“Buddhism doesn't really have much time for political mass-movements. We are so trained to think of politics in terms of acting collectively, acting as part of mass-movements, that it's become hard for us to imagine a form of politics that is based on a high degree of introspection and self-examination.” ThinkingSelfHardFormPoliticalTermActingImagineMovementBuddhismDegreesMassIntrospectionExaminationSelf-examination Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I think it was the occasion of the final psychological break with Great Britain, in a way that had clearly not happened to that date, especially in New England and to som degree in the South.” ThinkingWayBreakHappenedDegreesEnglandSouthFinalsPsychologicalOccasionsBritainGreat BritainNew England Author:Charles R. Morris
“It's difficult to get a job and people stay in school longer because they're employed as teaching assistants or instructors by their schools, by their schools where they're graduate students, and that does become exploitative eventually because they're very cheap labor and there's a way in which in it's not in the institution's interest to give them a degree if they can continue to employ them, I don't think anybody thinks that way, but effectively that's the way the system is starting to work.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingDoeSchoolJobsDifficultInterestTeachingStudentsDegreesLaborInstitutionsStartingGraduatesEmployedAssistantsInstructorsGraduate StudentsCheap LaborStay In School Author:Louis Menand
“Law officials put their lives on the line every single day for us, and I think we also owe them a degree of respect.” ThinkingLawLinesDegreesOfficials Author:Benjamin Carson
“I think the Europeans are a lot more spontaneous, more artistic to some degree. But I don't think they have the technical talent we do here in the states. Here people have been trained much more specifically - they know exactly what they're doing. The Europeans are perhaps slower, but in the end damn near as good.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHas BeensEndsStatesTalentDegreesArtisticDamnSpontaneous Author:Lee Van Cleef
“There was a degree of interventionism in American foreign policy, the notion that we must be the superpower and we have to intervene everywhere, that I think makes no sense.” ThinkingPolicyDegreesNotionForeign PolicySuperpowerAmerican Foreign PolicyInterventionism Author:Barney Frank
“I suppose I'm qualified to some degree to speak about the nature of contemporary media, as that's where I currently work. People, I think have been beyond trained - coded to not anticipate change; to think that change is implausible. Almost weaned off. It had to be a revolution bred out of us.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSpeakMediaRevolutionDegreesContemporaryQualifiedAnticipate Author:Russell Brand
“All the kids that I grew up with, in an almost idyllic environment - I've got to tell you, it was so wonderful - they've gone on and they're doctors and Ph.D.'s and everybody has a four-year college degree. None of our parents, I think, had a four-year degree.” ThinkingYearsKidsParentGoneEnvironmentFourWonderfulCollegeGrewDegreesGrew UpDoctorsFour YearsCollege DegreeIdyllic Author:Jeff Sessions
“People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?," there is an expression that people use that means, "Just barely not dead." Some people might be frightened by it but I think it's quite funny.” PeopleThinkingMeanUseMightAgeCertainAsksExpressionDegreesFrightenedTibet Author:Robert Thurman
“I think that Walter's [White] whole career is indicative of a large degree of egocentricity. Perhaps to be generous, you would have to say that he was a product of his period, which was that of self-projection in the name of organizational interest.” ThinkingSelfWholeNamesInterestWhiteCareersProductsPeriodsDegreesGenerousProjectionOrganizational Author:Ella Baker
“[Photography is ] likewise even French impressionists. So the Sculls bought pop. It was politics, and they moved with it. And I think that could be happening, to some degree, with photography, too. It doesn't cost as much to do it, either.” ThinkingCostDegreesPhotographyHappeningsMovedPopsImpressionists Author:Garry Winogrand
“I discover that I am thinking about a play, which is the first awareness I have that a new play is forming. When I'm aware of the play forming in my head, it's already at a certain degree in development.” ThinkingFirstsPlayCertainAwarenessDevelopmentDegrees Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I think she [Gina Torres] loved being on the show [Suits], and we'd loved having her. She wanted to do it to some degree sooner rather than later, so we tried to figure out a way to make it work for both of us so that she could enjoy her life a little bit more.” ThinkingWayLittlesShowsWantedBitsEnjoyFiguresDegreesLittle BitSuitsGinaTorres Author:Aaron Korsh
“Whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man - whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyse the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.” ThinkingKnowsMenHas BeensArtActorsFoundSimpleKnowingImagineIgnoranceHigherMetsCreaturesDegreesAll ThingsImitationDeceivedWizardsAccuracyKnowledge And Ignorance Author:Socrates
“African Americans, in particular, saw their cumulative wealth crash. They used to have 10 cents on the dollar of the average white family. That 10 cents on the dollar that the African American family used to have crashed down to 5 cents on the dollar, given the focus of predatory lending on the African American community and the degree to which they were really devastated by the foreclosure crisis. So yeah, I think there is a lot of disappointment out there.” ThinkingUsedGivenCommunityWealthWhiteSawsFocusParticularDegreesCrisisYeahDollarsAverageDisappointmentAfrican AmericanCentsCrashLendingDevastatedAmerican FamilyCumulativePredatoryForeclosure Author:Jill Stein
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!” ThinkingWayMomentsHouseNumbersAttentionCareersMediaExampleHugeDegreesPaperNewsResearchCrisisCloudsDetailsLovelyVideoPostsLinksArticlesAshesPapersOnly TimeBlogsVolcanoesArchivesEruptionGeologistHuge Numbers Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.” ThinkingHappensDegreesSpotsSoftness Author:John Kasich
“There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad, there will be more intervention and so forth. But I don't know if that's going to be fulfilled. If there is more intervention, then I think it's going to go the same way as these other interventions that we've seen in Iraq, we've seen, to a degree, in Syria, we've seen in Libya, you know, that they do really badly. They make bad situations worse.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayLinesSituationMiddleDegreesExpectationsIraqEastPostsMiddle EastFulfilledSyriaInterventionLibyaAssadBad Situations Author:Patrick Cockburn
“There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to some degree - and this is where it is relevant - with school boards around the country that are mandating curriculums and textbooks, you start seeing this weird watering down of scientific fact so that our kids are growing up in an environment - and this connects to what I was saying earlier abou the media - where everything's contested. Where nothing is true.” ThinkingCountryFactsProblemKidsSchoolReligiousGrowing UpEnvironmentGrowingSeeingMediaDegreesScientistBoardsRelevantTextbooksCurriculumSchool SystemScientific FactsSchool Board Author:Barack Obama
“An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens to all surgeons, I think. There's a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.” ThinkingNeedsSelfHappensStrangeHugeDegreesDoctorsImportanceUncertaintySurgeonsSense Of SelfSelf-importance Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I think design, to a degree, is more generous and more humanistic than art, though great art can move us more.” ThinkingArtMovingDesignDegreesGenerousGreat ArtHumanistic Author:Paula Scher
“You have to kind of roll with the punches. That's why I think work begets work to a certain degree. I just try and keep busy.” ThinkingTryingKindCertainDegreesBusyBegetsKeep Busy Author:Judd Nelson
“I think one of the real issues that we're faced with is how we consume news, how the media is perceived, how fake news is gaining a degree of currency without criticism that is dangerous, in my judgement.” ThinkingRealIssuesMediaDangerousDegreesNewsCriticismJudgementFakeCurrency Author:Susan Rice
“It [also] lives on its history, now, to some extent: its achievements [ of the Commonwealth] in Rhodesia and South Africa, which were enormous. And they'll live on that for some time, I guess. And there is still - I'm out of touch with it now, of course - but I still think there is a degree of cooperation at the economic level, to some extent, with the more developed countries helping the less developed. How substantial that is now, I simply am not versed.” ThinkingStillsCountryHelpingCoursesLevelsEconomicDegreesAchievementSouthEnormousCooperationSouth AfricaCommonwealthDeveloped CountryRhodesia Author:Bob Hawke
“I think that too far, too much, to a greater degree than is anywhere near appropriate, America and our politics are being governed by more and more powerful interests, by fewer and fewer people in the sense of the amount of money that has controlled access and other kinds of things.” PeopleThinkingKindAmericaInterestPowerfulGreaterToo MuchAmountDegreesAccessAppropriateControlledFewer Author:John F. Kerry
“The degree of polarization that currently exists in Washington is such where I think it's fair to say if I presented a cure for cancer, getting legislation passed to move that forward would be a nail-biter.” IfsThinkingWould BeMovingDegreesFairsCancerCuresNailsLegislationPolarization Author:Barack Obama
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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.
“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
“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 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
“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 would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I espoused human rights in its broadest definition, not only freedom of speech but freedom of assembly, freedom of worship and trial by jury but also the right of people for people to have a decent home to live, food to eat, employment, healthcare, self respect, dignity. So I think the broad gamut of human rights, peace and freedom. I would like to be remembered for those things to the degree that I deserve it and I still have a long way to go.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansLongStillsSelfHomeRememberPresidentRightsSpeechDegreesWorshipDeserveDignityHuman RightsDefinitionsTrialsEmploymentRememberedDecentSelf RespectBroadsHealthcareFreedom Of SpeechLong WayJuryAssemblyLong Way To GoTrial By JuryFreedom Of Assembly Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think all immigrants and refugees are preoccupied with memories to one degree or another. But again, this question of how much to remember and how much to forget is really aggravated for those who have lost a tremendous amount.” ThinkingRememberLostMemoriesForgetAmountDegreesImmigrantsRefugeeAggravated Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes. What's different in Obama's case is that he's wearing a racial mask, this 'bargainer's' mask, and I think very effectively, whereby he gives whites the benefit of the doubt. He's essentially saying, 'I am going to presume you are not racist, if you won't hold my race against me.' So, his mask is a distinctly racial one.” IfsThinkingGivingDifferentOrderRaceCasesDoubtPoliticianDegreesBenefitsVoteMaskRacistBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Shelby Steele
“We must contemplate what the meaning of being "educated" is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsImportantI BelieveDecisionSituationJudgingDegreesEducatedPlentyContemplatingMaking TimeTimely Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsBelieveHumansChurchMysteryArmsDegreesAppreciateMiracleAttractionBelieverFrustrationMiraculousUnexplained Author:John Irving
“I don't think I underestimated [Vladimir Putin], but I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age, it is possible for misinformation for cyber hacking and so forth to have an impact on our open societies, our open systems, to insinuate themselves into our democratic practices in ways that I think are accelerating.” ThinkingWayAgePracticeInformationDegreesImpactDemocraticPutinMisinformationHackingUnderestimatedCyberInformation AgeNew Information Author:Barack Obama
“I think the trick is that you have to change how you take stuff in. Maybe the early beginnings of a song come out in a subconscious way, but then you might have to crack it to a certain degree, where you might use parts of your brain that you don't normally use.” ThinkingWayUseMightCertainSongStuffBrainDegreesTricksCracksSubconsciousMight Use Author:Conor O'Brien
“We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.” ThinkingInspirationalAgeBusinessVisionKnowledgeProgressSkillsDemandDegreesIntelligentCriticalLogicalCapabilityNew AgeConstructiveCritical ThinkingDeductionsSynthesis Author:Li Ka-shing
“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.” ThinkingShouldEducationCollegeMonthsBasketballDegreesSixEducatedSix MonthsBartenderGoing Back To SchoolBartending Author:Al McGuire
“When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRealizingPositionSkillsDegreesAbout YourselfFeel Better Author:Steven Morrissey
“I think the lie we've told people in the marketplace is that a degree gets you a job. A degree doesn't get you a job. What gets you a job is the ability to carry yourself into that room and shake a hand and look someone in the eye and have people skills. These are the things that cause people to become successful.” PeopleThinkingLooksHandsEyeJobsLyingCausesAbilityRoomsSuccessfulSkillsDegreesShakesMarketplaceBecoming SuccessfulPeople Skills Author:Dave Ramsey
“I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantedKnow HowWillingIndustryDegreesFavorsCeo Author:Eric Schmidt
“On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.” ThinkingWayCertainSidesTermAnswersLevelsDegreesDefinedCynicism Author:J. Michael Straczynski