“To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, deliberation, choice, decision, etc. that constitute the substance of our political life are not operating. The same is true of overwhelming aversion. The person being tortured who simply wants it to stop, period, is also not a good model for an agent acting politically.” WantPersonsMovingPoliticalChoicesStrongDecisionActingPeriodsNormalModelsAddictionAgentsSubstanceEtcOverwhelmingProceduresIrresistibleAversionEvaluationDeliberationPolitical Life Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
“When you have a food safety system that's voluntary and not mandatory, you're in a situation in which everybody wants everybody else to go first. So as a normal course of doing business, food companies cut corners and don't want to take the kind of trouble and the kind of testing and the kind of careful procedures that are required to produce the safe food because they don't have to.” WantFirstsKindCoursesCompanySituationCuttingTroubleProduceSafeNormalSafetyCarefulCornersTestingProceduresFood SafetySafe Food Author:Marion Nestle
“To become a saint in the Catholic Church, the normal procedure is, beatification, requiring one miracle in your name, then canonization, roughly in five years or longer, to become a saint, a second miracle.” YearsNamesChurchFiveNormalMiracleCatholicSaintFive YearsProceduresCatholic Church Author:Chris Matthews
“The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we regard as normal working procedure. The satirical point of the view may be to counterpoint that. The way we look at classics has been hijacked by the intelligentsia - Shakespeare is highbrow and seen as something clever people do, which isn't right at all. I basically pull inspiration from everywhere.” PeopleWorldWayLooksMayHas BeensInspirationViewsGrewNormalGrew UpRegardCleverNonsenseProceduresSatiricalSilliness Author:Jasper Fforde
“Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.” LeaderNormalDemocraticRussiaInclinationProceduresAuthoritarianismArmeniaAzerbaijan Author:Garry Kasparov