“My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup.” ProblemUsedMy OwnApproachBlindFingersCupsTeaDrsJohnsonHousekeepersDr Johnson Book:Mystery and Manners Source: Mystery and Manners
“Choices always were a problem for you. What you need is someone strong to guide you. Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow, what you need is someone strong to use you - like me.” NeedsUseProblemChoicesStrongBornAtheismBlindPositive AtheismGuidesLike MeDumbDeafDeaf And Blind Author:Maynard James Keenan
“We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.” IfsThinkingKnowsMeanDoeTwoProblemBigsMightCareThreeCausesNumbersEnvironmentEatingBasesBlindEnvironmentalClimate ChangeSpotsMeatGlobal WarmingEnvironmentalistEnvironmental ProblemsBlind SpotsMeat EatingCauses Of Global Warming Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility. Whoever neglects to examine to the best of his abilities all the problems involved voluntarily surrenders his birthright to a selfappointed elite of supermen. In such vital matters blind reliance upon 'experts' and uncritical acceptance of popular catchwords and prejudices is tantamount to the abandonment of self-determination and to yielding to other people's domination. As conditions are today, nothing can be more important to every intelligent man than economics. His own fate and that of his progeny are at stake.” PeopleMenMeanImportantSelfMatterProblemTodayAbilityResponsibilityFateConditionsAcceptanceInvolvedDeterminationEconomicsPrejudiceIntelligentBlindInvestingSurrenderExpertsNeglectStakesElitesSelf DeterminationDominationRelianceAbandonmentPersonal ResponsibilityBirthrightIntelligent ManProgeny Author:Ludwig von Mises
“I'm not the guy you kill. I'm the guy you buy! Are you so blind that you don't even see what I am? I sold out Arthur for 80 grand. I'm your easiest problem and you're gonna kill me?” ProblemGuyBlindKill MeArthurSold Out Author:Michael Clayton
“Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.” ProblemLightDevelopmentMajorsModelsRedBlindEnvironmentalChinaWarningPollutionMajor ProblemsRed LightsSmogEnvironmental Pollution Author:Li Keqiang
“I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that you love a country is by seeing everything that it's done wrong, all of its mistakes, and still thinking that it's beautiful and that it's worthy.” ThinkingWayStillsCountryDoneProblemEyeBeautifulMistakeSeeingCrimeBlindWorthyBlind Eyes Author:Junot Diaz
“It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. They can't see the problem if they are looking in the wrong place. They can't see the problem if they have blinders on - for 'none are so blind as those that will not see'.” IfsProblemHealingSolutionsBlindBlinders Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Scientists are human. We have our blind spots and prejudices. Science is a mechanism designed to ferret them out. Problem is we aren't always faithful to the core values of science.” HumansProblemScienceReligionValuesScientistPrejudiceBlindCoreSpotsFaithfulMechanismCore ValuesBlind SpotsFerrets Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There are definitely times when the outside eye can shine a light on something you weren't aware of. They're usually exposing a flaw or a problem. Sometimes they're saying, "Hey, this doesn't really work. Have you seen this?" And then, you go, "Oh, I didn't really see that. You're right, that doesn't work." If they're good, they shine a light on issues that you're blind to because you're too close to it.” IfsSometimesProblemLightEyeIssuesBlindShiningHeyFlawsExposing Author:Ronald D. Moore
“I always call niggas fools for wanting to learn the hard way. When I'm really the fool for tryna teach 'em. When the blinds leading the blind. You can't reach 'em. If niggas ain't as hungry as you then why feed 'em? Niggas ain't tryna be lead then why lead 'em? Having big problems with your dogs, why breed em?” IfsWayHardProblemBigsTeachDogFoolBlindHungryEmsBig ProblemsHard WayLearning The Hard WayLeading The Blind Author:Joe Budden
“Enduring faith is not blind or obedient, it is keenly attentive and responsible; it is not fed by awe, but by quickening interest; prosperity is not the disappearance of problems, but the continual engagement with the process of finding solutions. Wisdom is not given from on high, but must be painstakingly unraveled from the knots in his own guts.” ProblemGivenProcessInterestFindingsSolutionsResponsibleBlindEndureProsperityAweGutsFedsEngagementObedientKnotsDisappearanceQuickening Author:Deane Juhan
“So when I heard that we don't have our names, we don't speak our true Arabic language, we were robbed of Islam, our true religion, and we've been made deaf, dumb, and blind in slavery.And Elijah Muhammad was taught by Allah, who we refer to as God, to teach us the truth that will free us.And when I heard it, I've been free ever since. I have no racial problems, I don't go where I'm not wanted.” MadeProblemWantedNamesSpeakLanguageTeachHeardTaughtSlaveryBlindIslamDumbDeafMuhammadTrue ReligionElijahElijah MuhammadArabic Language Author:Muhammad Ali
“I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging any kind of intent.” KindProblemMajorsBlindPatternsArguingAlgorithmsMajor ProblemsBlind Trust Author:Cathy O'Neil
“I had a lot of problems in my life. I've been a sickly kid, I had a strange life. They said I could have been blind, handicapped, asthmatic, there were all kind of different problems about me.” KindHas BeensSaidDifferentProblemKidsStrangeBlindAll KindsThey SaidCould Have BeenHandicapped Author:RZA
“I have been told that I am a "natural" feminist, someone who was born a feminist. In fact I was quite blind to what the problem was: I couldn't understand why anyone would hesitate to do what they wanted to do just because they were told that women didn't do such things.” Has BeensFactsProblemWantedBornNaturalBlindFeminist Author:Susan Sontag
“The problem with working with a record label is they maybe a song I want to make a video for that they will refuse to make a video for because they don't see that song as a single. And I found that very frustrating. I realised what I was doing was making these short films for the blind. They were films and all you had to do was put some headphones on and close your eyes and listen to my voice and you'd be able to visualise the images that I'm putting into your brain. And so I started calling what I was doing 'films for the blind'.” ProblemEyeFilmSongBrainBlindFrustratingShort Films Author:Ben Drew
“Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women's liberation has been achieved? el Saadawi: Well I would think she is blind. Like many people who are blind to gender problems, to class problems, to international problems. She's blind to what's happening to her.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsHas BeensCountryProblemClassHappeningsBlindAssumingInternationalGenderLiberationOppressedInterviewers Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“And behind it lies not blind chance but a principle that works to help us understand, a thousand "coincidences" and friends come to show us the way when the problem seems too hard to solve alone. Problems for overcoming. Freedom for proving. And, as long as we believe in our dream, nothing by chance.” WayBelieveLongHardHelpingShowsProblemDreamSeemsLyingChanceBehindsPrinciplesThousandProveOvercomingBlindSolveCoincidenceOur Dreams Author:Richard Bach
“A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels - the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.” WayHeartMeanEnoughCharacterShowsProblemPainLyingIndividualVoiceSinSpaceExistenceNovelDemocracySeeingEmpathyBlindDemocraticComplexityTehranGreat Novels Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
“Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?” ProblemCollegeHonorBlindDeafHelen Author:Charles Stanley
“Take a good look at your mind. Examine it closely. The first thing you will come to know is that the mind has become the master - not you and not your soul! The mind says: Do this! And you do it! If you don't the mind creates problems. It become sad, and the sadness of the mind becomes your sadness. If you do as it says you get nowhere, for the mind is blind. Where can you reach by obeying the mind! The is unconsciousness. If you listen to it you reach nowhere.” IfsKnowsMindFirstsLooksSoulProblemSadnessMastersBlindYour SoulLooking GoodObeyingUnconsciousness Author:Rajneesh
“We must ask whether our machine technology makes us proof against all those destructive forces which plagued Roman society and ultimately wrecked Roman civilization. Our reliance - an almost religious reliance - upon the power of science and technology to forever ensure the progress of our society, might blind us to some very real problems which cannot be solved by science and technology.” RealProblemMightAsksForceReligiousTechnologyForeverProgressCivilizationMachinesBlindProofDestructiveOur SocietyRelianceReal ProblemsScience And TechnologyRoman Civilization Author:Robert Strausz-Hupe
“Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Jim McMahon: A great natural leader. Great ability. Great presence. For a guy who was supposed to be blind in one eye, he had as much vision as anyone I've ever seen. He'd know instinctively where he should turn and where he should throw the ball. He was never a problem on the field. He was kind of cocky, but that didn't bother me. He had such a quick delivery and such a natural ability. I told Chicago he'd win them a Super Bowl.” KnowsShouldKindProblemEyeGuyTurnsWinningNaturalLeadershipAbilityLeaderVisionTalentFieldsParticularBallsBlindSupposed To BeBotherRememberedChicagoBowlsChampionshipDeliveryQuarterbackSuper BowlCockyNatural Ability Author:LaVell Edwards
“Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.” HeartMeanProblemPainLyingSinExistenceNovelSeeingEmpathyBlindTehranGreat Novels Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
“The problems of this world are so gigantic that some are paralysed by their own uncertainty. Courage and wisdom are needed to reach out above this sense of helplessness. Desire for vengeance against deeds of hatred offers no solution. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. If we wish to choose the other path, we will have to search for ways to break the spiral of animosity. To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans.” IfsThinkingWorldWayHumansProblemEyeDesireValuesFightingEvilWishDealsResponsibilityBreakPathThis WorldNeededOffersSolutionsHatredFellowsBlindDeedsUncertaintyBrotherhoodReach OutVengeanceHelplessnessSpiralsAnimosityEye For An Eye Author:Beatrix of the Netherlands
“There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.” ProblemForceGroupsBlindIraqTerroristBlindnessMagnetTerrorist Groups Author:Otto Schily
“There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.” ThinkingNeedsMindHelpingProblemWisdomRealityPeaceUnderstandingAbilityViewsEmotionClearWiseBuddhismWise WordsWords Of WisdomAngerBlindSolveBuddhistAttachmentPeace Of MindDestroyingSpiritual WisdomDeep ThoughtDistortionAnger ManagementTibetan Author:Dalai Lama
“The main thing that I hate the most is ignorance, like the prejudice problems of America. I know it is worse in some other countries. But I wish I could borrow, like from Venezuela or Trinidad, the real love of color-blind people and bring it to America.” PeopleKnowsRealCountryProblemAmericaHateWishIgnoranceColorI HatePrejudiceBlindReal LoveOther CountriesVenezuelaBlind PeopleTrinidad Author:Michael Jackson