“Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense once you realize that theologians were not discussing whether five or eighteen would fit, but whether a pin could house a finite or an infinite number.” HouseRealizingNumbersFiveExampleFitStandardsAngelInfiniteAncientDebateMake SenseNonsenseFiniteTheologianPinsEighteenDiscussing Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
“It just isn't the way you've been told. Let me give you an example: Time makes no sense. It really doesn't apply to me; it doesn't fit. My hair gets thin and I can't stay up all night the way I used to. But I don't change.” WayGivingI CanUsedNightExampleHairFitLet MeAgingAll NightDon't ChangeUp All Night Author:Arthur J. Deikman
“History is replete with examples of what happens when any group of authorities do not have to answer to empirical evidence but are free to define truth as they see fit. None of the examples has a happy ending. Why should it be otherwise with therapy?” ShouldHappensAnswersGroupsExampleFitAuthorityEvidenceTherapyHappy EndingsEmpirical Evidence Author:Robert Todd Carroll
“If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it's going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don't say, "Oh, my jeans don't fit," or "Oh, I was bad." No diets. Nothing like that.” IfsGivingWisdomKidsLastsFamilyGenerationsExampleFoodHealthMomFitAnxietyEthicsLifetimeDietsJeans Author:Bethenny Frankel
“My reason and inspiration to lose weight and stay fit is my youngest son, Anant, who is fighting obesity. I would like to be an example for him.” ReasonInspirationFightingLosesExampleSonFitWeightObesityLose WeightYoungest Son Author:Nita Ambani
“Not surprisingly, as the pioneer theme is presented, each goes back in memory to his or her own family line. There are usually examples to identify and which fit the definition of a pioneer: "one who goes before, showing others the way to follow." Some, if not all, made great sacrifices to leave behind comfort and ease and respond to that clarion call of their newly found faith.” IfsWayMadeFoundLinesMemoriesBehindsSacrificeExampleFitComfortDefinitionsEaseThemePioneersGreat Sacrifice Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Often they [writers on the study of management] have a point of view based upon intuition and experience. They then offer a cadence of two-paragraph examples carefully selected to "prove" their theory, and then they write "one size fits all" books. The message is, "If you'd do what these companies did, you'd be successful too."” IfsWritingTwoBookViewsCompanyStudySuccessfulExampleTheoryFitOffersProveMessagesManagementSizeIntuitionPoint Of ViewBeing SuccessfulParagraphSelectedCadenceOne Size Fits All Author:Clayton Christensen
“Every once in a while a messy character who manifests a REAL body emerges, for instance, Lisbeth Salander - and certainly commercial genre fiction is full of examples of real bodied sexual encounters or violence encounters - but for the most part, and particularly if you are a woman or minority author, your characters' bodies have to fit a kind of norm inside a narrow set of narrative pre-ordained and sanctioned scripts.” IfsKindRealCharacterBodyFictionViolenceExampleFitScriptsInstanceNarrativeGenreEncountersMinoritiesNormMessyLisbeth Salander Author:Lidia Yuknavitch