“A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth.” IfsSoulUseFacesUniverseGrowthViewsWillingHappeningsOptimismEncouragementAdversityPoint Of ViewOptimisticFabricWoven Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community.” IfsCommunityViewsSeriousAuthorityBehaviorHappeningsOrdinaryScientistFundamentalsDisturbingBaltimore Book:Challenges Source: Challenges
“Business people have a a good view of what's happening internally in countries, and they can be a positive force.” PeopleCountryForceViewsHappenings Author:John Kasich
“We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that’s what’s happening. Too many people there. They can’t support themselves — and it’s not an inhuman thing to say. It’s the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it’s going to get worse and worse.” PeopleHumanityViewsCasesSupportPlanetsHappeningsManageFamineProgrammesInhumanEthiopia Author:David Attenborough
“I'm very much for strengthening our industry at home. It's great now there's a lot of work happening but I think with Irish film in particular, the views were starting to get a little stereotypical and we were pigeonholing ourselves a little bit. We needed to get out of that.” ThinkingLittlesHomeFilmBitsViewsParticularIndustryNeededLittle BitHappeningsStartingStrengthening Author:Saoirse Ronan
“As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.” SelfEnoughLightSidesDarkViewsPossibilityHappeningsCriticismUnfortunateTemperamentSkepticDark SideUnluckyRosySelf CriticismPosse Author:Savielly Tartakower
“I had an approach where everything that's happening it should be as though it's an experience for somebody. So if you're experiencing a hurricane, if you're experiencing a car crash or whatever it is, you're only experiencing as yourself, you're not experiencing it from some objective point of view.” IfsShouldViewsCarApproachHappeningsPoint Of ViewObjectivesCrashHurricanesCar Crash Author:Jeff Baena
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.” FirstsPersonsAmericaPoliticalViewsNew YorkHappeningsPoint Of ViewLatinFirst PersonLatin AmericaLatin American Author:Ruben Blades
“As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.” PeopleWorldWayCountrySeemsKidsIndividualViewsGroupsHappeningsConcernedExcitedOur CountryBetter PlacePessimisticPlaces In The World Author:Steve Jobs
“I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.” IfsChildrenLongDiesBornViewsTechnologyLong TimeHappeningsSorryInstantI'm SorryHaving Children Author:Steve Jobs
“I sometimes get a distorted view of how quickly humans are evolving, because I meet many people who are evolving beyond ego. Then I have to switch on the TV to realize, "Oh, no, it is not happening to everybody yet." But it is happening.” PeopleHumansSometimesRealizingViewsTvsEgoHappeningsEvolve Author:Eckhart Tolle
“There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there. It's all changing and happening and they're able to maybe not play their movies in theaters but get them on the internet. This is the new wave, the new world.” WorldDifferentPlayStoriesAbleYoungArtistViewsDyingInternetHappeningsTheaterWavePoint Of ViewFilmmakerNew WorldDifferent Points Of ViewYoung Artists Author:Alex Stapleton
“What happened to the men's boxing is happening to the women's boxing, but not all the time. Every now and then, you get some really great fights. It's a money thing and how many people are going to buy that pay-per-view for the fights. The UFC is eventually going to go that way.” PeopleMenWayFightingViewsPayHappenedHappeningsBoxingNow And ThenReally GreatUfc Author:Bonnie Canino
“I really think what's happening to the American political system is that it has been reduced to a system of self-perpetuation for the people in it. And they view security for themselves as always needing things to be done.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSelfDonePoliticalViewsSecurityHappeningsPolitical SystemsAmerican Political System Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.” WantNeedsShouldRunningTodayDifferencesViewsLeaderHappeningsDevilShould HaveExpectedContraryNakedAssociatesDissentEmperorVarianceSensorsDevil's Advocate Author:Warren G. Bennis
“The only acceptable way to solve ecological problems is if you can persuade people to have fewer children. In the Victorian times, there were families of 15 children. Someone like Edward Lear, he was the last of 21 children. And so what we have to think about is offering people the alternative choice. And in the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. I'm wanting human beings to be better off so they don't view children as an insurance for the future.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansChildrenHas BeensStillsProblemLastsChoicesHuman BeingsViewsBirthHappeningsWestRateSolveAlternativesFewerAcceptableOfferingBetter OffDroppingEcologicalVictorianLearBirth RateVictorian Times Author:David Attenborough
“In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.” PeopleWorldWayMadeBodyRealityLeftUnderstandingViewsPartyBehindsAcceptingEventsHappeningsBirdHarmSaneGrainIncapableCornViolationWorld ViewLack Of Understanding Author:George Orwell