“It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy the miracle of seeing these puzzling patches suddenly fall into one place and come to life before our eyes.” EyeFallEnjoyStepsSeeingPaintingAppreciateMiracleYardsPatchesPuzzlingImpressionismImpressionists Author:Ernst Gombrich
“I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.” PeopleWantWritingSometimesRememberDifficultVoiceStepsOpinionAppreciateAppreciate People Author:Veronica Roth
“If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.” IfsWorldDifferentProblemWould BeValuesFoundStepsCreativeSpecialSolutionsArgumentAppreciateFundamentalsStrategyAssumingInvestmentGapsLeapRecognizingSymphonyDifferent PlaceBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Scott Aaronson
“As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing what he was doing, most people would panic. Most people would be on the set, and they would be panicking, going, "I'm not doing anything!" All the ham instincts in you would be screaming, "You've got to indicate something here." And it's beautiful, in a way. And so I appreciate, even as an audience member, the courage that it takes to be... frankly, to be subtle.” PeopleIfsWayTryingLooksWould BeBeautifulActorsSidesStepsAudienceImagineMembersAppreciatePerformancesInstinctSubtlePanicHam Author:Edward Norton
“As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to appreciate wholeness, and to design organizations that honor and make use of the totality of who we are.” WayUseStepsDesignHonorLetting GoModelsAppreciateMachinesOrganizationWho We AreNew WaysWholenessTotality Book:Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe Source: Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe
“It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel about the Iraq War, Fobbit steps into the political conversation. There's no way to avoid that. I can appreciate that readers are probably going to line up on one side of the novel or the other. I hope they go to those polar extremes, actually.” WayWritingTryingI CanWarPoliticalSidesLinesMoralStepsNovelReaderConversationAppreciateIraqExtremesIraq War Author:Dave Abrams
“In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate what’s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to what’s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.” LooksBeautifulMovingStepsMiddleAppreciateMoving ForwardPausesOne Step At A Time Author:Kathy Freston
“Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.” ThinkingKnowsTryingRealHardValuesGamesWinningStepsGrowing UpGrowingHard WorkDadLosingDaughterAppreciateWinnerScoreMy DaughterLoserReal ThingsTrophiesReal ValueWinner And Loser Author:Billy Crystal
“As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her head. Heavy molding around the large windows and doors bespoke a quality and craftsmanship that was obvious even in the dim night. “Good God! It’s massive!” Jack paused with his foot on the last step. “I do wish you’d keep those comments until we are in bed, love. I would appreciate them all the more there.” StoriesHomeLastsNightWishQualityStepsFiveDoorsFeetBedAppreciateWindowRoseObviousHeavyClimbsMassiveCommentStairsWish YouMansionsGood GodCraftsmanshipNew HomeMoldingWindows And Doors Author:Karen Hawkins
“He's [Harry S. Truman] just your dad, and you love him. It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. My father was a great man.” HomeFatherGrowsStepsCareersGrowing UpGreatnessPrideDadDaughterAppreciateMy DadFatherhoodFathers DayFather SonYour DadGreat FatherHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFathers Day InspirationalFunny Fathers DayInspirational FatherLove My DadDad LoveFather Daughter LoveI Love My DadChristian Fathers DayBest DadFatherhood Inspirational Author:Margaret Truman Daniel
“I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments” PeopleFirstsHardMomentsFactsAbleWantedStepsMomAppreciateFirst StepsWorking Mom Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're going to savor it and cherish it and we're going to be the best parents we can be.” ThinkingFactsParentStepsAppreciateBeing The BestCherishEvery StepBeing A ParentBest Parents Author:Bill Rancic
“The greatest gift . . . is the realization that life does not consist either of wallowing in the past or of peering anxiously at the future; and it is appalling to contemplate the great number of often painful steps by which one arrives at a truth so old, so obvious, and so frequently expressed. It is good for one to appreciate that life is now. Whatever it offers, little or much, life is now-this day-this hour.” LifeLittlesDoePainPastLife IsHoursNumbersStepsOffersAppreciatePainfulObviousAppreciationRealizationThis DayContemplatingGreatest GiftsWallowing Author:Charles Macomb Flandrau