“For the fundamental fact of human psychology is that society, instead of remaining almost entirely inside the individual organism as in the case of animals prompted by their instincts, becomes crystallized almost entirely outside the individuals. In other words, social rules, as Durkheim has so powerfully shown, whether they be linguistic, moral, religious, or legal, etc., cannot be constituted, transmitted or preserved by means of an internal biological heredity, but only through the external pressure exercised by individuals upon each other.” HumansMeanFactsIndividualSocialReligiousAnimalMoralCasesPsychologyPressureFundamentalsInstinctEtcInternalsOrganismsHeredity Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“Being creative and playing with your content during the holidays is a great idea. But straying too far from your fundamental brand (from address, logo, etc.) can be a dangerous game. Your recipients need to be able to recognize you during this busy time of year.” NeedsYearsIdeasAbleGamesCreativeDangerousFundamentalsBusyBrandsAddressesEtcHolidayBe CreativeGreat IdeaLogos Author:Paul Ford
“History is preoccupied with fundamental processes of change. If you are allergic to these processes, you abandon history and take cover in the social sciences. Today anthropology, sociology, etc, flourish. History is sick. But then our society too is sick” IfsTodaySocialProcessSickFundamentalsEtcOur SocietyAbandonSociologyAnthropologySocial ScienceAllergicProcess Of Change Author:Edward Hallett Carr
“At a fundamental level photography is much like pointing, and all of us occasionally point at things: look at that, look at that sailboat, look at that tree, etc. etc.” LooksLevelsTreePhotographyFundamentalsEtcPointingSailboat Author:Keith Carter
“While a lot of people want to join the left to react against the mainstream or right, I in many ways react against the left - not a lot of its fundamental commitments, but its often dismal tone, righteousness, defeatism, etc.” PeopleWayWantLeftCommitmentFundamentalsToneEtcRighteousnessMainstream Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, space, identity, resemblance, substance, property, fact, event, composition, possibility, etc., are the most fundamental concepts. Thus metaphysics is the most fundamental theoretical discipline.” FactsRealitySpaceStudyEventsIdentityPossibilityDisciplineConceptsFundamentalsStructurePropertySubstanceEtcCompositionMetaphysicsTheoreticalResemblance Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“Historically, several policy domains, including that of foreign policy towards the US and India, budget allocations etc, have been controlled by the Pakistani military, and the civil-military divide can be said to be the most fundamental fracture in Pakistan's body politic.” Has BeensSaidBodyMilitaryPolicyIndiaFundamentalsIncludingBudgetsEtcControlledDividesForeign PolicyPakistanDomainFractureAllocation Author:Noam Chomsky
“Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless consumption isn't much of a life. And work offers us very little satisfaction. Plus our work and consumption is destroying the environment. And this is in the rich countries. Add starvation, etc. to the mix, and you have a lot of people in the world pretty unhappy with things as they are. Modern communications make all of this known to people far and wide, and we see the fundamental unfairness of it all.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsLittlesCountryKnownRichEnvironmentModernCommunicationOffersFundamentalsAddFolksSatisfactionWideUnhappyBeing TrueEtcPlusDestroyingConsumptionStarvationUnfairnessRich CountriesDestroying The EnvironmentModern Communication Author:Michael Yates
“You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.” PlayGovernmentCareFallNationsRolesMajorsFunctionFundamentalsTake CareAgencyEtcReservesBankingPrivate SectorTreasuryFall BackFederal ReserveBanking System Author:Dick Cheney
“It is important for us also to cultivate in our own family a sense that we belong together eternally, that whatever changes outside our home, there are fundamental aspects of our relationship which will never change.” KnowsNeedsChildrenImportantHomeTogetherEffortOughtAspectOrganizationOur ChildrenFundamentalsEtcOur RelationshipNever ChangeReunionFamily Reunion Author:Spencer W. Kimball