“The notion that a society could be regulated entirely by market forces is a utopian fantasy: an impossible dream generated by imagining what the world would be like if everyone's behavior was utterly consistent with some abstract moral ideal-in this case, economic theories that assume all human action is based on calculating, systematic, (but scrupulously law-abiding), greed.” IfsWorldHumansDreamWould BeActionLawForceMoralCasesFantasyImpossibleEconomicTheoryBehaviorIdealsAssumingNotionGreedLibertarianAbstractConsistentAbidingSystematicUtopianCalculatingHuman ActionsEconomic TheoryImpossible Dream Author:David Graeber
“A meme (rhymes with dream) is a unit of information (a catchphrase, a concept, a tune, a notion of fashion, philosophy or politics) that leaps from brain to brain. Memes compete with one another for replication, and are passed down through a population much the same way genes pass through a species. Potent memes can change minds, alter behavior, catalyze collective mindshifts and transform cultures. Which is why meme warfare has become the geopolitical battle of our information age. Whoever has the memes has the power.” WayMindPhilosophyDreamAgeCultureBrainFashionInformationBattleBehaviorConceptsSpeciesNotionPopulationTunesCollectivesLeapGenesWarfareUnitsRhymeInformation AgeWhy MeMemesGeopoliticalReplication Author:Kalle Lasn
“I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.” PeopleFeelsDreamAbleViewsBehaviorBehave Author:Kevin Costner
“I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to assume that capitalism can somehow assure moral behavior or character, that's just a pipe dream.” ThinkingRealCharacterDreamPowerfulMoralMoralityBehaviorCapitalismAssumingTensionPipePipe DreamsMoral Behavior Author:Michael Pollan
“The professor husband of a friend of mine has likened children to the insane. I often think of it. He says that children live on the edge of madness, that their behavior, apparently unmotivated, shares the same dream logic as crazy people's. I see what he means, and because I've learned to be patient with children, to tease out the logic that's always somewhere there, and irrefutable once explained.” PeopleThinkingMeanChildrenDreamShareCrazyMinesHusbandBehaviorLogicMadnessPatientEdgesInsaneI've LearnedProfessorsBe PatientTeaseCrazy PeopleUnmotivated Book:The Woman Upstairs Source: The Woman Upstairs
“The ancient dream of man to fly among the stars and go through the could and look down on the lands and seas has degenerated in its realization to the socialized and apathetic behavior of passengers who hardly look out the windows.” MenLooksDreamStarsSeaLandBehaviorWindowAncientRealizationPassengersApatheticLand And Sea Author:Paul Goodman
“If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants to reveal to us - possibilities that would offer stimulation plus real security in service. But we feel too unworthy. So one layer of negative behavior is laid upon another until we emerge as rebellious sinners. But our rebellion is a reaction, not our nature. By nature we are fearful, not bad.” IfsWantGivingFeelsRealEnoughDreamSecurityPossibilityOffersBehaviorApproachNegativeDareNobleReactionsSinnerRebellionPlusFearfulLayersRebelliousConstructiveUnworthyStimulationNegative Behavior Author:Robert H. Schuller
“The Enlightenment dream is a good one. The idea that people should rationally appreciate their place in nature, assess threats and possibilities, and regulate their behavior in response is inspiring.” PeopleShouldIdeasDreamPossibilityBehaviorEnlightenmentAppreciateThreatResponse Author:Dale Jamieson
“A curious mind does not say to consumers "What do you want?" A curious mind understands context, understands behavior, understands spending and spending patterns - the accumulation of a day's purchases, or spending over a week or a year. A curious mind asks the questions that open up the consumer to talk about her latent dissatisfactions, hopes, wishes, and dreams.” WantYearsMindDoeDreamAsksWishWeekBehaviorPatternsSpendingCuriousConsumersAccumulationDissatisfactionLatent Book:Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth Source: Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth
“Even after the age of 50 it was impossible for me to see my mother as a human being. I felt she was a monster, and she had subtly been influencing my behavior and my thoughts and my dreams for so long that she was kind of a monster; she was a demon. And when I brought her back to life, I could feel that malevolent presence around me again, that woman who was totally incapable of giving nurturing to anybody, and, you know, her selfishness and her withdrawn indifference to everything but her own needs.” GivingKindLongDreamAgeMotherImpossibleInfluenceBehaviorSelfishnessIndifferenceDemonMy ThoughtsNurturing Author:David Small
“Most men love women. Most men are intrigued and bedeviled by them. Most men spend their lives dreaming about women. It's the most natural, normal thing in the world to do, but here comes the left and the Democrat Party trying to politicize even male-female relationships by inculcating into them things like feminism, proper political behavior.” MenWorldTryingDreamPoliticalNaturalPartyFeminismBehaviorDemocratIntrigued Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Every moment away from you feels like time spent in a sort of cell. I can think of nothing, dream of nothing, but you. Unfortunately, I will have to remain in my self-inflicted prison a bit longer, since work will keep me from meeting you tonight. I can't seem to find a way to avoid this... however, I hope this gift will make up for my unforgivable behavior. I saw this and though of you, and St. George. You have slain the dragon. Until we meet again, I am your Lucien.” ThinkingWayFeelsI CanSelfMomentsDreamSeemsBitsSawsBehaviorPrisonMeetingsCellsTonightDragonsAway From YouTime SpentUnforgivableSelf InflictedUntil We Meet Again Author:Meg Cabot
“Because of the lingering discrimination, many women still lack confidence. They live in fear of stepping beyond what they feel is acceptable 'female' behavior. I can remember feeling that I wasn't 'normal' because I was aggressive, had dreams and goals, and wanted do do great things...I am glad now that I found courage to do something radical and chase my dreams.” FeelsStillsI CanFeelingsDreamWantedRememberFoundGoalBehaviorNormalFemaleGladDiscriminationGreat ThingsRadicalAggressiveAcceptableLingeringDreams And Goals Author:Joyce Meyer
“It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist at all, their presence in our lives, will wreak more havoc than we can begin to fathom. Nuclear weapons pervade our thinking. Control our behavior. Administer our societies. Inform our dreams. They bury themselves like meat hooks deep in the base of our brains. They are purveyors of madness. They are the ultimate colonizer. Whiter than any white man that ever lived. The very heart of whiteness.” IfsThinkingMenBelieveHeartFactsDreamUsedWhiteBrainOur LivesBehaviorWeaponsUltimateMadnessNuclearSupremeMeatFollyOur SocietyNuclear WeaponsWhite ManHookOur DreamsFathomWhitenessHavoc Author:Arundhati Roy