“In studying language we can discover many basic properties of this cognitive structure, its organization, and also the genetic predispositions that provide the foundation for its development. So in this respect, linguistics, first of all, tries to characterize a major feature of human cognitive organization. And second, I think it may provide a suggestive model for the study of other cognitive systems. And the collection of these systems is one aspect of human nature.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHumansMayLanguageStudyHuman NatureDevelopmentMajorsModelsAspectOrganizationFoundationStructurePropertyFeaturesCollectionsCognitiveLinguistics Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think a very important aspect of language has to do with the establishment of social relations and interactions. Often, this is described as communication. But that is very misleading, I think.” ThinkingImportantLanguageSocialCommunicationAspectRelationEstablishmentInteractionMisleadSocial Relations Author:Noam Chomsky
“For one thing, studying language is by itself a part of a study of human intelligence that is, perhaps, the central aspect of human nature. And second, I think, it is a good model for studying other human properties, which ought to be studied by psychologists in the same way.” ThinkingWayHumansLanguageStudyOne ThingHuman NatureOughtModelsAspectPropertyPsychologistHuman Intelligence Author:Noam Chomsky
“I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding the balance in life. There are different aspects to women: there's the mother, there's the working woman, there's the wife, the friend, the sister, the daughter and so just figuring that all out. I continue to want to try new things and give myself permission to not be great at it.” WantGivingFeelsTryingDifferentMotherStruggleWifeFailingBalanceFindingsDaughterAspectNew ThingsPermissionLife BalanceWorking Women Author:Sara Blakely
“Women are presented with a very narrow aspect of the female narrative. And now we live in a culture and a time where it gets to us very quickly and very young. So how do you maintain in a child that sense of unique identity before they get thrown all that is projected on them?” ChildrenYoungCultureIdentityUniqueFemaleAspectNarrativeThrown Author:Laura Marling
“In my experience, the psychological aspect of femininity tends to be more receptive and apathetic and delicate. I think that because the feminine is a bit quieter, we live in a masculine-dominated society. It is the front-forward force that runs the world. And that's not the fault of men by any means, that's just the way the world works.” ThinkingMenWorldWayMeanRunningForceBitsFrontsAspectFaultsPsychologicalFeminineDelicateFemininityMasculineReceptiveApathetic Author:Laura Marling
“An aspect of 'post-modern' approach to history is to include the mistakes and the prejudices of the era, without modernizing them or 'correcting' them according to our modern ideals.” MistakeModernApproachAspectIdealsPrejudiceErasPostsCorrecting Author:Sean Michael Wilson
“I think that people are having to do like really crazy things to shock people now, to get people's attention and it kind of, it's this way in lots of different aspects of life. You know, people fight for attention. It's competitive. So they need to be the one that stands out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsKindDifferentFightingAttentionCrazyAspectShockStanding OutAspects Of LifeCrazy Things Author:Joss Stone
“I think the personal and psychological aspects of war remain the same. War is about killing and dying. A man or woman stands at the post and there is a very real possibility of dying in the next five minutes. Whether he dies or not depends partly on him and partly on luck, and yet he must continue to function.” ThinkingMenWarRealDiesNextFiveMinutesDyingPossibilityDependsAspectFunctionLuckKillingPsychologicalPostsFive Minutes Author:George Friedman
“QE and other aspects of Fed policy increased inequality pretty significantly. This is reinforced if you take into account all the other non-standard measures the Fed used to bail out the banks early on in the [2008] crisis.” IfsUsedPolicyStandardsAspectAccountsCrisisInequalityFedsBail Author:Gerald Epstein
“As you know Cuba has progressed a lot regarding all the indicators of social development and those rates can be compared favorably with the first world in several aspects. We think that without the heavy burden of the blockade that we can move forward a lot more in building prosperous and sustainable socialism to which we aspire.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFirstsMovingSocialBuildingDevelopmentAspectRateBurdenHeavySocialismMoving ForwardAspireProsperousCubaSocial DevelopmentIndicatorsHeavy BurdensBlockades Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“When we talk about Cuban democracy we are referring to participatory democracy which is big difference with representative bourgeois democracy. Our is a democracy in which everything is consulted with the people; it is a democracy in which every aspect and important decision that has an impact in the life and society of the people, is done in consultation.” PeopleImportantDoneBigsDifferencesDecisionDemocracyAspectImpactRepresentativesBourgeoisReferringCubanImportant DecisionsConsultationParticipatory Democracy Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such individuals would be held accountable if international law was applied without regard to geopolitics, and second, that there is enough ambiguity about the reach of UJ that it inhibits such individuals and conveys an impression of de facto criminality.” IfsFirstsDoeTwoImportantEnoughFactsRealityWould BeLawIndividualCrimeSeriousAspectUniversalRelationRegardInternationalImpressionAmbiguityGeopoliticsInternational LawCriminalityJurisdiction Author:Richard A. Falk
“Rumi is perhaps the greatest mystical poet who ever lived, one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. He was able to express practically all aspects of the spiritual life and our existential situation in the world today as human beings in beautiful Persian poetry.” WorldHumansTodayAbleBeautifulSpiritualLanguageHuman BeingsSituationPoetAspectSpiritual LifeExistentialMysticalWorld TodayPersianPersian Poetry Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of Islamic culture and civilization to philosophy to art to science to social structure to economics who have not met the destiny of al-Hallaj.” ArtPhilosophyCultureSocialDestinyMillionsCivilizationMetsAspectEconomicsImpactStructureIslamicAlsSufiSocial StructureIslamic Culture Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“In industry, we are now concentrating our best effort in trying to make plants work at a maximum capacity, trying to replace the equipment which is in bad conditions due to lack of spare parts from the U.S.., that we cannot get from the U.S.; to extend our industry later on the basis of our primary resources. And to lessen our dependence on external markets and dedicate our efforts in 1965 to the aspect of security and hygiene of work, to make our plants better for the worker: that the worker may feel really a man there.” MenFeelsTryingMayEffortConditionsSecurityIndustryResourcesCapacityAspectBasesPlantWorkersDuesPrimariesSparesDependenceEquipmentMaximumConcentratingHygieneBest EffortSpare Parts Author:Che Guevara
“I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert - I like that. And seeing clients, doing group therapy, writing books.” WorldWritingBookSeeingGroupsTeachingAspectVariousAround The WorldTherapyClientsVery HappyWriting A BookGroup Therapy Author:Albert Ellis
“It is true that the principle of national citizenship, associated with rights, and the control of a country's borders are two key aspects of modern 'sovereign' nation states as they emerged in the Westphalian order. But there has been much progress since 1648.” Has BeensTwoCountryStatesOrderNationsPrinciplesRightsProgressModernKeysAspectBordersSovereignCitizenship Author:Kofi Annan
“When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his vision and his teaching that don't fit the established story line, the Church has a problem.” StoriesProblemChurchLinesVisionTeachingMediaFitAspectNarrativeConcretePopeFiltersBending Author:George Weigel
“I'm a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together.You see that in every aspect of the film.” TogetherFilmGuyFantasyElementsAspectSci Fi Author:Vin Diesel
“I think that it is true that for me as I observe it, that the Western World tends to be more of , tends to encompass more of, the masculine energy of the planet itself, the planet's population. Whereas the Eastern part of the world tends to encompass more of the planet's population's feminine aspects. And for those reasons the East and the West tend to approach God very much as men and women do. So the differences between East and West are the differences between men and women, largely.” ThinkingMenWorldReasonEnergyDifferencesPlanetsApproachMen And WomenAspectWestWesternPopulationEastFeminineEasternMasculineWestern WorldEast And WestDifferences Between Man And Woman Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“The holy trinity, the holy triad is a construction which is found in every aspect of life. Whether it is body, mind and spirit, or whether it is conscious, subconscious and superconscious.” MindBodySpiritFoundHolyConsciousAspectConstructionSubconsciousTrinityAspects Of LifeHoly TrinityTriads Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I would like to study Judaism. I feel that my own Jewish education was really quite superficial from a certain point of view. Although I think the values were very clear and were presented very clearly, there's - there were aspects of the whole tradition that were not emphasized. And, you know, I've come to those areas myself as I've grown older. But I would like to go deeper.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWholeCertainValuesMy OwnViewsStudyClearAreasAspectTraditionDeeperPoint Of ViewSuperficialJudaism Author:Leonard Cohen
“I write to be recorder, observer, participant, and sometimes, even judge. I want to engage the world as I see it with my whole self - all of those different aspects of it.” WorldWantWritingDifferentSelfSometimesWholeJudgingAspectObserversParticipantsRecorders Author:Allison Joseph
“Most of my writing is an effort, one way or another, to figure something out about myself, and often when I read dialogue between my characters I recognize it as a discussion between two aspects of my own personality, aspects which are too often at odds.” WayWritingTwoCharacterMy OwnEffortFiguresPersonalityAspectDialogueOne WayDiscussionOddsMy Own Personality Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I've been working in Hollywood for a long time now in many different aspects in front of the camera, behind the camera, and I've worked with top executives, presidents of networks. I've worked all around. I see energy and what's around these studios and a lot of these offices. You don't get the high positions in these companies if you don't take advantage of other people in some way. I've seen that around. I've seen that around the studios, whether it's producers or whoever. Egos are there. Greed.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentEnergyPresidentBehindsCompanyFrontsPositionEgoOfficeLong TimeAdvantageAspectHollywoodCamerasGreedStudiosProducersExecutives Author:James Van Praagh
“There are people who say that if you are told that your house has fallen you don't ask what about the ceiling or what about the windows. The main thing is that this house, Africa, has fallen. Literature is just one aspect, pick any aspect of the situation.” PeopleIfsAsksLiteratureHouseSituationPicksAspectWindowFallenJust OneCeilings Author:Chinua Achebe
“The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not all that well correlated with gross domestic product. We also have to think about equality among groups. And freedom of speech and religion. China always ranks near the top of developing countries these days, but there are lots of things we might see as lacking in China.” ThinkingHumansWellsCountryMightPoliticalOpportunityReligiousLibertyGroupsProductsSpeechApproachAspectChinaEmploymentDevelopingThese DaysHuman LifeAddressesFreedom Of SpeechLackingGrossGdpReligious LibertyDeveloping CountriesGross Domestic ProductHealth EducationEmployment Opportunities Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“The assumption that the larger culture agrees with Christians on values issues led to evangelicals' minimizing the theologically distinctive aspects of Christian witness. It also set up evangelicals to be disappointed when the culture did not turn out the way many expected it to turn out. So our response ought to be that we are always, in every culture, strangers in exile.” WayChristianValuesTurnsCultureIssuesOughtAspectAgreeResponseStrangerExpectedWitnessAssumptionDisappointedExileDistinctiveMinimizing Author:Russell D. Moore
“It's not my intention to be understood. I will continue writing for a readership that is fundamentally local. Because if you want to produce universal writing, you run the risk of losing your local knowledge. Your views are so universalist that the street aspect disappears.” IfsWantWritingRunningViewsRiskStreetsProduceLosingUnderstoodAspectUniversalIntentionDisappearLocalsReadership Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“Every aspect of the novel is - or should be - an arrow pointed towards its ultimate meaning, or a multiplicity of possible meanings. But I also value the readers' autonomy, their right to both read and misread.” ShouldValuesNovelReaderAspectUltimateAutonomyArrowsMultiplicity Author:C.E. Morgan
“Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a reason. It's purposeful. Form and aesthetics are part of meaning-making. Ideally, a writer would have mastery over a wide variety of rhetorical gestures and tonalities, our lexicon and punctuation system, our grammar, and all the riches of a liberal and literary education.” ReasonFormChoicesStyleAspectCarefulWideRichesVarietyMasteryGesturesEmployedGrammarAestheticsEvaluationPunctuationRhetoricalLexicon Author:C.E. Morgan
“Obama administration didn't have one person who had ever worked in business. Not one Obama cabinet member had ever seriously had a job, run a company, met a payroll in the American economy. And, as such, no way of understanding how business is done, from negotiations to any other aspect of it. In fact, people in Obama's cabinet were arrogant and condescending and looking down on those people as a bunch of shysters and a bunch of cheats and people that kill their customers and they're destroying the planet.” PeopleWayPersonsDoneFactsRunningJobsUnderstandingCompanyEconomyPlanetsMetsMembersAspectCustomersBunchAdministrationDestroyingArrogantCheatNegotiationCabinetsLooking DownCondescendingPayrollAmerican Economy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The spiritual in my art is giving up control. My paintings are based on what I can do, and what I can do is not controlled. So I give up control, and that's the spiritual aspect of the work - taking what comes and relinquishing control. Although they look very controlled, they're really not, because it's all poured paint.” GivingLooksArtI CanSpiritualCan DoPaintingGiving UpArt IsAspectPaintControlledRelinquishingRelinquishing ControlGiving Up Control Author:Pat Steir
“I want art to affect the viewer and for the viewer to take it away to enhance, embrace, and elevate life. That's the spiritual aspect. Painting is a spiritual practice, but sometimes it is hard to give up control!” WantGivingArtSometimesHardSpiritualPracticePaintingGiving UpAspectEmbraceViewersSpiritual Practice Author:Pat Steir
“My father was very political. But he told me, "Be very careful when you get into politics, because there's no black and white. There's an in-between in everything. So look at that side, don't take one point, because then you are negating half of the other people. Try to find the logic on a problem, something that you believe, and take the position that you believe, but be very careful about it." So I was very well trained in that aspect.” PeopleTryingBelieveWellsLooksProblemPoliticalFatherSidesBlackWhiteHalfPositionAspectLogicCarefulBlack And White Author:Sergio Aragones
“There are fewer and fewer philosophies that everyone subscribes to. We don't seem to have as many beliefs in common as we used to. Also, we interact much more online. We have all these gadgets to help us manage different aspects of our lives.” DifferentPhilosophyHelpingSeemsUsedBeliefCommonOur LivesAspectManageOnlineFewerGadgets Author:Elaine Equi
“Strikingly consistent across all of the battles in Sudan's history has been a fundamental conflict over what are and what are not seen as legitimate aspects of Sudanese identity.” Has BeensIdentityBattleConflictAspectFundamentalsConsistentSudan Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“I've been training like crazy with my trainer Decker Davis all the time, and we've been doing this new thing called Danger Train. It's kind of storytelling about the offseason training, there's a lot more to come with that. More than anything, from a nutrition aspect to the speed aspect to the strengthening aspect and, most importantly, to the mental aspect, we're always trying to grow exponentially. We're continuing to find new ways to do that.” WayTryingKindGrowsCrazyDangerTrainingAspectTrainSpeedStorytellingNutritionNew ThingsContinuingNew WaysAlways TryingTrainersStrengtheningOffseason Author:Russell Wilson
“I was an atheist and I came to experience a relationship with God which had a radically transforming effect on my life, on my relationships, on every aspect of my life, for the better. So, obviously I hope other people will experience that.” PeopleEffectsAspectAtheistTransformingRelationship With God Author:Nicky Gumbel
“I think that as Christians we want to think Christianly, and that means that we want what the Bible says as a rule for life and living to impact every aspect of our life. The Bible informs us of such issues and we need to as Christians do what a first century church did and that is realize that we are not living to be politically correct, popular, or prosperous, but we 're living with eternity in mind.” ThinkingWantNeedsMindFirstsMeanChristianRealizingChurchIssuesOur LivesCenturyLife And LivingAspectEternityImpactProsperousPolitically Correct Author:Hank Hanegraaff
“Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite.” KnowsFeelingsBigsStuffAbilityColorAspectSmellAppetiteFast FoodChemist Author:Greg Kinnear
“I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.” MeanBookHumorLiteratureRoomsDealsConditionsEqualAspectTerror Author:Dean Koontz
“In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.” GamesPlansAchieveAspectAspects Of LifeGame Plan Author:Alan Kulwicki
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” InspiringCreativityCourageCreativeFailingDesignFailureEssentialsAspectInnovationPositive ThoughtsBe CreativeInnovativeCreative PeopleBeing AfraidGraphic DesignCreative ThinkingCreativity And InnovationBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessCreativenessArt And CreativityInspire CreativityInspiration And CreativityCreative ThoughtAfraid To FailAfraid Of FailureFear Of FailingInspirational DesignInspirational Graphic DesignGreat DesignDesign InspirationCreativity In BusinessCreativity And BusinessArtistic CreativityCreativity And DesignRelated To CreativityFunny Graphic DesignInspiring DesignCreative DesignCreative BusinessCreative Team Author:Edwin Land
“Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.” TogetherRecordsStyleAspectStonesInfiniteAlbumsCrucialHandfulSinglesSlyGood Records Author:Jon Landau
“Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness.” RealityConsciousnessAspectAbsolutes Author:Robert Lanza
“To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.” WayArtLyingEasySpecialExpressionArt IsAspectExtraordinarySimplicityMartial ArtsRight WayEasy WayKung FuMartial Arts InspirationalSimplicity In ArtTaekwondoWastage Author:Bruce Lee
“The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.” IfsTwoGamesAreasAspectFavourRugbyScrumContentious Author:Alan Lewis
“Every aspect of Obamacare is an affront to the very founding of this country.” CountryAspectFoundingObamacareAffront Author:Rush Limbaugh