“Generally, the arguments for same-sex marriage go along these lines: 'I have a civil right.' What the homosexual movement wants to do is to hitch their agenda to the civil rights movement, but I point out that this is illegitimate for a number of reasons. Number one, no black person has ever left his black-ness or changed his black-ness, but plenty of people have come out of the homosexual movement. What we need to do is distinguish between race and behavior.” PeopleWantNeedsPersonsReasonLeftSexBlackLinesNumbersRaceRightsMovementChangedBehaviorArgumentCivil RightsPlentyAgendasHomosexualCivil Rights MovementBlack Person Author:Erwin W. Lutzer
“Physics has entered a remarkable era. Ideas that were once the realm of science fiction are now entering our theoretical and maybe even experimental grasp. Brand-new theoretical discoveries about extra dimensions have irreversibly changed how particle physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists now think about the world. The sheer number and pace of discoveries tells us that we've most likely only scratched the surface of the wondrous possibilities that lie in store. Ideas have taken on a life of their own.” ThinkingWorldIdeasLyingNumbersFictionTakenPossibilityChangedDiscoveryScience FictionSurfaceStoresPhysicsBrandsErasRealmsExtrasDimensionsRemarkablePaceSheerEnteringPhysicistParticlesTheoreticalWondrousBrand New Author:Lisa Randall
“But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.” MadeHandsFacesHeavenCausesPrayerNumbersDangerChangedKingsArmyShameExtremesNeglectDaringStretchingJupiterRomulus Book:Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography
“They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.” UsedDifferencesMoneyNumbersSecurityHavensChangedBoxesCall MeNutsEccentricI Haven't Changed Author:Al McGuire
“It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it did for millions of people who have lived since, the birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. It is a truth that, for twenty centuries, there have been untold numbers of men and women who, in untold numbers of ways, have been so grasped by the child who was born, so caught up in the message he taught and the life he lived, that they have found themselves profoundly changed by their relationship with him.” PeopleIfsMenWayChildrenHas BeensMadeDifferentFoundJesusUnderstandingBornNumbersMillionsImpossibleHappenedCenturyChangedTaughtBirthMessagesMen And WomenTwentiesCaughtDifferent ThingsNew WaysCaught UpUnderstanding LifeJesus Birth Author:Frederick Buechner
“They could have given me any number. They could have given me number one-hundred one. The number is nothing. I could have played my whole career without a number on my back, and it still wouldn't have changed the person.” PersonsStillsWholeGivenNumbersCareersChangedHundred Author:Lou Whitaker
“What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else. Roughly speaking, people know that it deals with numbers, figures, with relations, operations, and that its formal procedures involving axioms, proofs, lemmas, theorems have not changed since the time of Archimedes.” PeopleKnowsDealsNumbersFiguresChangedRelationMathematicsProofOperationsFormalDefiningProceduresInvolvingAxiomsTheoremsExactly Is Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“I've changed the way I look at things. When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, "This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records." I have fallen into that trap before.” WayLooksSongNumbersRecordsChangedAmountExpectationsSellsFallenTrapsI've Changed Author:Scott Weiland
“Do you know how much money you would save if you changed your light bulb to compact florescent light bubs? How much would you save if you decreased your temperature of your house in the winter by one degree, or increase it by one degree? We just don't know these numbers, but I think displays could make it a memorable change in terms of attention, and also help us translate it in terms of concrete ways on what you can get.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayHelpingLightHouseTermNumbersAttentionKnow HowChangedDegreesIncreaseWinterMemorableDo You KnowDisplayConcreteTranslateTemperatureBulbsCompactLight BulbYou Changed Author:Dan Ariely
“People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.” PeopleMadeStillsSeemsMotherCoursesFunNumbersHappenedChangedMotherhoodPrioritiesHaving FunBest ThingsVioletBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Imelda May
“Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really quite dramatically. There was a newspaper article here about a month ago that got big headlines which said that civilian deaths from terrorism were down something like 80 percent or 90 percent from their peak of two or three years ago.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidTwoBigsThreeNumbersGoneOne ThingChangedMonthsPercentYears AgoTerrorismTerroristNewspapersArticlesThree YearsPakistanCiviliansHeadlinesCivilian Deaths Author:Mohsin Hamid
“My numbers and my stats were exactly the same. I was doing what the coaches wanted me to do. And what I had been doing up to that point was enough to get me a very well-paying contract with the Vikings. ... In my mind there was only one thing that had changed from the year before and the year I got cut: And that was I started speaking out in support of same-sex rights.” YearsMindWellsEnoughWantedSexNumbersSupportCuttingRightsOne ThingChangedCoachesContractsVikingsSpeaking Out Author:Chris Kluwe
“I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.” PeopleMadeNumbersIssuesFocusConditionsChangedKeysMetsDemandConcernDetailsBritishCampaignsLarge NumbersI Have Changed Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“It's because of this massive immigration and more in some places, (that) France's image has undeniably changed. There are a number of neighborhoods where you are no longer living a French life. That's undeniable.” NumbersChangedImmigrationFranceNeighborhoodMassiveWhere You Are Author:Marine Le Pen