“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
“If you think about how broadcast mini-series approach historical events, there is a hagiography. There has been a soft, very glossy idea about history. And one of the things I like about Game of Thrones, for example, is just the grit and the authenticity.” IfsThinkingHas BeensIdeasGamesEventsExampleApproachHistoricalSeriesAuthenticityThronesGritHistorical Events Author:John Landgraf
“I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingExampleHero Author:Riley Keough
“And your brain doesn't naturally know how to think the way Zeckhauser knows how to play bridge. "for example," people do not react symmetrically to loss and gain. Well maybe a great bridge player like Zeckhauser does, but that's a trained response. Ordinary people, subconsciously affected by their inborn tendencies.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWellsDoePlayLossBrainKnow HowPlayerExampleOrdinaryGainsResponseTendenciesBridgesAffectedOrdinary People Author:Charlie Munger
“And maybe the cereal makers by and large have learned to be less crazy about fighting for market share-because if you get even one person who's hell-bent on gaining market share.... For example, if I were Kellogg and I decided that I had to have 60% of the market, I think I could take most of the profit out of cereals. I'd ruin Kellogg in the process. But I think I could do it.” IfsThinkingPersonsFightingProcessHellShareCrazyExampleDecidedProfitRuinsMakersBentCereal Author:Charlie Munger
“I feel that by getting rich in the way I did, I think my own example has hurt my own country.” ThinkingWayFeelsCountryHurtMy OwnRichExampleGet Rich Author:Charlie Munger
“I think we have lost our way when people like the [board of] governors and the CEO of the NYSE fail to realize they have a duty to the rest of us to act as exemplars... You do not want your first-grade school teacher to be fornicating on the floor or drinking booze in the classroom; similarly you do not want your stock exchange to be setting the wrong moral example.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFirstsSchoolLostRealizingMoralTeacherFailingExampleDutyDrinkingAlcoholSettingSettingsBoardsGradesGovernorsCeoClosetsDrinking AlcoholSchool TeachersGrades In SchoolStock Exchange Author:Charlie Munger
“The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And most people do not get this straight in their heads. But a fellow like Buffett does. For example, when we were in the textile business, which is a terrible commodity business, we were making low-end textiles-which are a real commodity product. And one day, the people came to Warren and said, "They've invented a new loom that we think will do twice as much work as our old ones."” PeopleThinkingDoeSaidRealEndsHelpingTechnologyExampleProductsTerribleLessonsOne DayLowsFellowsCommodityBuffettTextilesMicroeconomics Author:Charlie Munger
“The advanced organizations of Thinking must teach with their example by cooperating. Every human organization can cooperate in one or another way for the common good. We are a family and we should not miserably torment each other's life because that's absurd.” ThinkingWayShouldHumansCommonTeachExampleOrganizationAbsurdTormentAnother WayCommon GoodCooperating Author:Samael Aun Weor
“We are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages, and an example of modern credulity is the widespread belief that the Earth is round. The average man can advance not a single reason for thinking that the Earth is round. He merely swallows this theory because there is something about it that appeals to the twentieth century mentality.” ThinkingMenReasonAgeTodayEarthBeliefModernMiddleCenturyExampleTheoryRoundsAverageAppealsMentalityMiddle AgesTwentieth CenturySuperstitiousCredulityAverage ManGullibleRound Earth Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I think you've got to take the risks. There's no point playing it safe, because either you'll get bored or the audiences will get bored. Sometimes, you're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but you have to take the risks. I think Pirates is one of the prime examples of that with Johnny Depp's performance, and part of the reason that people love it so much is that you watch it and go, "Gutsy, really gutsy!"” PeopleThinkingSometimesReasonMistakeWatchesAudienceRiskExampleFineSafePerformancesBoredMaking MistakesPrimeNo PointPiratePlaying It Safe Author:Keira Knightley
“I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.” ThinkingDoneExamplePersonal Life Author:Rashida Jones
“I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come.” ThinkingBelieveStillsMotherBeliefAchieveExampleFlyingPlanesCrash Author:Joe Bastianich
“If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images.” IfsThinkingWould BeExampleStrangeEncountersDoing You Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“I do want to make a special appeal to women movie stars to, I think, have a special responsibility these days to stop smoking, not to do it up on screen because the example that's being set is really an awful example.” ThinkingWantStarsResponsibilitySpecialExampleScreensAwfulAppealsThese DaysSmokingMovie StarStop Smoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Certainly on a political and a legislative level, Bill Clinton was effective, but the example that he ultimately left, I think for posterity, tragically, is going to begin with that single paragraph lead with the White House intern.” ThinkingPoliticalHouseLeftWhiteLevelsExampleBillsClintonWhite HousePosterityParagraph Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Even in Japan, I don't think that the game culture is established. For example, my father will watch movies but games don't appear in his life at all, I think that that's sad.” ThinkingCultureFatherGamesWatchesExampleJapanWatch Movie Author:Nobuo Uematsu
“Fortunately I don't want to be part of the mainstream. When I see a Kiki Smith work, for example, she's very contemporary, and I feel a lot of emotion in each of her pieces; I think she understands our time, and she makes really interesting art because of that.” ThinkingWantFeelsArtInterestingEmotionPiecesExampleArt IsContemporaryOur TimeMainstreamReally Interesting Author:Luis Gonzalez
“I think it is quite wrong to photograph, for example, Garbo, if she doesn't want to be photographed. Now I would have loved to photograph her, but she obviously didn't want to be photographed so I didn't follow it up. Then somebody will photograph her walking down the street because she has to walk down the street, and I mind that sort of intrusion. I think this is horrible.” IfsThinkingWantMindWalksStreetsExampleWalkingPhotographHorribleIntrusionGarbo Author:Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
“Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.” ThinkingExamplePoetAmy Author:Jools Holland
“I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.” ThinkingStillsGrowing UpGrowingExampleHeroMusicianMusicalLocalsThis Day Author:Dave Grohl
“On the superficiality of the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up on me?” ThinkingWantBeautifulExampleIndustrySettingSettingsSuperficialitySetting An Example Author:Angelina Jolie
“The whole point is I'm trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That's the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I'm following Jesus' steps.” ThinkingShouldTryingChildrenReasonWholeJesusLeftPoorStepsExampleFollowingReason WhyDiscipleChild Of GodFollowing JesusRolls RoyceMalaise Author:Frederick K. C. Price
“I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a comeback. My brother in law is an example- before he was listening to some country music, even some of that awful nu-metal stuff , but there weren't many options really.” ThinkingIdeasRealCountryLawStuffExampleBrotherListeningBandAwfulMy BrotherMetalsStrokesIn-lawsComebackBrother In Law Author:James Mercer
“Legalizing marijuana would make a lot of sense, I don't think there's a single case of marijuana overdose on record and tens of millions of users. It's much less dangerous than alcohol, for example.” ThinkingMillionsCasesRecordsDangerousExampleAlcoholMarijuanaUsersOverdoseLegalizing Marijuana Author:Noam Chomsky
“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
“I think it's become much harder because I'm more afraid of every step I take. I'm more aware of its ramifications, I'm more aware of the less creative aspects of music - like the business-side of things for example.” ThinkingSidesStepsCreativeExampleAspectHarderEvery StepRamifications Author:Zach Condon
“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
“I think it is about individuality so I don't have a sense to tell someone they need a makeover. One example I would give is Mariah Carey. She has been the same for so long but I bet she is thinking, "If it ain't broke then don't fix it." She is dated but I love Mariah for that.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingLongHas BeensExampleIndividualityBrokeMakeovers Author:Michelle Visage
“Sociologically, I think it is the most important thing going on in the world today. Because you can't change people by force. Communism made a great mistake in trying to inflict its beliefs on everybody. People have to find their own understanding, and if you can offer them an example that will inspire, they will come naturally to it. Ananda tries to offer this inspiring example.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldTryingMadeImportantTodayBeliefForceUnderstandingMistakeExampleInspireOffersImportant ThingsCommunismWorld TodayCan't ChangeGreat MistakesYou Can't Change PeopleCan't Change People Author:Goswami Kriyananda
“I think a lot of the most interesting immigrant writing involves stepping outside of that old, dreary binary. Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker is a great example. Same goes for Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior.” ThinkingWritingInterestingExampleWarriorNativeImmigrantsSpeakersMost InterestingDrearyBinaryWoman Warrior Author:Junot Diaz
“Computing has gone from something tiny and specialized to something that affects every walk of life. It doesn't make sense anymore to think of it as just one discipline. I expect to see separate departments of user interface, for example, to start emerging at universities.” ThinkingWalksGoneExampleDisciplineUniversityTinyMake SenseJust OneDepartmentUsersEmergingComputingWalks Of LifeInterfacesUser Interface Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth. I'm not contending in a dogmatic way that there is not a God. What I'm contending is that we don't know that there is. I don't like the word "absolute." I don't think there is anything absolute whatever. The moral law, for example, is always changing. At one period in the development of the human race, almost everybody thought cannibalism was a duty.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayHumansFactsLawBeliefRaceMoralEffectsExampleDutyDevelopmentPeriodsEvidenceAbsolutesFavorsHuman RaceDogmaticMoral LawCannibalismContendingGood Moral Author:Bertrand Russell
“I think I'd rather win, for example, a Writer's Guild award than almost anything on earth. And the few nominations I've had with the guild, and the few awards I've had, represented to me a far more legitimate concrete achievement than anything.” ThinkingEarthWinningExampleAchievementAwardsConcreteNominationsGuilds Author:Rod Serling
“Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn't think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music.” ThinkingWritingTryingYearsIdeasWantedBehindsFictionEffectsExampleYears AgoWinterVariousMemoirInterviewsProseVolumeJournalAutobiographyEssaysFragmentsNon FictionLiterary WorksWriting Essays Author:Paul Auster
“For example, when I was writing Leviathan, which was written both in New York and in Vermont - I think there were two summers in Vermont, in that house I wrote about in Winter Journal, that broken-down house... I was working in an out-building, a kind of shack, a tumble-down, broken-down mess of a place, and I had a green table. I just thought, "Well, is there a way to bring my life into the fiction I'm writing, will it make a difference?" And the fact is, it doesn't make any difference. It was a kind of experiment which couldn't fail.” ThinkingWayWritingWellsKindTwoFactsHouseDifferencesFictionFailingWrittenNew YorkExampleBuildingBrokenSummerTablesGreenWinterExperimentsMessMaking A DifferenceJournalBroken DownVermontShackLeviathan Author:Paul Auster
“I think that the climate change policy and strategy that we have developed and that we have rolled out thus far is an example of incredibly high-quality work, incredible collaboration by an exceptionally large number of well-informed people.” PeopleThinkingWellsNumbersQualityPolicyExampleStrategyClimateClimate ChangeIncrediblesCollaborationLarge NumbersHigh QualityQuality Work Author:Rachel Notley
“I think Amy is a really difficult example. With any artist, none of us understands what it's like having the world's media scrutinising everything you do.” ThinkingWorldArtistDifficultMediaExampleAmy Author:Nicki Chapman
“That said, a lot of people buy products with "green" in the brand name, but make no attempt to understand what it would really take to live sustainably. I think one of the most pernicious examples of magical environmental thinking is the anti-GMO movement.” PeopleThinkingSaidNamesExampleMovementProductsGreenEnvironmentalBrandsPerniciousGmosBrand Names Author:Annalee Newitz
“In terms of fiction, there are a number of writers who are thinking about the future of the environment whose work complements mine. Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 is a great example, as is Tobias Buckell's novel Arctic Rising.” ThinkingTermNumbersFictionNovelEnvironmentExampleMinesRisingKimArcticComplementStanleyTobiasThinking About The Future Author:Annalee Newitz
“I think that overall, ultimately the impact of advertisers calling the shots is a more cloying, complacent culture. For example, it was just announced that Unilever is branding environmental content at The Guardian. How radical or pointed can that content be?” ThinkingCultureExampleCallingShotsImpactEnvironmentalRadicalBrandingGuardianComplacentAdvertisersCalling The Shots Author:Astra Taylor
“Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican candidate's sex tape?” ThinkingGivingBigsRememberSexCrazyExampleRepublicanCandidatesTapeSpoilersCrazy Times Author:Kathleen Rooney
“I try to think as little as possible, at least while working. I look at some of my early stories and can see the machination behind them, like a gear slowly moving. For example, sticking a dead father into the story to explain a character's sadness and bad decisions, or trying to impress myself with my own cleverness.” ThinkingTryingLooksLittlesCharacterStoriesMovingFatherMy OwnDecisionBehindsSadnessExampleImpressGearsClevernessBad DecisionDead Father Author:Mary J. Miller
“Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and myth, for example, and his twin cracks a joke about the father's handwriting that morphs "cacography" into "dadography").” ThinkingFatherBoysNovelExampleMajorsJokesLettersMathMythCracksTwinsHandwriting Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“I don't know what to say about Asians. I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at (for example skin color, bone structure), but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism.” ThinkingKnowsSelfRaceBrainInformationExampleColorDegreesRacismSkinsIncreaseStructureBonesRacistAssociatesSkin Color Author:Tao Lin
“I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.” ThinkingExampleShouldersAccentsPirateParrots Author:Ray Stevenson
“There's a whole slew of wonderful speculation of flying in a fanciful way. Gulliver is one of the central examples; Swift has the hum of Arabian Nights in his ear with Gulliver's Travels. The difference is in scale - Gulliver as a kind of Sinbad kind of figure, the way he is picked up and carried. Just to finish up with Scheherazade, I do think that The Arabian Nights could be considered as a great book on women's position in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayKindBookWholeNightDifferencesWonderfulFiguresExamplePositionEarsFlyingScalesSpeculationGreat BookArabianGulliverArabian NightsGulliver's Travels Author:Marina Warner
“You don't really want an army of people making individual decisions. And I don't think I completely understood that until people gave me examples of what happens when your army takes over your government and it's like, "Oh, yeah, I guess you can't really have people make individual moral decisions."” PeopleThinkingWantGovernmentHappensIndividualDecisionMoralExampleUnderstoodArmyYeahOver YouMoral Decisions Author:Joel Stein
“Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as we have more role models, more examples of boss ladies who aren't sad and cruel and overworked and undersexed like in DevilWearsPrada, but who are straight-up owning it and notable not for their gender but for their editorial savvy.” ThinkingWantSaidHappensJobsYoungLevelsRolesExampleModelsGenderBossRole ModelsYoung WomenEditingNotableEditorialsSavvyStraight UpOwning It Author:Ann Friedman
“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