“Miss Manners does not mind explaining the finer points of gracious living, but she feels that anyone without the sense to pick up a potato chip and stuff it in their face should probably not be running around loose on the streets.” FeelsShouldMindDoeRunningFacesStuffStreetsMissingPicksMannersChipsPotatoesExplainingGraciousPotato ChipsMiss Manners Author:Judith Martin
“Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.” ToolsComplicatedDullFrighteningTerrificExplainingExplaining Things Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I have done conferences explaining that cloud is a bad idea. It's putting all your eggs in one basket.” IdeasDoneCloudsEggsConferencesExplainingBasketsBad IdeasEggs In One Basket Author:Michael Demon Calce
“I just think that the world of workshops - I've written a poem that is a parody of workshop talk, I've written a poem that is a kind of parody of a garrulous poet at a poetry reading who spends an inordinate amount of time explaining the poem before reading it, I've written a number of satirical poems about other poets.” ThinkingWorldKindReadingNumbersWrittenPoetAmountExplainingWorkshopsParodySatiricalPoetry Reading Author:Billy Collins
“Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay readers.” PeopleSometimesRealizingCommonStudyReaderLaysCommittedExplainingEvangelical Author:D. A. Carson
“Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened.” GivingFictionStepsHappenedEventsNeededDistanceExplaining Author:Kathleen Rooney
“I don't really like over-explaining the songs. Everyone constantly asks what the songs are about, and I think the thing is that the songs definitely all have stories in them; it's just nice to let people decide what they are. I think it's important that people hear it themselves rather than having me annotate it.” PeopleThinkingImportantStoriesSongAsksNiceExplaining Author:Tom Odell
“Theres a clear and strong connection between fertility reduction and womens literacy and empowerment, including womens gainful employment. If you look at the more than 300 districts of India, the strongest influences in explaining fertility variations are womens literacy and gainful economic employment.” IfsLooksStrongClearInfluenceEconomicEmpowermentConnectionsIndiaIncludingEmploymentStrongestLiteracyExplainingVariationReductionFertilityStrong Connection Author:Amartya Sen
“Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Catholic Church explaining how contraception could be justified. And then he rips into capitalism and the American immigration policies while at the Mexican border before getting on his plane to go back to Italy.” ChristChurchPolicyCapitalismCatholicImmigrationFlightPlanesBordersPopeJustifiedMexicanExplainingRipCatholic ChurchContraceptionImmigration PolicyVicarsMexican Border Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Is it logical to ask how far away are we from the pope explaining that abortion can be justified, "in certain circumstances, in certain regions," and if it might be related to the evils of American capitalism and our immigration policy?” IfsMightCertainEvilAsksPolicyCircumstancesCapitalismImmigrationRelatedAbortionRegionsLogicalFar AwayPopeJustifiedExplainingImmigration PolicyAmerican Capitalism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As a philosopher, you define constraints for any good theory explaining what you are interested in, then you go out and search for help in other disciplines.” HelpingTheoryDisciplinePhilosopherExplainingConstraints Author:Thomas Metzinger
“I have made some headway in addressing these questions, however, and succeeded in explaining how it is that the category of knowledge might play an important role in empirical theories. To the extent that talk of knowledge can be shown to play an explanatory role in such theories, the analogy I wish to make with paradigm natural kinds such as acids and aluminum starts to make a good deal of sense. This is, of course, connected with the issue of the role of intuitions in philosophy.” KindMadeImportantPhilosophyPlayMightCoursesWishNaturalDealsRolesIssuesTheoryConnectedIntuitionCategoriesExplainingAcidParadigmAnalogiesAluminum Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Rather, although belief may be adequate for explaining the behavior of individual animals - an animal which believes that p will behave no differently from an animal which knows that p - talk of knowledge is necessary once one begins to look at explaining the cognitive capacities of a species.” KnowsBelieveLooksMayIndividualBeliefAnimalBehaviorCapacitySpeciesBehaveAdequateExplainingCognitive Author:Hilary Kornblith
“I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're real events that happen in real time, and there are all of these different characters experiencing the same thing in different parts of the movie ... I am so bad at explaining my films. But it's in the world of finance and the world of media, and how they connect. It was a big undertaking. A big, mainstream movie, which stars Julia Roberts and George Clooney. But for me, it's really just a small story about character and people.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldDifferentRealCharacterStoriesBigsHappensFilmStarsMediaDogEventsFinanceAfternoonMainstreamExplainingUndertakingsJuliaDifferent CharactersDog Days Author:Jodie Foster
“I think because I am a physical person, and because my way of expressing and performing and storytelling or explaining has always been with my body, if I can combine the two I find it really liberating.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsI CanTwoBodyStorytellingMy WayPerformingLiberatingExplaining Author:Zoe Bell
“I don't remember explaining that I was making electronic music to anyone, but I don't remember anyone being curious about it, either.” RememberCuriousExplainingElectronic Music Author:Nicolas Jaar
“There's just nothing funnier than, like, a guy awkwardly explaining to another guy that he's hurt his feelings, and then later, awkwardly, you know, forgiving him for doing that.” KnowsFeelingsGuyHurtForgivingExplainingOther Guys Author:Seth Rogen
“I'll be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union, but I want that process to be as constructive as possible. And I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible because of course while we're leaving the European Union, we mustn't be turning our backs on Europe.” WantCoursesProcessEuropeUnionsLeavingOutcomesBritainExplainingConstructiveEuropean Union Author:David Cameron
“I actually went on lectures at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and all the business schools eight years ago, explaining what the implications were and how the platforms could be powerful in creating the narrative of your brand and mobilizing your life so that you become humanized as well. I understood that and thought that was really empowering, not only to artists, but to brands as well and in general.” YearsWellsSchoolArtistPowerfulCreatingUnderstoodYears AgoEightBrandsNarrativeEmpoweringPlatformsExplainingLecturesImplicationsHarvardOxfordStanfordBusiness School Author:MC Hammer
“I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.” HeartSaidStillsSchoolRememberGrowsSonGrewMy HeartPrimariesMumAdoptionExplainingPrimary School Author:Michael Gove
“When people say, well, they disapprove, I'd like to know what the specifics are, because sometimes - and the president [Barack Obama] has admitted this - they may not feel like he's really explaining and understanding the emotion behind some of these fears [about Iran]. And that's a perfectly legitimate question for people to ask. But if you look at the results of where we are, I think there are some things I agree with and some things I don't agree with, and I think that's absolutely fair game.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWellsLooksMaySometimesAsksGamesUnderstandingPresidentResultsEmotionBehindsFairsAgreeBarackIranExplainingPresident Barack ObamaSpecificsFair Game Author:Hillary Clinton
“The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.” KnowsTryingFallEnergyCasesMinutesWorstPleaseCriticizeExplainingCliffsScenariosWorst Case Scenario Author:Amanda Palmer
“I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.” ThinkingPoliticalRolesCourtExplaining Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The key is to let computers do what they are good at, which is trawling these massive data sets for something that is mathematically odd. And that makes it easier for humans to do what they are good at - explaining those anomalies.” HumansKeysEasierComputerDataOddMassiveExplainingAnomalies Author:Daniel Bruhl
“Knowing is half the battle. Explaining it is the other half.” HalfKnowingBattleExplainingOther Half Author:J. Christopher Burch
“There's nothing cooler than someone explaining to you, as if it was easy, how they create antimatter. And they kept saying things like, "Well obviously you know that..."” IfsKnowsWellsEasyExplainingAntimatter Author:Will Farquarson
“Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into bite-sized pieces, essential components. You have to - you know, at this point I'm so used to operating within given assumptions about art. But when you're explaining art to art students or people who are new to this experience, you have to really go back to the fundamentals.” PeopleKnowsArtAgeYoungUsedGivenBreakPiecesTeachingStudentsEssentialsFundamentalsAssumptionBitesComponentsExplainingTeaching ArtArt Students Author:Kehinde Wiley
“After explaining why you're in trouble, ask the creditor if the company would be willing to accept a smaller amount. Start negotiations at about 30% of the total amount due, with the end goal of paying 50%.” IfsEndsWould BeAsksGoalCompanyAcceptingTroubleWillingAmountDuesNegotiationExplainingCreditors Author:Jean Chatzky
“I often get the question from people, "well how can you sell luxury at that price?" What I'm explaining to everyone is I'm still paying the same factory cost as I paid when they were $800. I pay the same as my competitors who are in the luxury space pay, I just don't mark them up as much because I haven't put them in a wholesale channel. I don't have to put that extra margin on them.” PeopleWellsStillsSpacePayHavensCostMarkPaidSellsLuxuryExtrasFactoriesCompetitorsExplainingMarginsWholesale Author:Tamara Mellon
“Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me. I then discovered Buddhism and found the perfect path. I felt so grateful to the Buddha for having given the path, and not just explaining the end result, but showing so clearly how to get there.” IdeasEndsSpiritualFoundGivenFeltPerfectResultsPathBuddhismTraditionGratefulStringsPullingExplainingEnd ResultsSo Grateful Author:Tenzin Palmo
“A lot of people expend great time and effort explaining why they don't like me, but none of them ever try to explain why their opinion should matter to me. I think most of them sense, but would never be brave enough to admit, their subordinate role in the food chain relative to me.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingMatterEnoughEffortOpinionRolesBraveLike MeChainsRelativeBe BraveExplainingGreat TimesSubordinatesFood ChainDon't Like Me Author:Jim Goad
“I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures on our balance sheet as calculated are wrong. But it's the standard way of doing it. It's holy writ. The SEC wants us to do it that way, and we'll do it that way, and I'll explain why I think it's wrong and shareholders can read it and see whether they agree with my logic or don't.” ThinkingWayWantYearsNextCasesWrittenFiguresBalanceHolyStandardsLogicAgreeReportsSheetsSectionsWant UExplainingNext YearAnnualsShareholdersBalance SheetsAnnual Reports Author:Warren Buffett
“Long ago I decided that this program has nothing to do, the success of the program depends nothing at all on who wins or loses elections. "Are you abandoning [Donald] Trump?" No, no, no, no, don't misunderstand, I'm just explaining. I should have told you. I get emails constantly from people asking me when am I going to Trump Tower. I'm not going to Trump Tower.” PeopleShouldLongWinningLosesDependsTrumpProgramDecidedShould HaveAskingElectionLong AgoTowersEmailExplainingWin Or Lose Author:Rush Limbaugh
“By explaining the difference between segregation and separation. Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals. If I have children and they live in my house, I care for them, they're dependent upon me. And their dependence upon me puts me in a position to regulate their lives, control their lives, tell them where to go, where they can't go. That's a form of segregation.” IfsChildrenTwoDoneCareFormHouseDifferencesPositionSeparationSuperiorsDependentInferiorsI CareDependenceSegregationExplaining Author:Malcolm X
“You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see his mother and father reading about it, and explaining it to him. Then it gets a legitimacy it otherwise would never have. Until then, his learning is limited.” IfsChildrenMotherCultureReadingFatherAdultsConvinceExplainingMother And FatherLegitimacy Author:John Henrik Clarke
“[Miranda Hentoff] was teaching once at Lincoln Center, and the hall was full of other professionals - musicians, professors, teachers. And she was explaining how [Béla] Bartok composed his second piano concerto. And she explained how the music was interwoven with the rhythms and what he had in his mind. And I was just stunned. This is a kid who used to work - on a piano with a cracked keyboard.” MindKidsUsedTeacherTeachingMusicianRhythmPianoHallsProfessorsExplainingCrackedKeyboardsStunnedMirandaLincoln CenterBartok Author:Nat Hentoff
“Without explaining why, and, most of all, without naming other authors or books, I can only say my novels are influenced by love and death.” I CanBookNovelExplainingLove And Death Author:Alice McDermott
“I reached out to [Brett Favre] early on; sent him some of my books and a letter. Then I had two or three arranged times with him, and was blown off. Then I sent him another letter, and he sent me a text, explaining that he didn't wish to talk. I'm not mad - it's his right, obviously. Plus, his family members were amazingly open and cool.” TwoBookThreeWishMembersLettersMadPlusExplainingFamily Members Author:Jeff Pearlman
“The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need to think in terms of humanity and being generous to each other, you know, that's proving to be a challenge.” ThinkingKnowsWorldNeedsIdeasHumanityTermChallengesProveTradeConnectedImmigrationGenerousExplainingFree TradeBeing Generous Author:Bill Gates
“There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with the psychological explanations. Even psychological states like fear or desire for safety are conditioned by social and political forms of intimidation and scare-mongering that intensify those emotions, and even work to persuade people that nothing less than their survival is at stake.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindStatesFormPoliticalDesireSocialEmotionSecuritySurvivalSafetyPsychologicalAll KindsExplanationScareStakesExplainingIntimidation Author:Judith Butler
“We have never recognized that Iran lives in a dangerous neighborhood. And it's not surprising that they want some protection. We have not been forthcoming about explaining a security relationship for the region, in which Iran can feel secure and thus maybe willing to do something.” WantFeelsSecurityDangerousWillingProtectionSecureNeighborhoodRegionsIranSurprisingExplainingForthcoming Author:Brent Scowcroft
“Explaining "why" to a dog is pretty useless. You have to engage their instincts in order to change their behavior.” OrderDogBehaviorInstinctUselessExplaining Author:Cesar Millan
“What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago, the secretary-general of NATO made a formal statement explaining the purpose of NATO in the post-Cold War world is to control global energy systems, pipelines, and sea lanes. That means it's a global system and of course he didn't say it, it's an intervention force under US command, as we've seen in case after case. So that's NATO.” WorldYearsWellsMeanMadeWarPurposeCoursesEnergyForceAnswersCasesSeaColdCoupleYears AgoStatementsCommandPostsOfficialsSecretaryCold WarFormalInterventionExplainingLanesNatoPipeline Author:Noam Chomsky
“Diversity hasn't a thing to do with why this country is great. Diversity is not a factor in any way when defining or explaining America's greatness.” WayCountryAmericaGreatnessDiversityFactorsThings To DoDefiningExplainingGreat Diversity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We should not lay all past mistakes on Chairman Mao. So we must be very objective in assessing him. His contributions were primary, his mistakes secondary. In China, we will inherit the many good things in Chairman Mao's thinking while at the same time explaining clearly the mistakes he made.” ThinkingShouldMadePastMistakeLaysGood ThingsChinaObjectivesPrimariesContributionExplainingChairmanMaoPast MistakesAssessingChairman Mao Author:Deng Xiaoping
“I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.” WayStoriesDialogueVisualsExplaining Author:Sofia Coppola
“I think of my job on television as explaining things.” ThinkingJobsTelevisionExplainingExplaining Things Author:Rachel Maddow
“I like explaining things, and I believe that you can do very high-level explanation on basic cable news provided you are willing to work hard enough to be a good storyteller.” BelieveHardEnoughI BelieveCan DoLevelsWillingHard WorkNewsExplanationStorytellerExplainingCablesHigh LevelCable NewsExplaining Things Author:Rachel Maddow
“I do believe in hell. Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven - I trust him as the authority, not you, me or anybody else. If hell is not real, then Jesus was a liar and God has a lot of explaining to do on His justice and things like that.” IfsBelieveRealJesusHeavenJusticeHellAuthoritySpokesLiarsExplaining Author:Rick Warren