“The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.” DifferentMovingCertainGrowsLevelsLeaderOne ThingDemandOrganizationFunctionVariousI Have LearnedRequirementsCeo Author:Indra Nooyi
“I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers.” ChildrenDifferentRealActorsGoneFunctionVariousAgentsOccasionsEstatesSurferDifferent LifeChild ActorsEstate Agents Author:Mike Lookinland
“We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth are its antibodies.” EarthFunctionVariousInvisibleCellsOrganismsAntibodies Author:Jeremy Rifkin
“I have many friends that don't claim to be followers of Christ. As far as day-to-day friendship and being together at various functions, I don't think that there should be any difference at all.” ThinkingShouldTogetherChristDifferencesFunctionClaimsVariousFollowersDay To DayMany FriendsBeing Together Author:Billy Graham
“In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.” ThinkingShouldMindIdeasEvilRoomsFiveBecomingQuietEatingFunctionDrinkingVariousSettingSettingsDesirableEating And DrinkingQuiet Room Author:Dogen
“Since the idea that modification of synaptic function can provide a basis for memory arose shortly after the first anatomical description of the synapse a number of models (Hebb 1949 . . Hayek 1952 . . Kendel 1981) have been proposed in which various cognitive activities are represented by combinations of the firing patterns of individual neurons.” FirstsHas BeensIdeasIndividualMemoriesNumbersActivityModelsFunctionBasesPatternsVariousCombinationDescriptionCognitiveFiringNeuronsModificationHayek Author:Gerald Edelman
“The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into which he enters.” SchoolIndividualSocialEnvironmentInfluenceFunctionVariousDiverseDispositionSocial EnvironmentCoordinating Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“My job is not only to give medals, you know, which certainly is part of my function. First and foremost, though, my job is about ensuring success of the work in various spheres. It is a kind of day-to-day spadework.” KnowsGivingFirstsKindJobsFunctionVariousSpheresDay To DayMedal Author:Vladimir Putin
“I met Glenn [ Greenwald] briefly in 2009. We were both guests on Real Time With Bill Maher. I was the show's guest and he was on the panel. But this was before the Snowden stuff happened. I didn't have the opportunity to meet him in preparation for the movie, unfortunately, for various reasons. But I was able to dive into the main articles he's written, and interviews with him, and just the function that the character serves in the movie, that was enough for me.” RealReasonEnoughCharacterShowsAbleOpportunityStuffWrittenHappenedMetsFunctionBillsVariousPreparationInterviewsArticlesGuestsSnowden Author:Zachary Quinto
“We can study various psychic functions and also the more primitive sensory functions, such as seeing, hearing, and so on, which constitute our image of our everyday world. They have a material side and the psychic side. And that is a gap which you cannot explain.” WorldSidesStudySeeingMaterialsFunctionEverydayVariousHearingGapsPrimitivePsychicsSensory Author:Albert Hofmann
“The various forms of education or ‘normalization’ imposed upon an individual consist in making him or her change points of subjectification, always moving towards a higher, nobler one in closer conformity with the supposed ideal. Then from the point of subjectification issues a subject of enunciation, as a function of a mental reality determined by that point. Then from the subject of enunciation issues a subject of the statement, in other words, a subject bound to statements in conformity with a dominant reality” RealityMovingFormIndividualIssuesSubjectsHigherIdealsFunctionBoundsVariousDeterminedStatementsConformityDominantAlways Moving Author:Gilles Deleuze
“The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences in form. If we could define clearly the differences in molecular constitution and functions of different kinds of organisms, there would be possible a more illuminating and deeper understanding of question of the evolutionary reactions of organisms than could ever be expected from morphological considerations.” IfsKindDifferentWould BeFormScienceUnderstandingDifferencesAnimalHistoryEvolutionFunctionConstitutionPlantSpeciesVariousDeeperExpectedSignificantReactionsConsiderationChemicalsDifferent KindsOrganismsIlluminatingDeeper Understanding Author:Ray Lankester
“All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations of the same living matter. This adapts itself to different jobs and circumstances, but operates on the same basic principles. Muscle contraction is only one of these adaptations. In principle it would not matter whether we studied nerve, kidney or muscle to understand the basic principles of life. In practice, however, it matters a great deal.” LifeDifferentMatterJobsScienceUnderstandingAnimalDealsPrinciplesPracticeTreeCircumstancesFunctionPlantVariousManifestationMusclesNervesOrgansOrganismsAdaptationKidneysBasic PrinciplesTree Of LifePlants And AnimalsLiving OrganismsDifferent JobsContractions Author:Albert Szent-Gyorgyi