“So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.” WritingMindInspirationProcessExampleGoes OnExtremes Book:Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind Source: Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind
“Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of loading women's legs with pounds of heavy brass wire are extreme examples, but all over the world similar stratagems have been employed to make sure that once you have caught a woman she cannot run away, and even if she stays around she cannot keep up with you. ... Literally as well as figuratively modern women's shoes are what keeps Samantha from running as fast as Sammy.” IfsWorldWellsHas BeensRunningGirlClassFeetModernExampleLimitsFemaleUniversalShoesAncientCaughtHeavyExtremesLegsChinesePoundsCustomsSexismRunning AwayEmployedWireBindingMobilityBrassUpper ClassStratagemModern WomanSamantha Author:Alison Lurie
“Terrorism is an example of that extreme madness. People blow themselves up just to kill others. Unconscious reaction to terrorism is equal madness.” PeopleExampleEqualMadnessBlowExtremesTerrorismReactionsUnconscious Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The Iraqi Baath Socialist Party was modelled in large part on admiration for European National Socialist and Fascist movements, hoped to emulate them especially in their nationalism against the West. But mutated by Saddam Hussein it became also one that very, very much admired, and grew a special moustache in admiration of the work of Yosif Vissarionovitch Dzugashvili, the great Georgian known to us historically as Stalin. So you had him in modern Iraq, a regime in our own time, that was openly, directly modelled upon the two most extreme examples of European totalitarianism.” TwoPartyKnownModernSpecialExampleMovementGrewWestIraqExtremesNationalismAdmirationRegimesSocialistSaddamHusseinTotalitarianismFascistsEmulateMoustacheSocialist PartyGeorgians Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including the United States, but it's been pretty extreme in Greece.” WayHas BeensStatesUnitedPayUnited StatesExampleTaxesIncludingExtremesWealthyElsewhereGreece Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.” HumansHuman NatureExampleProudExtremesShrinks Book:The William James Reader Source: The William James Reader
“Someone once said that many bad policies are just good policies that have been carried too far. For example, we have taken tolerance to such an extreme that we tolerate the immigration into our country of millions of intolerant people who hate millions of Americans who are already here.” PeopleHas BeensSaidCountryHateMillionsTakenPolicyExampleExtremesToleranceImmigrationOur CountryTolerate Author:Thomas Sowell
“I hated Shallow Grave, that movie made me angry. And I hated Happiness. I generally hate movies that use extreme violence or gratuitous shock value in place of having a heart. For example: movies that combine extremely sadistic violence with humor I find offensive.” HeartMadeUseValuesHateViolenceExampleI HateAngryExtremesGravesHatedShockOffensiveShallowSadisticShock Value Author:Jesse Michaels
“I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean, these cases you've mentioned are cases in point, but the most extreme case was the liberation of Africa. Take the case of Angola for example, and there are real connections between Cuba and Angola-much of the Cuban population comes from Angola.” ThinkingMeanRealLevelsCasesExampleRevolutionConnectionsPopulationExtremesCoreLiberationCubaCubanHigh LevelInternationalismCuban RevolutionReal ConnectionAngola Author:Noam Chomsky
“ISIS goes after any group that deviates from its extreme ideology, dissident Muslims, for example, or the Yazidis who practice an ancient religion distinct from both Islam and Christianity.” ChristianityPracticeGroupsExampleIslamAncientExtremesIdeologyIsisDissidentsDeviate Author:Tom Gjelten
“In certain extreme cases, medication may be necessary. But it is given far too often, too easily, and too readily. Millions of children already are on tranquilizers, for example, and that is absurd.” MayChildrenCertainGivenMillionsCasesExampleExtremesAbsurdMedication Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example).” RoomsQualityExampleBuildingExtremesProportionHotelAviationAirplaneAirlineDiningInverseDining Rooms Author:Bryan Q. Miller