“The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.” PeopleTogetherLeftWaterInfluenceBuildingBirdLandscapeSandReeds Author:Zaha Hadid
“There is no gene "for" such unambiguous bits of morphology as your left kneecap or your fingernail. [...] Hundreds of genes contribute to the building of most body parts and their action is channeled through a kaleidoscopic series of environmental influences: embryonic and postnatal, internal and external. Parts are not translated genes, and selection doesn't even work directly on parts.” BodyActionLeftBitsInfluenceBuildingSeriesEnvironmentalInternalsGenesSelectionFingernailsMorphologyEnvironmental Influences Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
“Rebellion against technology and civilization is real rebellion, a real attack on the values of the existing system. But the green anarchists, anarcho-primitivists, and so forth (The "GA Movement") have fallen under such heavy influence from the left that their rebellion against civilization has to great extent been neutralized. Instead of rebelling against the values of civilization, they have adopted many civilized values themselves and have constructed an imaginary picture of primitive societies that embodies these civilized values.” RealValuesLeftTechnologyInfluenceMovementCivilizationGreenHeavyFallenRebellionCivilizedImaginaryPrimitiveAdoptedAnarchist Author:Theodore Kaczynski
“the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible ... A few years later the nation had reached the stage which follows a drinking bout. It was feeling ruefully in its empty pockets. It did not want to part with anything to anybody. Its head ached. Noble sentiments made it feel sick. It wanted only to be left alone.” WantFeelsYearsMadeStillsWarFeelingsWantedSpiritPoliticsLeftNationsFeminismInfluenceStageMovementFlowEmptySickDrinkingNoblePsychologicalMade ItPostsExplanationPocketsSentimentsThickThrustLeft AloneReconstructionEbb And FlowPost WarEmpty Pockets Author:Eleanor Rathbone
“We often wonder that certain men and women are left by God to the commission of sins that shock us. We wonder how, under the temptation of a single hour, they fall from the very heights of virtue and of honor into sin and shame. The fact is that there are no such falls as these, or there are next to none. These men and women are those who have dallied with temptation--have exposed themselves to the influence of it, and have been weakened and corrupted by it.” MenHas BeensFactsCertainFallNextLeftHoursSinWonderVirtueInfluenceHonorMen And WomenShameTemptationHeightShockExposed Author:J. G. Holland
“In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.” ThinkingFilmLeftInfluenceIndustryPicksVisibleVansFilm IndustryJackieVan Damme Author:Scott Adkins
“We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection to anything at all is taken as a full-scale revolution. Should any soul speak up in favor of the obvious, it is taken as a symptom of the influence of the left, the right, the pink, the black, the dangerous. An idea for its own sake - especially an obvious idea - has no respectability.” ShouldIdeasSoulLeftSpeakBlackTakenInfluenceDangerousRevolutionSakeObviousFavorsScalesSmallestSymptomsObjectionsRespectabilityPlacid Book:Art & ardor: essays Source: Art & ardor: essays
“Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to trouble about, or to make trouble about.” GivingHandsChristianLeftGivenOur LivesPlansTroubleInfluenceGiving UpChristian InspirationalLoved OnesOur Thoughts Author:Hudson Taylor
“I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had not the slightest reference to a future business career. It left me free and untrammeled to approach my business problems without the limiting influence of specific training.” ThinkingProblemReadingLeftBusinessEducationCareersInfluenceApproachTrainingGladBusiness ProblemsFuture Business Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside.” MenLittlesMomentsHandsGovernmentLeftNaturalDifferencesInfluenceNotesTendenciesDevicesAcquisitionExtending Author:Barry Goldwater
“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.” WellsDifferentEnoughBigsFormSongCoursesLeftPlansWrittenInfluenceBandDecidedBillsPeterHad EnoughBluegrass Author:David Grisman
“Legacy doesn't mean a lot because once you have left, even if you are one of the biggest individual shareholders it only means [a small amount of influence]. But it's something I'm very pleased about.” IfsMeanIndividualLeftInfluenceAmountLegacyShareholdersSmall Amounts Author:Maurice Levy
“There were 16 people in the race, including a number of governors, and there's only one left. And I think that at the end we have to make sure that we have somebody that can go to that town, change that system, grow employment, change the whole way in which it works and ship power money and influence back to the states. So I'm optimistic about it.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksEndsStatesWholeLeftGrowsNumbersRaceInfluenceTownsIncludingShipsOptimisticEmploymentGovernors Author:John Kasich
“And if you look at society, the way it works, they are creating, from cradle to grave, left-brain prisoners. To advance in this society, you have to be good at passing exams in school, which are taking in left-brain information overwhelmingly. Then you go to the next level, and so on so that by the time you reach any level of significant influence in society or the institutions of society, you are fundamentally locked into your left brain. Or at least the majority of people are.” PeopleIfsWayLooksSchoolNextLeftLevelsBrainInfluenceInformationCreatingInstitutionsMajorityBe GoodSignificantGravesPassingPassingsPrisonerLockedCradleExamNext LevelThis SocietyLeft Brain Author:David Icke