“Desire , to know why, and how, CURIOSITY; such as is in no living creature but Man ; so that Man is distinguished, not only by his Reason; but also by this singular Passion from other Animals ; in whom the appetite of food, and other pleasures of Sense, by predominance, take away the care of knowing causes; which is a Lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of Knowledge, exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal Pleasure.” KnowsMenMindReasonCareDesirePassionCausesPleasureAnimalKnowingGenerationsCreaturesPerseveranceCuriosityDelightLustAppetiteDistinguishedLiving CreaturesVehemence Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“I vote because it's what small-d democracy is about. Because there are places where people fight for generations and stand for hours to cast a ballot knowing what we ought to remember: that it makes a difference. Not always a big difference. Not always an immediate difference. But a difference.” PeopleBigsRememberFightingHoursDifferencesKnowingDemocracyGenerationsOughtVoteCastsMaking A DifferenceBallots Author:Ellen Goodman
“VOTE!!! Remember what the suffragists said when they finally won their long hard battle to get us the right to vote, knowing that they probably would never get to exercise the right or see the results; they said, 'this is not for ourselves alone.' It was for us and every generation of women to come. If we don't vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future.” IfsGivingLongSaidHardRememberResultsKnowingGenerationsExerciseBattleVoteThey SaidRight To VoteSuffragists Author:Pat Mitchell
“Now there's a whole generation of filmmakers who grew up making their own films with video cameras, and have dined entirely on a diet of popular culture. It's been reflected in a lot of their work. It's self-reflective, it's quite knowing, but it's very literate.” SelfWholeFilmCultureKnowingGenerationsGrewGrew UpCamerasVideoDietsFilmmakerWorking ItPopular CultureVideo Cameras Author:Simon Pegg
“We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there is no reason to assume that we know what's going on or that the generation which follows us will know what's going on. And what kind of trip is it anyway to insist on knowing what's going on?” KnowsKindReasonProcessKnowingGenerationsIntelligentAssumingHistoricalSpeciesCaughtNo Reason Author:Terence McKenna
“There are so few surprises left in life. We've gotten so addicted to knowing. It's the Google generation. We want the answer to everything right now!” WantLeftAnswersKnowingGenerationsRight NowSurpriseGoogle Author:Ryan Reynolds
“Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really wealthy family, but there was no real love. Everyone's living these extraordinary, interesting lives whether they know it or not.” KnowsRealBornInterestingPovertyKnowingImagineGenerationsExtraordinaryWealthyReal LoveNot KnowingLove EveryoneInteresting Life Author:Annie Lennox
“There are so many shocking things. Is it more shocking that there are children sold into slavery in every city in the world and right under our noses or that there are villages in Nepal where there are no children left because they have all been kidnapped for sex trafficking, or that there are generations of slaves in some countries where indentured slavery passes from generation to generation and that kids grow into adults not knowing that another world - another life - exists?” WorldChildrenCountryKidsLeftSexGrowsCitiesKnowingGenerationsAdultsSlaverySlaveNosesVillageNot KnowingShockingAnother WorldAnother LifeTraffickingKidnappedNepalCities In The WorldShocking Things Author:Gillian Anderson
“I think my generation has grown up knowing that you don't pay attention to trolls because trollin's what they do.” ThinkingPayAttentionKnowingGenerationsPay AttentionMy GenerationTroll Author:Kevin Biegel