“I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".” IfsThinkingShouldWellsPlayFightingHugeDirectorsConceptsDirectCompromisePlaywrightBad Experiences Author:Adam Rapp
“What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like your local park and your local library - those are, if you like, socialist programs; they're run by [and] for the public, not to make money. I think in many ways we should expand that concept so that the American people can enjoy the same benefits that people all over the world are currently enjoying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayShouldRunningSocialEnjoyRealizingSecurityLike YouBenefitsConceptsProgramLibraryLocalsAdministrationMaking MoneyParksSocialistVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.” IfsGivingShouldWholeUseLife IsConcepts Author:Charlize Theron
“Every concept should have a beginning, middle and end.” ShouldEndsMiddleConceptsShould HaveBeginning Middle And End Author:Ali Shirazinia
“Once you know the reason why - you've defined your white space of canvas on which you can paint and create a new concept idea. No matter how creative you are - and thus how much creative space you need - there's always some fundamental values and drivers your brand should seek to address - in order to become successful.” KnowsNeedsShouldIdeasMatterReasonValuesOrderSpaceWhiteCreativeSuccessfulConceptsFundamentalsPaintDefinedBrandsReason WhyAddressesDriversCanvasBecoming SuccessfulWhite SpaceCreative Space Author:Martin Lindstrom
“The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial but personal, providing experts and so on, to assist less developed members of the Commonwealth to get on the growing path. And that was part of what we did with South Africa.” ShouldCountryNumbersPathGrowingMembersConceptsSouthFinancialExpertsProvidingSouth AfricaAssistanceCommonwealthSmall NumbersDeveloped Country Author:Bob Hawke
“We are all today being monitored in advance and in criminal suspicion. And I think that's terrifying, and deeply illiberal as concept. And that's something that we should reject.” ThinkingShouldTodayConceptsCriminalsRejectsSuspicion Author:Edward Snowden
“Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when it comes to the African concept, for the moment, I say 'feminist plus'. We have so many other problems.” MenShouldChildrenMomentsProblemConceptsFeministPlus Author:Buchi Emecheta
“The concept of writing a novel and not knowing where it's going - I don't know how to do that. Novels are plot- and character-driven, so if I don't know what becomes of people, how can I know where it should begin?” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldWritingCharacterNovelKnow HowKnowingConceptsDrivenPlotNot Knowing Author:John Irving
“I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.” ShouldBelieveWholePoliticsCareersConceptsDon't BelievePublic Service Author:Dan Quayle
“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere... Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” IfsMenWayNeedsShouldHumansHas BeensIdeasSeemsDeathReligionSocialGoalReligiousPoorMoralImagineAtheismDyingMoralityBehaviorConceptsBasesRewardsAtheistPositive AtheismPunishmentTiesEthicalSpheresAgnosticUnjustAfter DeathThere Is No GodReligion GodUnderminingThere Being No GodGod And ScienceScience GodGod Is Not GreatReward And PunishmentEthical Behavior Author:Albert Einstein
“Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights today are not those seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his exploitation. The time is long past — if indeed it ever existed — when we should permit the noble concept of states' rights to be betrayed.” IfsShouldHumansLongStatesTodayPastIndividualRightsCitizensConceptsHuman RightsSeekingProtectionNobleCivil RightsDenialPermitExploitationBetrayedSlogansForefathersStates Rights Author:Robert Kennedy
“I have spent my life watching, not to see beyond the world, merely to see, great mystery, what is plainly before my eyes. I think the concept of transcendence is based on a misreading of creation. With all respect to heaven, the scene of the miracle is here, among us. The eternal as an idea is much less preposterous than time, and this very fact should seize our attention.” ThinkingWorldShouldIdeasFactsEyeHeavenAttentionMysteryCreationSceneEternalConceptsMiracleTranscendenceMisreading Author:Marilynne Robinson
“Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldShouldFirstsLooksTermNumbersThis WorldColorConceptsThirdsMajorityThird World Author:H. Rap Brown
“I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?” IfsShouldHumansChildrenChristianBeautifulFatherJesusAtheismSonTypeBehaviorConceptsAtheistWorthyPositive AtheismConvincedPlotAdmirationHuman Behavior Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.” ShouldHumansDealsRightsStandardsConceptsHuman RightsCeaseObjectivesVagueSlogansUnrealIdealisticDemocratizationAmerican Foreign Policy Author:George F. Kennan
“We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume rejection first. Assume you're the rule, not the exception. It's liberating. But we also know it's not an easy concept. -He's not just into you” KnowsShouldTryingFirstsLooksTruthEasySidesCasesTaughtConceptsDatingAssumingRejectionExceptionLiberatingBright Side Author:Greg Behrendt
“Come to think of it, that word (choice) shouldn't be applied to people's destinies. Ever. Choice should be relegated to TV and meals: You could choose NBC over CBS or steak instead of chicken. But take the concept any further than the stove or the remote control and the word just didn't apply. - V” PeopleThinkingShouldChoicesDestinyTvsConceptsMealsChickensSteakStovesNbcRemote ControlWord Choice Author:J.R. Ward
“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image” PeopleShouldImportantSelfDifferencesConsciousnessConceptsPhilosophicalMartial ArtsMasterySelf ActualizationActualization Author:Bruce Lee
“Within the next few years-a decade perhaps-we should be in a position to unlock new knowledge about life and matter so great that wholly new concepts of human life will follow in the wake of this new knowledge.” LifeShouldYearsHumansMatterNextKnowledgePositionConceptsDecadesHuman LifeNew Knowledge Author:David Lilienthal
“The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong...We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.” ShouldEarthNatureAnimalResponsibilityKnownSpecialCreationCreaturesElementsConceptsAspectTraditionDestructionSignificanceCapriciousJewish TraditionCreatures Of The Earth Author:David Geffen
“Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.” ShouldSelfGrowsImaginationSelf EsteemConflictConceptsShadowFunctionEsteemDualitySelf Concept Book:Commentaries on Living Source: Commentaries on Living
“Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"” PeopleWantShouldFactsPassionGoalConceptsAskingStriveCirclesPracticalsCuresLive LifeExcitementBlissProposeReferringFollow Your PassionSynonymFull Circle Author:Tim Ferriss
“Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.” ThinkingInspirationalShouldHas BeensFunCarEatingConceptsDinnerRidiculousInventionSarcasticMidnightMotorSwissMotor CarsEating Dinner Book:Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe Source: Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe
“One should not understand this compulsion to construct concepts, species, forms, purposes, laws ('a world of identical cases') as if they enabled us to fix the real world; but as a compulsion to arrange a world for ourselves in which our existence is made possible:-we thereby create a world which is calculable, simplified, comprehensible, etc., for us.” IfsWorldShouldMadeRealFormLawSciencePurposeUnderstandingExistenceCasesConceptsSpeciesSimplicityEtcReal WorldConstructsCompulsionIdentical Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if the scheme does not appear at first sight to be connected with physics. One should concentrate on getting interesting mathematics.” IfsShouldFirstsDoeScienceInterestingTheoryConceptsSightBasesMathematicsConnectedPhysicsMathematicalSchemesDistrust Author:Paul Dirac
“Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.” MenNeedsShouldEarthInspiringFeminismConceptsMen And WomenStriveEqualityCivil RightsGravityStrong Female CharactersEquality Of Man Author:Joss Whedon