“I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us.” ThinkingWantUseSupportDegreesAreasConcernTheologyUnfortunateSincerely Author:T. D. Jakes
“When you are talking about moral issues you are talking about same-sex marriage, which has been relegated over to the states. It's no longer a federal issue and yet, we are dealing with it like it's a federal issue but for a large degree it has become a state issue.” Has BeensStatesSexTalkingMoralIssuesDegreesMoral IssuesDealing With It Author:T. D. Jakes
“Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort.” DifferentLawIndividualEffortTaxesDegreesLaborRewardsRegulationUnnecessaryMinimumInflationMinimum WageWedges Author:Jack Kemp
“The average woman loses a half million dollars over a lifetime, but women with higher degrees lose $2 million over a lifetime.” LosesHalfMillionsHigherDegreesDollarsLifetimeAverageMillion Dollars Author:Patricia Arquette
“To see the way that [my mother] held our family together after my dad passed away, and then went to college after my youngest sister went off to school on her own, and mom went and got a college degree in her 60s is just incredibly inspiring. So, I would just say my folks.” WaySchoolTogetherMotherCollegeMomDadDegreesMy DadFolksOur FamilyPassed AwayCollege DegreeFamily TogetherDad Passed Away Author:Mike Pence
“What are you for? It may be, to a degree, consoling that white brothers and sisters did not vote for [Donald] Trump, and do not participate in that brand of animus, that gas-bagging of enormous bigotry.” MayWhiteBrotherTrumpDegreesVoteEnormousBrandsGasBigotryBrothers And SistersConsolingAnimus Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“This is a massive crisis for the press, and the degree now that the press revs up its scrutiny and its opposition to Donald Trump, as opposed to being neutral and fair to Donald Trump - they will compound their own problem, because Republicans don't trust them, independents largely don't trust them, and the press risks just being credible to only one party in America.” ProblemAmericaPartyRiskTrumpRepublicanDegreesFairsCrisisPressesOppositionMassiveJust BeingCompoundsDon't TrustScrutinyCredible Author:Ari Fleischer
“The more you populate the 360-degree space, the more difficult it is to cut within that.” DifficultSpaceCuttingDegrees Author:Rose Troche
“President Murabak has been a U.S. ally for decades. He was a guarantor of some degree of peace in the Middle East and has kept a good relationship with the Western world.” WorldHas BeensPresidentMiddleDegreesWesternEastDecadesAlliesMiddle EastWestern WorldGood Relationship Author:Vaclav Havel
“In WWE there's a huge degree of acting you need to have to become legendary, to become popular. You have to become a great actor in WWE and that's something I've honed from a young age. I could never be the biggest guy on the show when I first started wrestling; it was all about the giants. But I could have the biggest personality, the biggest character.” NeedsFirstsCharacterShowsAgeYoungGuyActorsActingHugePersonalityDegreesGiantsWrestlingWweYoung AgeLegendaryGreat Actors Author:Chris Jericho
“The proportion of [Donald's Trump] own direct family members who are speaking [on the Republican National Convention] is high to an unprecedented degree and a proportion of sort of figures of policy substance is unprecedentedly low. But the word unprecedentedly can be applied to simply everything that's happening this year.” YearsFiguresPolicyTrumpRepublicanMembersDegreesLowsHappeningsDirectSubstanceProportionConventionsUnprecedentedFamily Members Author:Mark Colvin
“The divide between me and the modern world is growing further because I to a larger degree manage to rid myself of my dependence on the modern world. If the modern world collapsed tomorrow I would be fine, and I see so many others who would not be.” IfsWorldWould BeGrowingModernFineTomorrowDegreesManageDividesDependenceModern World Author:Varg Vikernes
“To a large degree I don't even like most metal music I hear.” DegreesMetalsMetal Music Author:Varg Vikernes
“I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They even have a word for it: The refugees. It's a new word, a 20th Century word, but refugee is actually a misnomer.” PeopleThinkingNumbersCenturyDegreesPhenomenon20th CenturyRefugeeNew Words Author:Elie Wiesel
“More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.” CountryUseNaturalPovertyDemocracyViolenceMilitaryWillingDegreesResourcesFemaleAccessViolentNatural ResourcesIndicators Author:Gloria Steinem
“To the extent that I can still believe in Bohemia, which I think is very important to me in some way that I don't yet really understand, to the extent that I still believe in that, I have to believe that there are viable degrees of freedom inherent if not realized in interstitial areas.” IfsThinkingWayBelieveStillsI CanImportantDegreesAreasInherentI Still BelieveBohemia Author:William Gibson
“I've gone to big stadium rock concerts at some artist's invitation, and there's this invariable, fascinating and rather sad situation of concentric circles of availability. There are Green Rooms within Green Rooms literally within Green Rooms. There are seven or eight degrees of exclusivity, and within each circle of exclusivity, everyone is so happy to be there, and they don't know that the next level exists.” KnowsBigsArtistNextLevelsRoomsSituationGoneRocksDegreesGreenSevenEightCirclesFascinatingConcertsInvitationsStadiumsNext LevelAvailabilityExclusivityRock Concerts Author:William Gibson
“To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival. The critic really started as a survivor mechanism in early infancy and childhood when we were trying to navigate our early family system and culture; when we're learning how to fit in so we could optimize that flow of love and affection. It was an internal voice telling us to shut certain patterns and reactions down, that negativity bias that's always looking for what's wrong, looking for the threat.” TryingCertainCultureVoiceBrainChildhoodFitDegreesSurvivalFlowThreatCriticsPatternsAffectionReactionsAriseInternalsSurvivorMechanismNegativityBiasInfancyNavigateLove And Affection Author:Mark Coleman
“I've had training in electronics engineering, of all things, and in languages. But I've never taken any degree, something I share with Lewis Mumford, I think.” ThinkingLanguageTakenShareDegreesTrainingAll ThingsEngineeringElectronics Author:Murray Bookchin
“The book was just something that came along after we played the Super Bowl and I wrote a little essay that went online. Then I had two or three weeks and I said, wow, that essay was pretty good. Maybe I'll try and write some other stuff. Writing about the depression, I just felt - you know, when you write a book like this, you have to open up your life. You have to be willing to do so to a certain degree.” KnowsWritingTryingLittlesSaidTwoBookCertainThreeFeltStuffWeekWillingDegreesOnlineWowBowlsEssaysSuper Bowl Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life. And perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree. I was looking for - when I was looking for a voice to mix with my voice, I put on my father's work clothes, as I say in the book, and I went to work.” ThinkingBookFatherVoiceStageParticularDadDegreesClothesBuiltMy DadSuitsPersona Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Those songs [from church], I think, shaped to some degree how I would evolve as a writer, pentameter of songs, the melodies of those kind of hillbilly hymns - I used to refer to them - because they were not Southern gospel as much as they were passed down from Scottish Welsh Protestant hymnals.” ThinkingKindUsedSongChurchDegreesEvolveMelodySouthernProtestantsScottishHymnsWelshHillbilly Author:Dwight Yoakam
“Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.” ChoicesDestinyDegreesConsequenceFoolishHave FaithSerendipity Author:Tom Hanks
“I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their efforts, cooperate and, and at least evince a degree of unity.” ThinkingEffortLeaderStruggleDegreesUnityCoordinates Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.” PeopleI CanGreaterPromiseDegreesAbsolutesSecureGuaranteesFairness Author:Martin Schulz
“It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.” WorldInspirationalSaidMightFunnyEducationDegreesGraduationHarvardYaleBest Of Both Worlds Author:John F. Kennedy
“Now, I actually have to a degree, a responsibility to ensure that it doesn't happen again.' I felt pride. When you're up there [in the noose] it does give you pause but I'm no stranger to degradation and dehumanization. I felt a lot of pride to be a part of showing something like this because a lot of people don't know and haven't been exposed to these types of historical experiences until they see it depicted on our show [Underground].” PeopleKnowsGivingDoeShowsHappensFeltResponsibilityHavensPrideTypeDegreesHistoricalStrangerExposedPausesDegradationDehumanizationNooses Author:Aldis Hodge
“I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.” WorldPersonsFactsUseHumanityFiguresParticularDegreesSakeTheatreMythologyFascination Author:Wole Soyinka
“You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.” PeopleYearsKidsTodayJobsLastsThreeGrowthHalfMillionsStruggleEconomyCollegeDegreesRateComing OutThree YearsSlow DownSlowingCollege Degree Author:Mitt Romney
“The thing that has disturbed me most about the Russian hacking episode is - and the thing that surprised me most has not been the fact of Russian hacking. The cyber world is full of information gathering, you know, propaganda, et cetera. I have been concerned about the degree to which, in some circles, you've seen people suggest that Vladimir Putin has more credibility than the U.S. government. I think that's something new.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldHas BeensFactsGovernmentInformationDegreesConcernedCirclesPropagandaSomething NewEpisodesGatheringCredibilityPutinDisturbedHackingCyber Author:Barack Obama
“Through Yoga, anybody can attain; it's a God realisation; you just practise Yoga and if you really mean it, then you'll do it. There's Yogis that have done it to such a degree that they're God, they're like Christ and they can walk on the water and materialise bodies and they can do all those tricks.” IfsMeanDoneBodyChristWaterCan DoWalksDegreesYogaTricksReally MeanRealisationPractiseYogi Author:George Harrison
“People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.” PeopleThinkingEnoughCultureDegreesAcknowledgeUpbringingCompact Author:David Oyelowo
“For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate.” TryingDegreesClintonDemocratDebate Author:Mark Shields
“For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the Sanders-Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate. Clinton is much more embracing of the global economy and the international world order. Sanders and Warren are much less so. And they have got to figure out which side the party is on, if they're going to have a clear message. I think this is probably one you probably can't straddle.” IfsThinkingWorldTryingOrderSidesPartyEconomyClearFiguresDegreesMessagesClintonDemocratInternationalDebateWorld OrderGlobal Economy Author:David Brooks
“I am still covering conflict to some degree. I was back in Iraq. I've covered quite a bit of the Israel and Palestine. But I'm not doing it with the kind of intensity I was before and I'm not seeking out the front line and the kind danger that comes with being at the edge of the war the way I used to.” WayKindStillsWarUsedBitsLinesFrontsDangerConflictDegreesIraqEdgesSeekingIsraelCoveredIntensityPalestineCovering Author:Peter van Agtmael
“The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence.” EmotionalDegreesPoliceOfficersEmotional IntelligencePolice OfficerQualifications Author:Peter James
“Ace of Spades says that this became clear to him in a revelation one night. He was watching Chris Matthews interview [Barack] Obama, and he didn't get one question! He didn't ask Obama one question about how Obamacare works. Every question was one degree or another: How do you feel about [John] Boehner opposing it? How do you feel about it? What will make you happy? Do you think you can get it? [It] was irrelevant!” ThinkingFeelsNightAsksClearDegreesBarackInterviewsRevelationsIrrelevantOne NightMake You HappyObamacareOpposingMatthewSpadesAces Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.” LongImportantTermCollegeBasketballDegreesBallsLong TermEmphasisShort TermBounce Author:Pat Summitt
“The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize people around the most important issues facing their lives and show that there is support for fundamental changes in the way we do business in the United States of America in terms of income inequality, in terms of low wages, in terms of disastrous trade policies, in terms of being the only major country not to have a national healthcare program - that's success.” PeopleWayImportantCountryStatesHelpingShowsAmericaPoliticalTermUnitedConsciousnessUnited StatesSupportIssuesPolicyTruth IsDegreesMajorsLowsProgramFundamentalsTradeIncomeInequalityEducateHealthcareOrganizeUnited States Of AmericaWagesImportant IssuesIncome Inequality Author:Bernie Sanders
“Embedded reputations - that's one of the most daunting dynamics that can happen. You start as a secretary, or assistant, and you have that plastered on your forehead. My advice is that you have to do something - change companies, get a degree, or go to a training program. Or ask to be on a very hard assignment or project that no one else wants. You can do it, but it doesn't happen without true exertion.” WantHardHappensAsksCan DoCompanyAdviceDegreesProjectsTrainingProgramReputationSecretaryYou Can Do ItForeheadsAssistantsAssignmentsEmbeddedExertionDynamicsTraining Programs Author:Suzy Welch
“I was a full time student either at Stony Brook or NYU getting my masters degree. After I graduated with my masters I was working as a nutritionist and a personal trainer. So I have always had other business or other things going on while training for a fight.” FightingStudentsMastersDegreesTrainingBrooksTrainersNutritionistNyuMasters Degree Author:Chris Algieri
“The degree to which the people of America are being dumbed down on purpose every day is striking. And all for the express purpose of maintaining in power a political party [the Democrats] which seeks a permanent underclass and as many dependent people on government as possible. As many uninformed, misinformed, know-nothings as they can get.” PeopleKnowsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalPurposePartyDegreesDemocratPermanentDependentPolitical PartiesMaintainingUninformed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“These things - the degree of vulnerability, the degree of skill, the degree of the longing to give - are influx all the time, And to lump all that under the word "creativity" assumes something much more static than it is. That's why an artist may be marvelous in her 20s, and be creating automatic crap in her 40s. A writer may be trivial in his 20s, and be writing incredibly in his 50s, because those things are always in flux.” GivingWritingMayArtistCreativitySkillsDegreesCreatingLongingAssumingVulnerabilityCrapMarvelousStaticLumpsFlux Author:Michael Ventura
“The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree, that they aren't even considered victims. They aren't even considered at all. They're nothing. They don't count, they don't matter, they're commodities like TV sets and cellphones. We've actually turned animals into inanimate objects - sandwiches and shoes. It is the greatest magic trick ever performed.” HumansMatterProblemAnimalMagicObjectsTvsDegreesVictimShoesTricksCommoditySandwichesCellphoneInanimate ObjectsMagic Tricks Author:Gary Yourofsky
“There is nothing superstitious about forcing bad consequences for the hubris of paternalistic utopianism. Humanity should never be frozen into a vision of the best. A creative society must be willing to tolerate some degree of instability because creativity is inherently unstable.” ShouldHumanityVisionCreativityCreativeWillingDegreesConsequenceTolerateFrozenUnstableSuperstitiousInstabilityHubris Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“In Obama's world, it's Fox News and me that are the reason the Republican base doesn't like him. It can't possibly be that those people actually pay attention, are actually intelligent, informed, and they actually disagree with what he's doing. It can't be that because you are not that smart and independently thinkable. You're like the Democrat base. You're bunch of idiots who only know and do and believe what you're told. There may be a degree of exaggeration in there, but that is exactly how the left looks at their voters, and that's how they look at the whole population.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveLooksMayReasonWholeLeftPayAttentionRepublicanDegreesNewsSmartIntelligentDemocratPopulationBunchPay AttentionIdiotVotersDisagreeFoxesExaggerationFox NewsThinkable Author:Rush Limbaugh
“A lot of what is done by the climate lobby is anti-science. But there is some science behind it. Like, there are greenhouse gases, and they do contribute to warming. But if you look at the last, say, 160 years, the first 80 of that period, they went up about four-tenths of a degree. And now, the second 80 that CO2 has increased by, what, 30 percent or something, it's gone up five-tenths of a degree. And there's been in the last 30 or 40 years, there's been no real increase in storms or bad weather.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksRealDoneLastsBehindsGoneFiveFourPeriodsDegreesPercentIncreaseClimateStormWeatherGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2Bad Weather Author:Charles Koch
“No matter to what degree China opens up to the outside world and admits foreign capital, its relative magnitude will be small and it can't affect our system of socialist public ownership of the means of production.” WorldMeanMatterDegreesProductionsChinaRelativeOwnershipSocialistMagnitudeOutside World Author:Deng Xiaoping
“I believe in the autobiographical concept only to the degree that I am able to put onto film all that's passing through my head at the moment of shooting.” BelieveMomentsAbleFilmI BelieveDegreesConceptsI Believe InPassingPassingsShootingPassing Through Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The beauty of evolution is that it does provide an explanation of how you can get complexity out of simplicity. It does it by slow, gradual degree. At no point are you postulating the sudden coming into existence of a complicated being.” DoeExistenceEvolutionDegreesSimplicityComplicatedExplanationComplexityNo Point Author:Richard Dawkins