“Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.” ReasonWishPrayerDependsPrayingAimAppealsMeritRemedyFervent Author:Carter G. Woodson
“Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will. It is primarily a matter of sensory pleasure, and involves a kind of short-circuiting of the pleasure network. Addiction is characterized by a loss of the emotional dynamic that would otherwise govern an outward-directed, cognitively creative life.” WorldMindKindMatterStatesIndividualLossPleasureCreativeSubjectsObjectsEmotionalDependsAddictionAriseAppealsEncountersExplorationState Of MindPonderingCognitiveSensoryCreative Life Author:Roger Scruton
“For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights. But much of their livelihood - and much of the vibrancy of our culture - also depends on the existence of other intangible rights: The right to draw ideas from a rich and varied public domain, and the right to mock, for profit as well as fun, the cultural icons of our time.” PeopleWellsMadeIdeasLawCultureFunExistenceMillionsRichRightsDependsIntellectualDrawsShadowHollywoodCourtPropertyProfitAppealsOur TimeToilDomainIconsMockProperty RightsCircuitsLivelihoodIntangibleIntellectual PropertyVibrancyPublic Domain Author:Alex Kozinski
“You know, there's a certain irony in the fact that our lives and perhaps the lives of everyone on Earth may depend on Captain Patterson's sex appeal.” KnowsMenMayFactsEarthCertainSexOur LivesDependsMen And WomenAppealsIronyCaptainsSex Appeal Author:Charles Beaumont
“I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can do it quite deeply. It really depends on the type of idea you have to begin with.” ThinkingWritingIdeasStoriesCan DoTypeDependsHarderIntellectAppealsTiesYou Can Do It Author:Stephen King
“When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.” FilmFieldsDependsMembersIndependentWideAccessArtisticAppealsDeniedUnfairDistributionIndependent FilmPlaying Fields Author:Norman Jewison
“Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.” MindArtCertainLiteratureLanguagePaintingDependsDetailsAppealsVisualsFacultySculptureAuditory Author:Steven Pinker