“As for comics, one has only to turn to the characteristic output of Marvel Comics, for the period from about 1961 to about 1975, to find not an expression of base and cynical impulses but of good, old-fashioned liberal humanism of a kind that may strike us today, God help us, as quaint, but which nevertheless appealed, in story after story, to ideals such as tolerance, technological optimism, and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others.” KindMaySelfHelpingStoriesTodayTurnsSacrificeExpressionPeriodsBenefitsIdealsOptimismHumanismStrikesToleranceImpulseCharacteristicsCynicalNeverthelessTechnologicalOld FashionedSelf SacrificeOutputGod HelpQuaintGod Help UsMarvel Comics Author:Michael Chabon
“At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its Director General. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which ensures that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the Director General has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime.” TodayPurposeEnergyWishPrinciplesMilitaryExpressionArmsMetsDirectorsThreatInternationalNuclearCooperationRegimesCommitteesNobelProliferationUnafraidMisusedNorwegiansNuclear EnergyNuclear ArmsInternational Cooperation Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingCountryTodayAmericaPrinciplesExpressionBasesWesternDarePsychologicalReportsHolocaustPublishingHomosexualityFreedom Of ExpressionQuestionableSociological Author:Ali Khamenei
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“Some crafts have been practiced for centuries. These crafts were created using skills passed from generation to generation, and were motivated by necessity such as baskets and pottery, or artistic expression, such as more baskets and more pottery. Today, there is a much more leisurely attitude toward crafting, and virtually anyone without a job and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters.” Has BeensTodayJobsAttitudeGenerationsCenturyExpressionSkillsAccessCraftsArtisticMotivatedElitesHobbiesPipeBasketsCleanersPotteryArtistic ExpressionCrafters Author:Amy Sedaris
“I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please".” PeopleShowsTodayUsedSoundTechnologyImpossibleExpressionCommunicationPleaseJudgmentCriticismEarsBlameInsultTragicHarshSuicidalRemarksNonviolent CommunicationGiraffeSaying PleasePlease And Thank You Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“Camping has become one of my most beloved pastimes. I take a fierce delight in swinging a pak o my back or into a canoe and heading for the hills or lakes. In my opinion, camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Regardless of how miserable or how splendid the circumstances, the sheer experience of camping seems a total justification for doing it.” SeemsTodayAbilityExistenceOpinionExpressionCircumstancesIndependenceDelightMiserableHillsBelovedLakesFree WillFierceJustificationSheerInnateSplendidHeadingsPastimeCampingResourcefulnessPersonal Independence Author:Anne LaBastille
“Man's drive for self-expression, which over the centuries has built his monuments, does not stay within its bounds; the creations which yesterday were detested and the obscene become the classics of today.” MenDoeSelfTodayJusticeCenturyCreationExpressionBuiltBoundsYesterdayMonumentSelf ExpressionObscene Author:Mathew Tobriner
“But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.” HumansSelfTodayFreedomPartyDemocracyRightsExpressionCostHuman RightsSignificantCensorshipFreedom Of ExpressionDemocracy FreedomSelf Censorship Author:Phil Robertson
“The pressure to perform is relentless in today's workplace - regardless of where you work. We are all being asked to do more with less. I think what we could borrow from the culture of Silicon Valley is "eat your own dog food ." That is an expression used by tech types to mean using what you make or sell.” ThinkingMeanTodayUsedCultureDogExpressionTypePressureSellsValleysWorkplaceRelentlessSiliconSilicon ValleyDog Food Author:Willow Bay
“Since only an individual man can possess rights, the expression "individual rights"? is a redundancy (which one has to use for purposes of clarification in today's intellectual chaos). But the expression "collective rights"? is a contradiction in terms.” MenUseTodayPurposeIndividualTermRightsExpressionIntellectualChaosContradictionCollectivesIndividual RightsClarificationRedundancy Book:Ayn Rand Reader Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.” PeopleMenBelieveHas BeensImportantDoneTodayAsksI BelieveCreativityDestinyTechnologyDoubtExpressionWallImportanceImportant ThingsJazzProofDestroyedSpoonsEpochGraffitiWooden Spoons Author:Orson Welles
“I remember it as if it were today... seeing him [Che] framed in the viewfinder, with that expression. I am still startled by the impact... it shakes me so powerfully. (On his iconic photo of Che Guevara)” IfsStillsTodayRememberSeeingExpressionImpactShakesIconicFramed Author:Alberto Korda
“There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum of internal stability, each is controlled by an Arafat-type figure - an anti-democratic strongman who is able to crush all challenges to his authority. Likewise, among those Arab countries that aren't ruled by a despot, the political dynamic is also consistent: In Lebanon, Iraq, and now Gaza, sectarian violence is the dominant form of political expression.” WorldCountryTodayAbleFormPoliticalChallengesViolenceFiguresExpressionTypeAuthorityDemocraticIraqCrushConsistentInternalsControlledStabilityDominantGovernanceGazaLebanonDespotsArab WorldArafat Author:Michael Totten
“I think there’s a really selfish part of me that wishes I had the tools that I had today in the context of a designer practicing in the middle part of the 20th century when creating a single expression of an idea was the norm.” ThinkingIdeasTodayWishMiddleCenturyExpressionCreatingToolsSelfishDesigner20th CenturyNorm Author:Khoi Vinh
“We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me. There are a wide variety of religious expressions in this country. I think they all must be treated with respect and none of them must be given priority in the public arena.” ThinkingCountryTodayChristianGivenReligiousExpressionCatholicAtheistJewWidePrioritiesTreatedLike MeBuddhistVarietyArenaEvangelicalRoman CatholicSociety Today Author:John Shelby Spong
“I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.” WantUseTodayPresidentFourExpressionSpeechWorshipAddFreedom Of SpeechBargainsFranklinFreedom Of Speech And Expression Author:Richard Trumka
“I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.” PeopleThinkingYearsTodayChangeFiveExpressionEssenceMaturityFive YearsMatureFive Year Olds Author:Ricky Williams