“My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.” HumansCultureFatherMy OwnHuman BeingsSonHusbandDegreesMalesNotionSubversiveFather Husband Author:Mark Leyner
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” MenPoliticalCultureDemocracyEqualDiversityClaimsSocial JusticeNotionWittyEqualityArisePolitical ScienceEqual Respect Book:Politics Source: Politics
“This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed, and will not return to what they have been in the past. What is new is new, not because it has never been there before, but because it has changed in quality.” WorldHumansHas BeensIdeasPastOrderCultureCommunityQualityProgressThis WorldChangedReturnNotionNew WorldUnitsSociety And Culture Book:Uncommon Sense Source: Uncommon Sense
“The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things" - as Swift most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."” GivingTwoBookCharacterLightCultureBattlePerfectionNotionPerceiveGreekSweetnessHarmonious Author:Matthew Arnold
“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've begun to recognize myself as a Catholic writer because my whole notion of the image, of symbol, of art and what it can do, has been conditioned by my immersion in Catholic culture, ritual, and art since my earliest days. Catholicism seeped into me through every pore. Catholicism is about seeping and pores!” Has BeensArtWholeCultureCan DoCatholicNotionSymbolsCatholicismRitualImmersion Author:Joyelle McSweeney
“Philosophers have very justly remarked that the only solid instruction is that which the pupil brings from his own depths; that the true instruction is not that which transmits notions wholly formed, but that which renders him capable of forming for himself good opinions. That which they have said in regard to the intellectual faculties applies equally to the moral faculties. There is for the soul a spontaneous culture, on which depends all the real progress in perfection.” SaidRealSoulCultureMoralOpinionProgressDependsCapableIntellectualPerfectionRegardDepthNotionPhilosopherFacultyInstructionSpontaneousPupilsTransmit Author:Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando
“American culture in particular has instilled in us the bizarre notion that to ask for help amounts to an admission of failure. But some of the most powerful, successful, admired people in the world seem, to me, to have something in common: they ask constantly, creatively, compassionately, and gracefully. And to be sure: when you ask, there's always the possibility of a no on the other side of the request. If we don't allow for that no, we're not actually asking, we're either begging or demanding. But it is the fear of the no that keeps so many of our mouths sewn tightly shut.” PeopleIfsWorldHelpingSeemsCultureAsksSidesPowerfulCommonSuccessfulPossibilityParticularAmountMouthsAskingNotionMost PowerfulBizarreAmerican CultureRequestBeggingAdmission Author:Amanda Palmer
“The general notions about human understanding...which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture, they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.” HumansCultureUnderstandingDiscoveryEncouragementNotionPhysicsBuddhistUnfamiliarRefinementUnheardOld Wisdom Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere.” LongBodyChristianCultureNationsMoralityEthicsDoctorsConstitutionNotionMedicalEuthanasiaChristian Morality Author:Sherwin B. Nuland
“I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.” ThinkingHardCultureMusic IsNotionLinkedPreconceived Notions Author:Esperanza Spalding
“The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place to each, of saving the whole varied heritage of culture. It has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.” WorldDifferentWholeSeemsCultureSidesModernNotionSavingDifferent ThingsAllowingHeritageDestroyingModern World Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton