“If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.” IfsArtStillsAbleFilmLanguageSpaceFictionExamplePhotographyStandardsGoldScience FictionAccomplishEtcLightingOdysseyGold StandardSpace Odyssey2001 A Space OdysseyArt Direction Author:Matthew Modine
“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.” IfsYearsLooksMadeCountryCharacterAbleLastsPovertyEconomyProgressGenerationsExampleGrewPercentEastIndianAsian1960sPhenomenalAsian Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.” IfsFeelsFactsUseAblePleasureCommonFocusExampleObjectsKeysGratitudeComputerInstrumentsAppreciationAvailableCupsClockEach DayChairsPensForksEyeglassesUtensils Author:Zelig Pliskin
“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth.” IfsWayDoeTwoAbleSufferingChristExampleMouthsCrossesSheepTwo WaysSlaughterGreat Patience Author:Thomas Aquinas
“When men are able to influence so many others through their life and their example, they do not die.” MenAbleDiesInfluenceExample Author:Aleida Guevara
“I'm a historian by training and by conviction. And so the thing that has throughout informed my thinking about international relations is history. I think, for example, the reason that I was perhaps able to see sooner than some others that the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe was decaying--if not disintegrating--was that I came to it through history and through Germany, rather than through Sovietology and through Moscow. And therefore the starting point was that no empire in history has lasted forever, and this one won't either.” IfsThinkingReasonAbleForeverExampleTrainingEuropeRelationStartingInternationalConvictionGermanyEmpiresHistorianSovietEasternInternational RelationsStarting PointMoscowEastern Europe Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.” PeopleNeedsBelieveFactsProblemAbleLostI BelieveAnswersWorstExampleDependsDiseaseScientistEnvironmentalSolveAidsOur TimeDisappointedContemptPollutionHivEnvironmental Pollution Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“Some people have a knack, for example, of being able to tell when someone's lying to them. They may not know what the truth is, but they can tell when someone is trying to lead them astray or sell them something shady. I think he had that ability to an amazing degree. I also think he thought, without saying it explicitly, that you can convince a crowd of something that's not true more easily than you can one person at a time.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMayPersonsBookAbleLyingLanguageAbilityExampleTruth IsDegreesSellsCrowdsConvinceKnackShady Author:George Orwell
“If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in Chicago tomorrow, which looks like it's going to happen for 1100 or 1200 people, then obviously everyone will know that we can affect between 700 to 1000 people at a time in damn near every city in America, then I think that's a good start. It also tells people, and gives them an example, how independent hip-hop is able to do this without gigantic corporate support.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingLooksBigsHappensAbleAmericaCitiesSupportExampleTomorrowIndependentSellsHip HopHipsCorporateDamnHopsChicagoVenuesOmaha Author:Immortal Technique
“I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever seen, are spoken word poems that, when you see them, you're aware of the fact they need to be performed. That there's something about that poem that you would not be able to understand if you were just reading it on a piece of paper.” IfsThinkingNeedsBelieveFactsAbleReadingI BelievePiecesExamplePaperSpoken Word Author:Sarah Kay
“... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the example of the religious consciousness without a religion which maybe sooner or later I will be able to write about.” NeedsShouldWritingAbleReligiousConsciousnessMysteryExampleHumbleSooner Or Later Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“The book that influenced me most is Sherlock Holmes, which teaches you the way to deal with reality: to deduct. It teaches you to put together the signs. For example, I look at a person and I see their coat, their jacket, their handwriting, their iPhone, and I am able to deduct some details about who they are, what they wear, and what they do. For many years I was fascinated with Sherlock Holmes. The series trained me to look at the world through these sharp, unforgiving eyes.” WorldWayYearsLooksPersonsBookRealityEyeAbleTogetherDealsTeachExampleSeriesDetailsFascinatedCoatsJacketsIphoneHolmesHandwritingUnforgiving Author:Signe Baumane
“I would not have been able to accomplish a lot of what I did professionally had I not learned to fly myself and owned an airplane. For example, I was able to fly to an exhibition for the day and be back home in time for dinner. I never would have been able to do that flying commercially.” Has BeensHomeAbleExampleAccomplishDinnerFlyingAirplaneBack HomeExhibitions Author:Arnold Palmer
“The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it up. I don't know the examples in Great Britain of athletes who have fallen. I know the examples in the United States - the Tiger Woods, the Michael Vicks, even the Bill Clintons - people who are still out there able to work.” PeopleKnowsStillsStatesAbleCommunityAbilityUnitedUnited StatesExampleBillsClintonAthleteCancerWoodsSpeedFallenBritainTigersBansGreat BritainMichael Vick Author:Lance Armstrong
“I did not have a personal relationship with Jesus until I met my nanny, who helped me through a failing marriage and raising my two boys in a New York City apartment. She showed me by example what it was like to be able to talk to Jesus and bring all my cares and worries to Him. That was in 1990.” TwoCareAbleJesusCitiesBoysWorryFailingNew YorkExampleMetsNew York CityApartmentPersonal RelationshipsNannies Author:Kim Alexis
“Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? Its simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the states budget around.” WantStatesMightAbleTurnsFightingExampleRepublicanTeethSavingBudgetsGovernorsNailsSenatorsSaving Money Author:Bart Stupak
“I thought, Hey, maybe these people shouldn't be making up holidays to drink more. Maybe if they drank less they might be able to title their newspaper articles more specifically. For example, I would title this last article "Drunk Driver Hits Drunk Walker Drunkety-Drunk I'm So Drunk."” PeopleIfsHumorMightAbleFunnyLastsExampleDrinkNewspapersDrunkHeyTitlesHolidayDriversArticlesDrankMaking UpWalkers Book:Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories Source: Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories
“We have to look at for example the increasing globalization of capital, the whole system of transitional capitalism now which has had an impact on black populations - that has for example eradicated large numbers of jobs that black people traditionally have been able to count upon and created communities where the tax base is lost now as a result of corporations moving to the third world in order to discover cheap labor.” PeopleWorldLooksHas BeensWholeAbleJobsMovingOrderLostBlackCommunityResultsNumbersExampleTaxesCapitalismLaborThirdsImpactPopulationCorporationsBlack PeopleGlobalizationThird WorldLarge NumbersCheap Labor Author:Angela Davis
“This is a major step forward in achieving our objective, which is an ally having a democratic Iraq, a country able to sustain itself and defend itself, a country that will be an ally in the war on terror and a country which will set such a powerful example to others in the region.” WarCountryAblePowerfulStepsAchieveExampleMajorsDemocraticIraqTerrorObjectivesRegionsAlliesWar On TerrorSteps Forward Author:Tucker Carlson
“I think circumstance plays a big part in terms of what I do. For example, if I wasn't ever able to show in an art gallery I probably wouldn't really make very much sculpture. But I've had the opportunity to show in big spaces, so I want to fill up that space in the same way you might want to fill up a page.” IfsThinkingWayWantArtPlayShowsBigsMightAbleOpportunityTermSpaceExampleCircumstancesPagesSculptureGalleryArt Galleries Author:David Shrigley
“My generation knew pretty well what happened 50 years before our birth. Now I follow all the quiz programs because they are a paramount example of the span of memory of the young generation - they are able to remember everything that happened in their life but not before.” YearsWellsAbleRememberYoungMemoriesGenerationsHappenedExampleBirthProgramMy GenerationParamountRemembers EverythingYoung GenerationQuiz Author:Umberto Eco
“I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint you. People will divulge dark secrets. People will turn out to be the opposite of what you thought. Allah is perfect. His Messenger (peace be upon him) is a perfect example, and the religion is a perfect methodology. Attach yourself to the principles instead of the people. That way no Shaykh going wild or role model going rogue will be able to shake your faith.” PeopleWayAbleTurnsDarkPerfectSecretPrinciplesRolesExampleModelsOppositesShakesRole ModelsMuslimComes And GoesDisappointMessengersRoguesMethodologyDark SecretsDivulgeUnshakable Faith Author:Omar Suleiman
“For example, I'm terribly proud. I'm as mistrustful and as sensitive as a hunchback or a dwarf; but, in truth, I've experienced some moments when if someone had slapped my face, I might even have been grateful for it. I'm being serious. I probably would have been able to derive a peculiar sort of pleasure from it-the pleasure of despair, naturally, but the most intense pleasures occur in despair, especially when you're very acutely aware of the hopelessness of your own predicament.” IfsHas BeensMomentsMightAbleFacesPleasureExampleSeriousProudDespairGratefulIntenseSensitivePeculiarHopelessnessDwarfsDwarvesPredicaments Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“In Lake Placid we have Bible studies and it's awesome to be able to share your struggles as an athlete and as a Christian with others Christian athletes. That's one of the coolest things about sports ministry. We can share these common experiences with other Christians. Having Lolo as a teammate, for example, has been great.” Has BeensAbleChristianSportsCommonStruggleStudyShareExampleAthleteLakesMinistryTeammateBible StudyPlacidCommon ExperienceLake Placid Author:Elana Meyers
“An observer will see the bizarre developments of behavior only in alien cultures, not his own. Nevertheless this is obviously a local and temporary bias. There is no reason to suppose that any one culture has seized upon an eternal sanity and will stand in history as a solitary solution of the human problem. Even the next generation knows better. Our only scientific course is to consider our own culture, so far as we are able, as one example among innumerable others of the variant configurations of human culture.” KnowsHumansReasonProblemAbleCultureCoursesNextGenerationsExampleDevelopmentBehaviorEternalSolutionsLocalsAliensNo ReasonTemporarySanitySolitaryBiasNeverthelessBizarreObserversNext GenerationConfigurationHuman Problems Author:Ruth Benedict
“It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be. I moved to New York for that reason. I think I am a very good example of how you really can do whatever you want to do without having any kind of prerequisite experience of any of kind of connection. None of my family members came from this world.” ThinkingWorldWantKindReasonAbleCan DoNiceNew YorkExampleThis WorldMembersMy FamilyConnectionsMovedVery GoodFamily MembersGood ExamplesPrerequisitesDo Whatever You Want Author:Jason Wu
“The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.” PeopleMenFeelingsProblemAgeAbleForceWhiteMiddleEffectsHavensExampleHigherDrugSuicideRateAlcoholEtcGet BackArticlesImaginaryWhite ManMiddle AgesRecessionsDemographicsGallopingGreat Recession Author:Rick Moody
“...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.” ShouldMindFirstsStillsTwoIdeasPhilosophyAbleAbilitySawsImpossibleExamplePositive ThinkingAdultsTestsFunctionRateDeterminedPositive AttitudeHopelessHopelessnessImprobableKeep A Positive AttitudePositive Mind Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.” IfsWantTryingLooksAbleBeautifulActingExampleFineDamnBeautiful WomenStop TryingBollywood Author:Russell Peters
“You can use the [Barack] Obama administration as a recent example. For seven years they've been unopposed. The Republican Party's not trying to stop 'em on a single thing. Much of Obama's agenda has been a success. He has been able to attack various traditions, institutions, and taken over the health care system in this country. They've taken over the student loan, they've taken over the education system, and everybody in it is miserable and unhappy.” TryingYearsHas BeensCountryUseCareAblePartyTakenExampleStudentsRepublicanTraditionInstitutionsSevenVariousUnhappyMiserableAdministrationBarackHealth CareEmsAgendasRepublican PartyLoanSeven YearsEducation SystemHealth Care SystemStudent Loan Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a big difference between trolling and just attacking guys to attack guys, to get under people's skin, and to genuinely express how you felt about something. Like if I go to a movie for example, and I watch a movie, and I wasn't a fan of it. I don't mind turning to my family or some buddies I'm with and saying "oh man, I really didn't like that movie." But I've never acted or directed in my life. But I'm able to voice my opinion about whether or not I enjoyed it or not.” PeopleIfsMenMindBigsAbleGuyFeltVoiceDifferencesOpinionWatchesFansExampleMy FamilySkinsEnjoyedAttackingBuddy Author:Adam Cole
“The definition of terrorism has to be more precise, so that we are able to discriminate between, for example, what it is that the Palestinians are doing to fight the Israeli military occupation and terrorism of the sort that resulted in the World Trade Center bombing.” WorldAbleFightingMilitaryExampleTradeDefinitionsTerrorismOccupationPalestinianPreciseIsraeliBombingWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Edward Said
“Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.” PersonsDoeAbleCertainIndividualEnergyTeachingExampleUniqueTraditionBuddhistGood LifeFortitudeShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“So often, I have seen really, really talented performers never quite relating to material. I mean, there's a lot of gay actors, for example, that are obviously gay. They're not going to be able to do some of the material. Some of them they can, some of them they can't.” MeanAbleActorsExampleMaterialsGayPerformersNever Quit Author:Julie Halston
“[Barack] Obama, for example, he has not given up on cap-and-trade. Now, he has not been able to pass cap-and-trade, but cap-and-trade is all about redistribution of wealth in a global basis - taking money out of this country and giving it to third-world countries on the other end of the ocean. And that is redistribution of wealth in a global basis. It's fundamental Marxism.” WorldGivingEndsCountryAbleGivenWealthExampleOceanThirdsBasesFundamentalsTradeBarackMarxismGiven UpCapsThird WorldThird World CountriesRedistribution Of Wealth Author:Rafael Cruz
“Regarding some of the super powers that I reference, like walking on water, I haven't seen people do that, but once you get into the science, a lot of it starts to make a lot of sense, for example, like people being able to read your mind. It's very logical, because words are just a grosser form of thought, and thought is just a grosser form of feeling.” PeopleMindFeelingsAbleFormWaterHavensExampleWalkingLogicalSuper PowerWalking On Water Author:Karan Bajaj