“I wonder, what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet and all kinds of adventures, deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut in a book. Of course you have to read it to find out. But it's already there, that's the funny thing. I just wish I knew how it could be.” PeopleKnowsKindBookCountrySometimesWholeStoriesCoursesWishCitiesWonderSeaStrangeAdventureBattlePaperHappeningsLettersDeedsStormAll KindsFunny ThingsPrintedCity And Country Author:Michael Ende
“There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them, and they don't know how to use it.” PeopleKnowsKindUseKnow HowLuckyHappeningsThings HappenAll Kinds Author:Hiroaki Aoki
“Interesting thing that is happening in American society is that people are starting to talk about money. I don't know how you feel about this, but for a long time, nobody was talking about money. It was a secret. And it's kind of very interesting because we do lots of stuff to portray to people about how much money we have, the clothes we wear and the cars we have and the house - they all kind of depict to other people, signal how much money we make, but we don't talk about it specifically.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindLongHouseStuffInterestingSecretTalkingKnow HowCarClothesLong TimeHappeningsStartingAll KindsSignalsVery InterestingInteresting ThingsHow You FeelAmerican SocietyTalking About Money Author:Dan Ariely
“If we remain fearful, then we will be further stripped of power as we barrel towards this neofeudalistic state where there is a world of masters and serfs, a kind of permanent underclass. That's what's happening; that's what's being created. Rapacious corporate business interests have shattered all kinds of regulations and controls. They have carried out a coup d'etat in slow motion. And it's over; they've won.” IfsWorldKindStatesInterestMastersHappeningsAll KindsCorporatePermanentFearfulRegulationShatteredBarrelsCoupsSlow MotionSerfs Author:Chris Hedges
“It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.” IfsKindImportantPrinciplesWorrySpeechHappeningsProtectionAll KindsMinorities Author:Judith Butler
“You invent things like algorithms to take care of some of the changes you want to make. The changes aren't detectable. There's all kinds of things happening as I play.” WantKindPlayCareHappeningsTake CareThings HappenAll KindsAlgorithms Author:Pauline Oliveros
“People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.” PeopleWorldKindFactsPerspectiveHappeningsIllusionAll KindsFantastic Author:David Brinkley