship with the world - emerges when we abandon this philistine equation between literature and liberalism and human goodness, and pay some attention to the darker, ambiguous, and often muddled energies and motivations that shape a work of art. If we do this, we can appreciate a writer like Céline or Gottfried Benn without worrying whether they conform to existing notions of political incorrectness.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansArtIdeasSelfPoliticalMotivationLiteratureEnergyLinesPayAttentionFictionWorryShapesGoodnessAppreciateComplexesNotionLiberalismAbandonWorks Of ArtConformEquationsAmbiguousPhilistines Author:Pankaj Mishra