“I do not feel that we should set up PEOPLE as "models"; rather actions, thoughts, principles.” PeopleFeelsShouldActionPrinciplesModels Author:Noam Chomsky
“I have never heard of anyone who was a "model person" in all aspects of his or her life, intellectual life or other aspects; nor do I see why anyone should care. We are not engaged in idol worship, after all.” ShouldPersonsCareHeardWorshipIntellectualModelsAspectEngagedIdolsIntellectual LifeIdol Worship Author:Noam Chomsky
“In the case of [Antonio] Gramsci, the Fascist government agreed that he was a "model intellectual" in [Edward] Said's sense, and for that reason determined, in their words, that "we must stop this brain from functioning for twenty years."” YearsSaidReasonGovernmentBrainCasesIntellectualModelsTwentiesDeterminedFascistsAntonio Author:Noam Chomsky
“[Antonio] Gramsci's words and actions explain their assessment, though I think we should refrain from using the term "model intellectual" for him or others.” ThinkingShouldActionTermIntellectualModelsRefrainAssessmentWords And ActionsAntonio Author:Noam Chomsky
“My memory - faded, as I say - is that Paul Johnson was trying to vilify all intellectuals who were at all critical of the states he worships, and of power generally (except, of course, the power of enemies, which we must denounce, imitating the commissars who are his models, though he doesn't understand it).” TryingStatesCoursesMemoriesEnemyWorshipModelsCriticalJohnsonFadedImitatingVilify Author:Noam Chomsky
“Because the 1979 strike against U.S. Steel in Youngstown, Ohio was an occupation - and actually, that's a model that really should be pursued now.They went on from striking to trying to have the workforce and the communities take over the abandoned factories that U.S. Steel was dismantling.” ShouldTryingCommunityModelsStrikesOccupationAbandonedFactoriesSteelPursuedOhioWorkforce Author:Noam Chomsky
“Our current model of capitalism and the dominant ideas in policy making have led to a failure of investment by both the public and the private sector in the things that drive productivity, and which affect its distribution.” IdeasPolicyModelsCapitalismInvestmentCurrentsProductivityDominantDistributionPrivate SectorPolicy Making Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“As a businessman, Donald Trump has been associated with some of the worst excesses of a particular style of value-extracting and asset stripping capitalism: set up businesses, let them fail, avoid paying suppliers, use bankruptcy laws to avoid taxes for decades, then set up another business somewhere else. It is this model that is the cause of many problems we see today.” Has BeensUseProblemTodayLawValuesCausesFailingWorstStyleParticularTrumpTaxesModelsCapitalismDecadesAssetsExcessBusinessmanSomewhere ElseBankruptcyStrippingSuppliers Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new markets for e-book reading devices and other hardware. End-users most of all want a wide range and generous amount of high-quality content for free or at reasonable costs. Like end-users, libraries want quality, quantity, economy, and variety as well as flexible business models.” WantWellsMeanBookEndsReadingQualityCompanyTechnologyEconomyRightsAmountCostModelsFairsManagementLibraryWideVarietyRangeGenerousReasonableDigitalDevicesQuantityUsersPublishersFlexibleCompensationBook ReadingHigh QualityHardwareBusiness ModelsVendors Author:Tom Peters
“The bottom line is that it's hard to find a model in which you can practically administer and sustain political support for those kinds of efforts. And what makes America complicated as well is the degree to which this is not just a black/white society, and it is becoming less so every year.” YearsWellsKindHardAmericaPoliticalBlackLinesWhiteEffortSupportBecomingDegreesModelsBottomComplicatedBottom LineBlack White Author:Barack Obama
“Different nations have different ways of forming their national identity. In America, for instance, the model was one of homogeneity breaking from different backgrounds, and the whole effort was to blend them all together like a wonderful making of a milkshake!” WayDifferentWholeTogetherAmericaNationsEffortWonderfulIdentityModelsBackgroundsInstanceDifferent WaysDifferent BackgroundsNational IdentityHomogeneityMilkshakes Author:Kabir Bedi
“I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.” ThinkingCountryStatesModelsIndianUniqueness Author:Kabir Bedi
“In a lot of writing or intellectual discourse we're starting to use that model: "Oh, this is where it comes from!" I would like to concentrate on work which is more resistant to that procedure, as I think fiction is.” ThinkingWritingUseFictionIntellectualModelsStartingDiscourseProcedures Author:Susan Sontag
“You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its intrusion into your rights. If you stop defending your rights by saying, "I don't need them in this context" or "I can't understand this," they are no longer rights.” IfsNeedsI CanGovernmentResponsibilityRightsCitizensModelsJustifyIntrusionInvert Author:Edward Snowden
“We don't have a great clash of civilizations, a clash of ideologies, a clash of alternative models, where governments thought to themselves, if we go too far, if we sort of trample unreasonably on rights, we'll give birth to a political movement which will cost us our credibility, and will possibly cost us our offices, because people will vote for the other team, the other guys.” PeopleIfsGivingGovernmentPoliticalGuyRightsTeamMovementBirthCivilizationCostOfficeModelsVoteIdeologyAlternativesCredibilityClashOther GuysPolitical MovementsClash Of Civilizations Author:Edward Snowden
“If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage, we, the people, will have to put forth our own extra governmental models and methods of trying to restore the balance of liberty to the liberal tradition of Western society.” PeopleIfsTryingInterestActingLibertyWillingBalanceModelsTraditionMethodWesternContraryAlternativesExtrasWestern Society Author:Edward Snowden
“If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in paperback, your normal model, I definitely won't give you that.” IfsGivingBookNormalModelsGoing Away Author:Simon Sinek
“Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines.” FeelsShouldBodyFashionModelsMagazinesStigmaFashion Magazines Author:Shakira
“My whole model, from the beginning, was not to personally publish a single document. I provided these documents to journalists because I didn't want my biases to decide what's in the public interest and what is not.” WantWholeInterestModelsJournalistDocumentsPublishPublic Interest Author:Edward Snowden
“People who expect enmity to suddenly convert into love are probably using the wrong model.” PeopleModelsEnmity Author:Judith Butler
“There are ordinary spaces where people do, more or less, share neighbourhoods. In Haifa, there are whole communities that are more or less integrated. But of course that is with Palestinian Israelis who have, for the most part, accepted certain kinds of cooperative models, and also accept second-class citizenship.” PeopleKindWholeCertainCoursesCommunitySpaceAcceptingClassShareModelsOrdinaryAcceptedPalestinianCitizenshipIntegratedCooperativesNeighbourhoods Author:Judith Butler
“It's hard for me to believe sometimes that my three kids never met my dad. Because one of the things - one of the real blessings to me is that while my dad left this Earth when I was in my 20s, he's just as much a part of, of my life now than he was then, in terms of I often think of my dad. I think of what my dad might do in a certain situation. And so he continues to be, you know, my hero, my role model.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveRealSometimesHardMightKidsEarthCertainThreeLeftTermSituationRolesHeroDadMetsBlessingModelsMy DadRole ModelsBe YouMy Hero Author:Mike Pence
“I think Donald Trump thinks of Putin as being a strong person, and I think he thinks of himself as being a very strong person. But I don't think in any way that he thinks of the Putin government as a desirable model.” ThinkingWayPersonsGovernmentStrongTrumpModelsVery StrongDesirablePutinStrong Person Author:Newt Gingrich
“The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model.” WorldCountryMightTermEconomyEconomicDevelopmentOffersModelsJokesThirdsUnionsThreatSovietSoviet UnionThird WorldEconomic Development Author:Jack Kemp
“It is quite difficult to establish a clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship, as the causes are manifold and closely connected. It is simply not correct to link the level of democracy to prosperity. It is absolutely clear that the economic wealth of Saudi Arabia exceeds the performance of the Czech Republic. But apparently democracy is quite stable in the Czech Republic, which cannot be said about Saudi Arabia. As we delve into the past, we must not forget about the existing model of society.” SaidPastCausesDifficultWealthForgetLevelsDemocracyClearCuttingEconomicEffectsModelsPerformancesProsperityConnectedLinksRepublicStableExceedCause And EffectArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisManifoldCzechCzech Republic Author:Garry Kasparov
“I started with "Pickman's Model," because it was about Boston. I mean, what I loved about [H. P. Lovecraft], at first is his sense of scholarship of an area, setting an environment, enlivening it. I think that's one of the secrets of writing.” ThinkingWritingFirstsMeanSecretEnvironmentModelsAreasSettingSettingsBostonScholarshipLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to create the mood. If you read "Pickman's Model," in other words, they're winding their way through the Boston Streets and [H.P.] Lovecraft researched what was there.” IfsWayAbleEnvironmentJourneyStreetsModelsMoodPlotBostonLivelyLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“It's called "Pickman's Mephitic Models," based on the story [Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft].Certain things about it many people don't realize. Pickman was a real painter who lived between 1888 and 1926. Now, there's a question mark [gesturing toward the writing in the margins of the painting], because Lovecraft claims that he turned into a ghoul. God knows how old he is now.” PeopleKnowsWritingRealStoriesCertainRealizingKnow HowPaintingModelsClaimsMarkPainterGod KnowsMarginsGhoulsQuestion MarkLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“A technology becomes truly disruptive when it drives the marginal cost of something that used to be scarce and expensive to approach zero. Thus, it used to be to deploy software at scale, you had to fund a data center, buy a set of servers, storage, and networking gear, build an in-house IT management capability, and buy an expensive stack of enabling software before you could even get started. Now you can get all that from Amazon or Microsoft on a pay-as-you-grow model.” UsedHouseGrowsPayTechnologyCostApproachModelsManagementScalesUsed To BeDataExpensiveFundZeroSoftwareCapabilityNetworkingGearsMicrosoftScarceAmazonEnablingStorageDisruptiveServerData Centers Author:Geoffrey Moore
“Try to learn as fast as you can from the wizards and then steal what you can appropriate from them and use it to modernize your existing business model (without disrupting it).” TryingUseModelsStealingAppropriateWizardsBusiness Models Author:Geoffrey Moore
“To fix the business, to bring it back to health, you must assimilate enough of the disruptive innovation to modernize the operating model without jettisoning your business model. This typically requires new leaders and definitely requires new (if temporary) rules. The CEO is the only person who can dictate the correct terms in a timely manner and maintain the enterprise's commitment to those terms for the duration of the rehabilitation effort.” IfsPersonsEnoughTermEffortLeaderModelsCommitmentInnovationEnterpriseTemporaryCeoDurationRehabilitationDisruptiveTimelyBusiness ModelsDisruptive Innovation Author:Geoffrey Moore
“I didn't ask to become a role model, but it was thrust upon all of us, regardless of whether you acknowledge it. You have to come to a decision as an adult and say, "I've got to live my life." There's nothing wrong with thinking ahead and being aware of how it might affect somebody - everything from a post to where you have dinner to who you're with. But these aren't things you can let consume your life.” ThinkingMightAsksDecisionRolesModelsAdultsDinnerPostsAcknowledgeRole ModelsLiving My LifeThrustThinking Ahead Author:Nick Jonas
“The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other concepts essential to the establishment of a political society. They saw in Scripture political and legal models - such as republicanism, separation of powers, and due process of law - that they believed enjoyed divine favor and were worthy of emulation in their polities.” HumansGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderSocialProcessVirtueSawsHuman NatureDivineEssentialsAuthorityModelsConceptsInsightWorthyDuesFavorsScriptureSeparationEnjoyedEstablishmentFoundersCivicsSocial OrderFramingSeparation Of PowersDue ProcessEmulationRepublicanismCivic VirtueDue Process Of Law Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“The republican model described in the Hebrew Scriptures reassured pious Americans that republicanism was a political system favored by God.” PoliticalRepublicanModelsScripturePolitical SystemsPiousHebrewRepublicanism Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“All countries are particular and no models are perfect.” CountryPerfectParticularModels Author:Mary Robinson
“The term role model is thrown around a lot, and I always tell people, your role models are hopefully parents and great influencers in your life. If I fall into that category, then I will embrace it for sure.” PeopleIfsFallParentTermRolesModelsEmbraceHopefullyThrownCategoriesRole Models Author:Sarah Thomas
“My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.” ThinkingWorldYearsMadeHomeBigsSchoolBlackRolesAdviceCryTaughtModelsHigh SchoolPaidFinancialSavedCoreNewspapersFinanceGrandmotherRole ModelsNurseStemRetiredSkepticalMamaPaychecksColumnistsSchool EducationPersonal FinancePaid OffBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“Ho Chi Minh rarely wrote about Sun Tzu, but when he did mention the ancient Chinese military strategist, he was always laudatory, and he sometimes cited his ideas as a model for the Vietnamese revolutionary movement to follow.” IdeasSometimesSunMilitaryMovementModelsAncientChineseRevolutionaryStrategistVietnamese Author:William J. Duiker
“The influence of Sun Tzu on other North Vietnamese military strategists is harder to answer. Certainly many of the key leaders in Hanoi were aware of Sun Tzu and made use of his ideas - Vo Nguyen Giap applied many of these ideas in seeking out weak elements in the enemy's defenses, as did Truong Chinh, whose famous treatise, The Resistance Will Win (1947), cited the ideas of Mao Zedong as a model for the North Vietnamese to follow.” MadeIdeasUseWinningAnswersLeaderEnemySunInfluenceMilitaryKeysElementsModelsWeakHarderSeekingDefenseResistanceStrategistVietnameseMaoHanoi Author:William J. Duiker
“I think [John Adams] developed a much deeper suspicion of France and the other European powers than he had earlier. He lost much if not all of the utopian thinking about international politics and diplomacy expressed in his Model Treaty of 1776 and became much more cynical about the world.” IfsThinkingWorldLostModelsInternationalDeeperFranceCynicalSuspicionDiplomacyTreatiesUtopian Author:Gordon S. Wood
“I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787. But his Massachusetts constitution was a model for those who thought about stable popular governments, with its separation of powers, its bicameral legislature, its independent judiciary, and its strong executive.” ThinkingFirstsStatesGovernmentStrongUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceModelsConstitutionIndependentIncludingSeparationExecutivesStableVolumeDefenceLegislatureJudiciaryIndirectMassachusettsMadisonConstitution Of The United StatesSeparation Of PowersIndependent Judiciary Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Basketball, and the people I have met through the game have far and away had the largest impact on my life. Almost every positive role model I have ever had was a coach, mentor, or teammate.” PeopleGamesRolesMetsBasketballModelsImpactCoachesRole ModelsMentorTeammateVery PositivePositive Role Model Author:Ashley Graham
“Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot."” LooksComedyClothesModelsHot Author:Neal Brennan
“I was the first size 14 model to be featured in an ad in the magazine,I was the first size 14 model on the cover!” FirstsModelsSizeMagazinesAds Author:Ashley Graham
“As a model, I'm used to having my body scrutinized, and I have a tough skin so I can shake it off. I know I'm the only person that gets to decide how my body should look.” KnowsShouldLooksPersonsI CanBodyUsedModelsToughSkinsShakesTough Skin Author:Ashley Graham
“We need to roll back precarious employment models. Temporary and limited contracts were initially seen as a way of introducing more flexibility so as to bridge periods of need in certain phases of production. Some employers have taken advantage of the model to push down wages. In general, we must strive for equal pay for equal work.” WayNeedsCertainPayTakenPeriodsEqualModelsAdvantageStriveProductionsEmploymentBridgesTemporaryContractsIntroducingPhasesWagesFlexibilityEmployersPrecariousEqual PayTaken Advantage Author:Martin Schulz
“It is impossible to swear an oath to the German Basic Law without realizing that our constitution is among the most liberal constitutions in the world. As the head of government in such a country, I would stand up to all those who call into question this free, open and tolerant model of society.” WorldCountryGovernmentLawRealizingImpossibleModelsConstitutionSwearOath Author:Martin Schulz
“I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.” PeopleWantRolesModelsVideoRole Models Author:Lilly Singh
“The public, too, has to make an effort in order to understand the writer who, though he renounce complacent obscurity, cannot always express his new-hidden thoughts lucidly and according to accepted models.” OrderEffortModelsAcceptedObscurityRenounceComplacent Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“There are some things fundamentally off about the stance of the book. And maybe that's okay; maybe every book is flawed, and great books, as flawed as they might be, articulate a moral argument that the reader then carries forward. The critique to this model is, of course, to ask: Should a book be ever so perfect that you come out of it with complete moral agreement that can be sustained?” ShouldBookMightCoursesAsksPerfectMoralReaderModelsArgumentOkayAgreementCarrieFlawedCritiqueStanceGreat Book Author:George Saunders