“I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not? The universe is so full of marvels. Here's an example -- rain, the shape of rain. I was minding my own business, working on my book, looking out the window, and it was raining and I was noticing that the raindrops were falling in that classic round-looking way, and I thought, 'I wonder if raindrops really are round?' So I started researching it a little, and I discovered that raindrops change shape 300 times a second.” IfsThinkingWayLooksLittlesBookEnoughFallUniverseMy OwnWonderExampleShapesRainWindowRoundsDetailsClassicFascinatingNoticingOwn BusinessFacetsRaindropsMinding My Own Business Author:Diane Ackerman
“Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.” IfsKindLawPoliticalTurnsStrongProcessLibertyOpinionRiskSpecialPolicyExampleShapesSpeechAreasCarefulActiveRelatedOfficialsJustifyReviewsFreedom Of SpeechPublic OpinionJudicialPresumptionElected OfficialsLive FreePublic OfficialsPolicy Making Author:Stephen Breyer
“When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find a vast array of different examples throughout history.” WayDifferentFeelingsExampleShapesAimPropagandaConformThoughts And FeelingsCommunicators Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion
“Our universe cannot even be stated symbolically. And this touches us all more directly than one might suppose. For example, artists, who have been very little influenced by social systems, have always responded instinctively to latent assumptions about the shape of the universe. The incomprehensibility of our new cosmos seems to me, ultimately, to be the reason for the chaos of modern art.” LittlesHas BeensArtReasonSeemsMightArtistUniverseSocialModernExampleShapesChaosAssumptionCosmosLatentModern ArtSocial Systems Author:Kenneth Clark
“I often use the iPhone as an example of how governments shape markets, because what makes the iPhone ‘smart’ and not stupid is what you can do with it. And yes, everything you can do with an iPhone was government-funded. From the Internet that allows you to surf the Web, to GPS that lets you use Google Maps, to touch screen display and even the SIRI voice activated system - all of these things were funded by Uncle Sam through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA, the Navy, and even the CIA!” UseGovernmentVoiceCan DoStupidExampleInternetShapesProjectsSmartResearchDefenseAgencyMapsDisplayGoogleUnclesNavyCiaIphoneSurfNasaNot StupidGpsUncle SamSiriGoogle Maps Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingKindDoeI CanMy OwnSituationSupportFocusWifeOne ThingInfluenceExampleSourceShapesWeaknessMy WifePartnersHopefullyUnconditional LoveUnconditionalStop TryingProactiveGreat MarriageControl Myself Author:Stephen Covey
“We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep Purple. You learn about the percussive value of words, and you learn about rhyme and meter. You learn that you can't transform a poem into a song lyric, mostly because the spoken shape of words is different than the sung shape of words. You wouldn't use the vowel 'U' or the vowel sound 'ooo' for a high note for example, its very difficult.” YearsLongDifferentUseValuesSongDifficultSoundExampleShapesLong TimeNotesCraftsSongwritingRhymePurpleRogerMeterVowelsHigh NotesDeep Purple Author:Ian Gillan
“I think that when you look at history and when you look at these facts that shape nations and shape countries and give us present examples of how we're supposed to live, we find more and more often that we're not paying attention to what's actually happening.” ThinkingGivingLooksCountryFactsNationsAttentionExampleShapesHappeningsPay Attention Author:Immortal Technique
“The Orange Revolution was a powerful example of democracy around the world. The people of Ukraine are continuing to shape their own future.” PeopleWorldPowerfulDemocracyExampleRevolutionShapesAround The WorldContinuingOrangeUkraine Author:Scott McClellan
“I definitely have friends who - they've gone to multiple jobs, they've had trouble finding jobs, some have gone back to school - it's a very transitional period in anyone's life. I think definitely people have, even like my girlfriend for example, she works her job - and just the fact that she has a job - she just feels super lucky in this economy. But it can really shape, I think, the way you view the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsFactsSchoolJobsViewsEconomyGoneTroubleExamplePeriodsShapesLuckyFindingsGirlfriendMultipleMy GirlfriendMultiple Jobs Author:Chris Baio