“Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a resilience of continuity that is part of what makes up human nature. That is not fundamentally going to change.” HumansCharacterExistenceHuman NatureActivityEatingFundamentalsResilienceCoreContinuityHuman ExistenceLike LoveHuman ActivityLove Death Author:Leon Botstein
“Food is so fundamental, more so than sexuality, aggression, or learning, that it is astounding to realize the neglect of food and eating in depth psychology.” RealizingPsychologyFoodEatingFundamentalsDepthSexualityNeglectAggressionFood And Eating Author:James Hillman
“A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.” PeopleMomentsBodyJoySimpleOur LivesActivityEatingFundamentalsOccasionsMealsCommunionMaintainingIntersectionsUniting Author:Elise M. Boulding
“We delude ourselves if we believe that skilled behavior is easy, that it can come about without effort. We forget the years of tuning, of learning and practice it takes to be skilled at even the most fundamental of human activities: eating, walking, talking, reading, and writing. It is tempting to want instant gratification - immediate expert performance and experiential pleasure - but the truth is that this primarily occurs only after considerable amounts of accretion and tuning.” IfsWantWritingYearsBelieveHumansReadingEasyForgetPleasureEffortTalkingPracticeAmountWalkingTruth IsActivityBehaviorEatingPerformancesFundamentalsInstantExpertsGratificationTemptingHuman ActivityReading And WritingTuningInstant Gratification Author:Donald A. Norman
“If people are eating mostly pickles after many generations, where did that come from? It's reflective of history, often a painful history. It's central to a culture, to a history, to a personal story. It's communication at its most fundamental.” PeopleIfsStoriesCultureGenerationsCommunicationEatingFundamentalsPainfulPicklesPersonal Stories Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?” MayChildrenLittlesEnoughNextCuttingEatingOur ChildrenFundamentalsPlantCuriosityWinterSeedsDrivenCornCutting Off Book:The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark