“I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.” KnowsHumansUseBigsJobsHateGamesSportsHoursKnow HowFourFansFootballElementsI HateInstantNflUmpiresFootball GameFootball FanReplayNfl FootballInstant Replay Author:Bud Selig
“Its the details and the human element that makes Recount entertaining. Even though we know how the election ends, it plays like a thriller. Its also funny.” KnowsHumansEndsPlayKnow HowElementsElectionDetailsEntertainingThrillers Author:Kevin Spacey
“Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsHardPlayAbilityKnow HowTalentHard WorkElementsLaborLeisureIntroducingConstructivePlayfulness Author:Sydney J. Harris
“The people designing the weapons literally often didn't know how they were being handled in the field by the Air Force - and a lot of people in the Air Force didn't understand some of the dangers. There's a very strong element of madness in this.” PeopleKnowsStrongForceKnow HowAirDangerDesignFieldsElementsWeaponsMadnessVery StrongAir Force Author:Eric Schlosser
“I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical know-how, some money to get on with it, and the dream that he can always grow.” ThinkingKnowsGivingDreamGrowsGrowthKnow HowElementsMajorsFantasticCombinationFilmmaker Author:Jihan El-Tahri
“A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other. You know? It was never scary it was never a film he got invested in the romance of the characters. He understood it, but he never got invested. So it as a challenge for me to see if I could do that, I still don't know how audiences will sort of react to that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsCharacterFilmRomanceChallengesAudienceKnow HowSuccessfulPeriodsHorrorElementsUnderstoodScaryIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga
“John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains the elements of all three. I think that's pretty wise. That's about the only way I know how to explain what music is.” ThinkingKnowsWayStillsThreePrayerKnow HowWiseElementsMusic IsDefinedHowlLament Author:John K. Samson
“I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction.” KnowsFeelsWritingStrongKnow HowCreativeStyleElementsNonfictionFeel BetterBetter OffTravel WritingCreative Nonfiction Author:John Gimlette
“The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture - a common Christian culture - and the elements were chosen for a common symbolic meaning. Someone who knew everything that was represented in a cathedral had a sort of encyclopedia - you can indeed call it that - but it was a selective encyclopedia, like encyclopedias back when they were books and the people writing them were supposed to be specialists in their field. I think today the problem is that people don't know how to choose between different kinds of information.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookDifferentProblemTodayChristianCultureCommonKnow HowInformationFieldsElementsChosenSupposed To BeDifferent KindsSymbolicBack WhenCathedralsSpecialistsSelectiveEncyclopediaCommon CultureSymbolic Meaning Author:Eugene Green
“You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.” IfsKnowsWholeFightingKnow HowElementsFishesBlowHeavySurfaceEggsBubblesFloatingFloatsNestsRepairing Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional materials through traditional methods. Avant-garde architects often simply do not know how the products of their imagination will perform when implemented, especially if untested components are involved.” IfsKnowsMadeImaginationNaturalKnow HowBuildingMaterialsProductsInvolvedElementsMethodArchitectureTraditionalArchitectConventionalComponentsAvant GardeNatural Elements Author:Martin Filler