“Words can mean different things to different people. It is important to understand what people mean when they use a certain word. Let's make an example. Take the word gay. Fifty years ago, gay meant exclusively cheerfulness, lighthearted excitement, merry or bright colors. Today this word has a different meaning. You won't call a cheerful person gay because it could be understood as something else.” PeopleYearsMeanPersonsImportantDifferentUseTodayCertainExampleColorGayUnderstoodYears AgoExcitementFiftyDifferent ThingsCheerfulDifferent PeoplesMerryCheerfulnessDifferent MeaningsBright Colors Author:Ali Sina
“I need to be happy. I need to set that example for my daughter so that she goes into something she loves, not because other people want her to do something. It's a good feeling, it's freeing.” PeopleWantNeedsFeelingsExampleDaughterMy DaughterGood Feeling Author:Lights
“Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.” KnowsTeachExampleStudentsTrainers Author:Jack LaLanne
“The ruin of Paganism, in the age of Theodosius, is perhaps the only example of the total extirpation of any ancient and popular superstition; and may therefore deserve to be considered, as a singular event in the history of the human mind.” MindHumansMayAgeEventsExampleDeserveAncientRuinsHuman MindSuperstitionsPaganism Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Our physical senses and our embodied brains allow us to perceive only a small fraction of reality. We cannot see microbes or untraviolet light, for example. We can hear only a small range of sounds. When we try to describe the otherworld of energies and spirits, we are limited not only by our bodily constraints but by the expectations, assumptions, and language patterns ingrained in us by the culture we were raised in.” TryingRealityLightSpiritCultureEnergyLanguageSoundBrainExampleExpectationsRaisedPatternsSensesRangePerceiveAssumptionConstraintsPaganismFractionsMicrobes Author:Starhawk
“You're never healing the level you're on. You're always healing the level you came from. For example, you know things today that you didn't know in your first marriage.” KnowsFirstsTodayLevelsHealingExample Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“I'm trying to do the right things, especially on the ice. Even when I talk to the media, I try to not be obnoxious or be rude. I try to approach you with respect. Same thing when I played, especially if you're the captain, you wanna try and set an example.” IfsTryingMediaExampleApproachIceRight ThingCaptainsRudeObnoxious Author:Nicklas Lidstrom
“If there is any one skill that every professional must learn, it is how to brand himself or herself in the marketplace. A brand provides certainty to customers and lets them know that what they`re getting is the best. People don`t like to make decisions. Once we decide, for example, the kind of toothpaste we prefer, rarely do we change. We have to make so many decisions every day in our lives that most of us are overwhelmed.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindDecisionOur LivesExampleSkillsCustomersCertaintyBrandsOverwhelmedMarketplaceToothpaste Author:Tony Robbins
“The problem with using force in our lives is that we always create a counterforce. For example, If you're with a child and the child says, "I hate you," which is a very low energy, and you respond with, "I hate you too," you have lowered the collective energy that you are both in, and both of you will he weakened. Whereas, if you respond to, "I hate you," with love, which is what, instinctively, we know what to do, then we can dissolve and dissipate that hatred.” IfsKnowsChildrenProblemLife IsHateEnergyForceOur LivesExampleLowsHatredI HateCollectivesHate YouI Hate You Author:Wayne Dyer
“If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about what a woman does, you can come up with an opposite example of other women who don't do that. Those are more artificial distinctions, I think.” IfsThinkingMenGivingDoeDifferentPayAttentionExampleMen And WomenOppositesCome UpHonestlyPay AttentionDistinctionFeminineArtificialMasculineSociologists Author:Wayne Dyer
“Marriage can be whatever you define it as. For example, I don't feel like I need a piece of paper that says I own her and she owns me. I think signing a piece of paper doesn't mean anything in the eyes of God or in the eyes of people. The thing is, if you are together and you love each other and are good to each other, make babies and all that, for all intents and purposes you are married.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsMeanEyeTogetherPurposePiecesExampleBabyPaperMarriedLove Each OtherSigning Author:Johnny Depp
“My reason [for making my own paint] is to force a real-time experience of the work. Most work today is experienced by reproduction, and more specifically by computer screen, like jpegs, but an RGB simulation of fluorescent will never fully accurately depict some colors. For example, our eyes are a lot more sophisticated than you might assume. You can feel a lot more going on on the surface of a canvas than you can on the surface of a screen.” FeelsRealReasonMightEyeTodayForceMy OwnExampleColorComputerAssumingPaintSurfaceScreensSophisticatedCanvasReproductionSimulationComputer Screen Author:Ryan McGinness
“I live up in the hills, and I don't have any cable, and I have really slow satellite, so that does it - because being on the Internet is okay, but it takes a long time. I have a prediction that at some point, there will be a backlash. Like at the end of the '60s, there was that back-to-the-land movement, and I'm guessing that people will start consciously saying, "I'm not taking the phone with me," or "I'm only checking email x number of times a day," or "I'm not ever gonna self-Google," for example.” PeopleLongDoeEndsSelfNumbersLandExampleMovementInternetLong TimeOkayPhonesHillsGooglePredictionsEmailCablesGuessingSatellitesBacklash Author:George Saunders
“I think "Avatar" is kind of a unique category where people are enjoying the unique theatrical experience even though they may have seen it on the small screen. They want to have that immersive, transportive experience. "2001: A Space Odyssey" played for three years at the Loews cinema in Toronto. I remember that. It just kept playing. People wanted to return to that experience. That may not be the best example because I think "2001" took 25 years to break even.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsKindMayWantedRememberThreeEnjoySpaceBreakExampleReturnUniqueScreensCinemaBeing The BestCategoriesThree YearsTheatricalTorontoOdysseyBreak EvenSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Author:James Cameron
“TV show's really quick. You're in, you're out. A film usually takes a lot longer. However, a voiceover is very much like TV in the sense that it's really quick. For example, I did the movie Planes in one day.” ShowsFilmExampleTvsOne DayPlanesTv Shows Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“My priority as a father should always remain first. My kids look to me as their example. Every decision I make and everything that I do always has to come back to the question, "Does this make me a better father?" "Will my kids benefit from this?" It's no longer just about me…but about my kids. My perspective in life has changed.” ShouldFirstsLooksDoeKidsFatherDecisionExampleChangedPerspectiveBenefitsPrioritiesLife Has Changed Author:Dwyane Wade
“I think the culture is changing. An example of that is that the commanders truly want the very best person for the job regardless of gender.” ThinkingWantPersonsJobsCultureExampleGenderCommandersBest Person Author:Tanya Biank
“Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for example. But in the end, there is no way around it: The debt levels have to come down.” WayNeedsEndsCountryDoneLevelsExampleYouthAreasDebtExtrasUnemploymentSpainGreeceStimulus Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me.” PeopleYearsExampleGrewGrew UpGrandparent Author:Andre Agassi
“When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example.” PeopleYoungExampleProtectConcernCommunismAssetsJustified Author:Herve Falciani
“For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being - old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.” PeopleWayPlayTogetherYoungGuyBlackCommunityWhiteExampleModelsHarmonySettingSettingsWhite GuysOld GuysYoung GuysBlack GuysBeing OldSetting An Example Author:Bill Frisell
“I was hoping to be a healthy example, because we can't all look like all of these actresses and the models you see on the covers of magazine. And they aren't doing it healthfully anyway, I promise you.” LooksExamplePromiseHealthyModelsActressesMagazinesI Promise Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“The real reason Cuba poses a threat has nothing to do with my being here or anyone else being here. It's because Cuba is an example of a country that is actively fighting against imperialist domination and insists on its own right to self-determination and sovereignty.” RealSelfCountryReasonFightingExampleDeterminationThreatSelf DeterminationSovereigntyDominationCuba Author:Assata Shakur
“The US government's most acute fear is that other countries are going to follow the Cuban example. They want everybody to know that if you follow this example we will attack you in every way that we can.” IfsKnowsWayWantCountryGovernmentExampleOther CountriesCuban Author:Assata Shakur
“Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice ... because it means, for example, that I should not be writing about Nicholas Flamel, because I didn't live in France in the 15th Century, I was not an alchemyst, am not immortal (despite the rumours) and do not know magic.” KnowsShouldWritingMeanCoursesMagicAdviceCenturyExampleDespiteFranceOddImmortalAdviseRumours Author:Michael Scott
“Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.” LongDoeTermExampleInnovationClimateLong TermDistrustCompliance Author:Stephen Covey
“Look at me as an example. I don't have the best education or the best looks. Where I'm from in Nigeria is not entertainment driven, it's the northern part of Nigeria and over there they hardly pay attention to entertainment. I came out of that place to attain this level of success. I always say if I can get here with all of these imperfections then no one has the excuse to fail in life.” IfsLooksI CanLevelsPayAttentionFailingExampleEntertainmentExcuseDrivenPay AttentionImperfectionLook At MeNigeriaBest Education Author:Ice Prince
“Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear much resemblance to real-life dialogue. For example, if you've ever seen a word-for-word transcript of people talking, it doesn't read off the page very well. The trick is to make it *seem* like it's being spoken, not to make it speakable.” PeopleIfsWellsBookIdeasRealSeemsReadingSoundTalkingExampleBearsPagesHonestlyReal LifeTricksDialogueGood IdeasResemblancePeople TalkingReading Aloud Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I'm not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can't be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.” KnowsShouldLittlesForgetHalfExampleKicksBottlesBotheredVitamins Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Apple has never allowed ad-blocking software on the iPhone or iPad. This is one among many reasons that I ditched both. Not because I hate ads all that passionately, but because it's an example of the obsessive corporate control Apple maintains over its environment.” ReasonHateEnvironmentExampleI HateBlockCorporateApplesOver ItSoftwareAdsObsessiveIphoneIpads Author:Kevin Drum
“Atlanta's a good example of a city that's quite sprawling, where there's a sharp division between where blacks and whites live, between where low-income and high-income families live.” CitiesExampleLowsIncomeDivisionGood ExamplesAtlantaLow Income Author:Raj Chetty
“New generations have unprecedented power to make great changes. Take the music business for example. The new generations have toppled the music industry by file sharing, downloading, and Myspace. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the people.” PeopleGenerationsRocksExampleIndustryRock N RollFilesMusic BusinessMusic IndustryUnprecedentedNew GenerationGreat ChangeFile Sharing Author:Patti Smith
“If you're creating a slave situation, you would almost never bring women. And if we look at Slavery for example, we look at the Greeks and the Romans, right? It was always men. They never brought any women. Because women carry the seeds of the revolution, right? And if you have the men by themselves, then you can do what the French did with the Blackfeet, which is breed them out.” IfsMenLooksCan DoSituationExampleHe ManRevolutionCreatingSlaverySlaveSeedsGreek Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I think Christians should be leaders in art, science, philanthropy, charity, and all kinds of good works. We should be good examples for everyone. Unfortunately though, that's not often the case.” ThinkingShouldKindArtChristianLeaderCasesExampleCharityBe GoodAll KindsGood WorkPhilanthropyGood Examples Author:Matt Smith
“As an actor, often you're stuck with these scenes in which a great period of time is in between them - for example, if you do a biopic, it might be a year, it might be a decade, you never know.” IfsKnowsYearsMightActorsExamplePeriodsSceneDecadesStuck Author:Aden Young
“People feel that the Bible is unequivocal in stating that the age of the earth is very young and so on and so forth, and so the big things get lumped together with the lesser things. And the age of the earth is for example virtually made a touchstone of doctrine, when there's so much evidence out there in science against it.” PeopleFeelsMadeBigsAgeEarthTogetherYoungExampleEvidenceDoctrineBig ThingsTouchstonesUnequivocal Author:John Lennox
“All human beings are moral beings. So, certainly there are alliances. We are in the countries, that are secular states, and we obey its laws. I think we must recognize that common moral base. But in alliances we must always be careful just of what level the alliance is perceived. I will go and lecture to an atheist society, for example, but I will not lecture for them, because I am not an atheist. You see the difference.” ThinkingHumansCountryStatesLawDifferencesHuman BeingsLevelsCommonMoralExampleAtheistCarefulBe CarefulSecularLecturesAlliancesHeist Society Author:John Lennox
“The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.” IfsStatesExampleBuildingIndiaIndependenceContributionTerritoryFinest Book:Gandhi on Nehru Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.” SpiritSacrificeExampleMastersIdealsNobleVainRenunciationTime Passes Book:The Essential Writings Source: The Essential Writings
“Here is an example to help you understand the efficacy of the Rosary. You remember the story of David who vanquished Goliath. What steps did the young Israelite take to overthrow the giant? He struck him in the middle of the forehead with a pebble from his sling. If we regard the Philistine as representing evil and all its powers: heresy, impurity, pride, we can consider the little stones from the sling capable of overthrowing the enemy as symbolizing the Aves of the Rosary.” IfsLittlesHelpingStoriesRememberYoungEvilStepsEnemyMiddleExamplePrideCapableStonesRegardGiantsHeresyForeheadsRepresentingPebblesEfficacyRosaryImpurityPhilistinesGoliath Author:Columba Marmion
“Men accept compliments much better than women do. Example: "Mitch, you look great." Mitch: "Thanks." On the other side: "Ruth, you look great." Ruth: "I do? Must be the lighting."” MenLooksHumorFunnySidesAcceptingExampleThanksComplimentLightingRuth Author:Rita Rudner
“You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.” ThinkingGivingMovingExampleOffersKeep MovingGood ExamplesPositive Experiences Author:Augusten Burroughs
“The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.” BigsWinningSecretStudyExampleMy FriendsVoteElectionOpponentsRepresentativesRobinsGood ExamplesWinning Elections Author:Jesse Helms
“There's only one thing that all of the central banks control and that is the base, their own liability, and they can control that in various ways. They can control it directly by open market operations, buying and selling government securities or other assets, for example, buying and selling gold, or they can control it indirectly by altering the rate at which banks lend to one another.” WayGovernmentOne ThingSecurityExampleGoldRateVariousSellingOperationsBuyingAssetsLiabilityCentral BanksBuying And Selling Author:Milton Friedman
“'Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers to the executives and stockholders of various businesses who will continue to profit from, for example, 'The Garden Party,' while the descendants of Katherine Mansfield will not.” WealthPartyExampleBenefitsGardenProfitVariousExecutivesDomainTransfersDescendantsAmerican WriterLiterary WorksPublic Domain Author:Mark Helprin
“Molecular genetics can show off some surprising relationships like, for example, the close relationship of whales to hippopotamuses, which I think nobody ever guessed until molecular data was looked at. The closest relatives of whales are hippopotamuses, even closer than any other cloven-hoofed animals.” ThinkingShowsAnimalExampleDataSurprisingClosestGeneticsWhalesShowing OffClose RelationshipHippopotamus Author:Richard Dawkins
“I'd always enjoyed the comics more, and felt that as long as I was unemployed it would be a good chance to pursue that and see what response I could get from asyndicate, as I didn't have anything to lose at that point. So I drew up a comic strip - this was in 1980 - and sent it off and got rejected. I continued that for five years with different comic strip examples 'til finally Calvin and Hobbes came together. But it's been a long road.” YearsLongDifferentWould BeTogetherFeltLosesChanceFiveExampleResponsePursueComicEnjoyedFive YearsRejectedUnemployedGood ChanceHobbesComic StripsLong Road Author:Bill Watterson
“The visual can seduce you, leading to false deductions, and ultimately, even the finest ideas can be reduced. Take for example, sexuality. If it is reduced down to the moment and to pleasure, things like that, that's not what sexuality is all about. Sexuality was to be in tandem with the sacred, not amputated from it.” IfsIdeasMomentsPleasureExampleSacredSexualityVisualsFinestSeducingDeductionsSure ThingTandem Author:Ravi Zacharias
“I've always been fascinated with marine geography and how deep things are. I was spellbound by the tsunami, for example, by the actual maps. There is just something about the unseen bottom of the sea that has always fascinated me, how deep is it.” SeaExampleBottomMapsFascinatedUnseenMarineGeographyTsunamiDeep Things Author:Joan Didion
“For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.” MeanDoeJusticeSadnessExampleSadEqual Author:Aristotle