“No scientist or student of science, need ever read an original work of the past. As a general rule, he does not think of doing so. Rutherford was one of the greatest experimental physicists, but no nuclear scientist today would study his researches of fifty years ago. Their substance has all been infused into the common agreement, the textbooks, the contemporary papers, the living present.” ThinkingNeedsYearsDoeTodayPastScienceCommonStudyStudentsPaperResearchYears AgoScientistOriginalsNuclearContemporarySubstanceFiftyAgreementPapersPhysicistTextbooks Author:C.P. Snow
“The aliens on this planet are also attempting to clone or replicate the human form artificially. Their original form, being humanoid, cannot pass the field that was established around the Earth. But if they can clone or cybernetically change their forms, it may help their designs. This is why virtual reality, cybernetics, cloning, and nanotechnology are in vogue today.” IfsHumansMayHelpingRealityTodayEarthFormDesignFieldsPlanetsOriginalsAliensBeing HumanAttemptingEugenicsVirtual RealityVogueHuman FormReplicateCyberneticsCloningNanotechnology Author:Michael Tsarion
“Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.” ChildrenProblemTodayFacesSocialOriginalsClubsCrushMiceViewersMickeySocial ProblemsProblem Child Author:Annette Funicello
“Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat an average 2.1 hours a day. Another study, published in October 2005, found that employees spent an average of 11 minutes on a project before being distracted. After an interruption it takes them 25 minutes to return to the original task, if they do at all.” IfsTodayFoundHoursTechnologyStudyMinutesReturnOfficeProjectsTasksOriginalsAverageHeavyProductivityEmployeeDistractionDistractedOctoberTollsInterruptions Author:David Rock
“In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls.” BelieveTodayPastGirlSexBornSinBoysOriginalsInnocenceOriginal Sin Author:Warren Farrell
“Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high quality of the original product, it doesn't show a hint of dating. Neither [Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope nor Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi] were able to match the narrative scope of Empire, which today remains one of the finest and most rousing science fiction tales ever committed to the screen.” YearsStillsWarShowsTodayAbleStarsFictionQualityProductsReturnDatingOriginalsRemainsScience FictionCommittedStrikesScreensTalesReleaseNarrativeEmpiresEpisodesFinestScopeThrillingHintsInvolvingSeventeenHigh QualityNew HopeStrike BackEmpire Strikes Back Author:James Berardinelli
“The wild life of today is not ours to do with as we please. The original stock was given to us in trust for the benefit both of the present and the future. We must render an accounting of this trust to those who come after us.” TodayGivenPleaseBenefitsOriginalsAccountingCampingWild Life Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Today the separation of church and state is America is used to silence the church... The way the concept is used today is totally reversed from the original intent... It is used today as a false political dictum in order to restrict the influence of Christian ideas... To have suggested the state separated from religion and religious influence would have amazed the Founding Fathers.” WayIdeasStatesTodayChristianAmericaPoliticalUsedOrderFatherChurchReligiousSilenceInfluenceConceptsOriginalsSeparationAmazedFoundingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:Francis Schaeffer
“The original Upper Paleolithic people would, if they appeared among us today, be called Caucasoid, in the sense that they lacked the particular traits we associate with Negroid and Mongoloid types.” PeopleIfsTodayParticularTypeOriginalsTraitsAssociates Book:Personality and learning theory: the structure of personality in its environment Source: Personality and learning theory: the structure of personality in its environment
“Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth. In like manner original sin cannot be extirpated from us; it springs up in us as long as we live.” LooksLongDoeTodayEarthSinGrowingTomorrowSpringOriginalsCleanCeaseBeardOriginal Sin Author:Martin Luther
“Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original.” TodayOriginalsWorthlessSequels Author:William Friedkin
“Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.” TodayLiteratureInterestInfluenceModernOriginalsMythThinkerSurveysModern Literature Author:Charles Simic
“I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James Madison - father of the Constitution. Labels change and perhaps in the old tradition I would be considered one of the original Whigs. The new title I would wear today is that of Conservative, though in its original connotation the term Liberal fits me better than the original meaning of the word Conservative.” WantWould BeTodayFatherTermKnownFitTraditionConstitutionOriginalsConservativeLibertarianLabelsTitlesMadisonConnotationOld Traditions Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“I saw it on the Twitter of today, on the online boards. There was a huge amount of negative reaction that's been forgotten because the quality eventually shined through. But usually it takes people a while to see what they've got on their plate. And I think, with "Jessica Jones," it's this anomalous thing where, and because of the original property being so good, people saw it right away, which is very unusual.” PeopleThinkingTodayQualitySawsHugeAmountNegativeOriginalsPropertyForgottenReactionsBoardsOnlineGood PeopleUnusualPlatesJessicaJessica JonesNegative Reactions Author:Jane Espenson
“He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run all our restaurants today. The passing of 'Restaurant Man' - the original gangsta 'Restaurant Man,' my father - was the passing of an era. No one can replace him.” MenStillsHardRunningTodayFatherOriginalsImpactPassingPassingsErasRestaurantsLastingSensibilityGangstaReasonablenessLasting Impact Author:Joe Bastianich
“Our Government is fostering economic growth in Kitchener, Cambridge and all of the Waterloo Region by investing in our innovative businesses. Today's announcement is a great example of how we are helping high-potential companies bring great ideas to market faster. Helping our entrepreneurs and original thinkers export their products and services to the rest of the world creates jobs, growth and economic prosperity here at home.” WorldIdeasHelpingHomeGovernmentTodayJobsGrowthCompanyEconomicExampleProductsOriginalsEntrepreneurInvestingProsperityFasterRegionsThinkerInnovativeEconomic GrowthGreat IdeaAnnouncementsCambridgeFosteringWaterlooEconomic ProsperityJob Growth Author:Gary Goodyear
“I think he's [Louis Brandeis] a great model for progressive justices today who want to answer the originalists. It's not that the original paradigm cases are irrelevant, but you have to focus on the values the framers were trying to protect, not on the means with which those values were invaded in the 18th century.” ThinkingWantTryingMeanTodayValuesJusticeAnswersCasesFocusCenturyProtectModelsOriginalsProgressiveIrrelevantParadigm18th CenturyFramersLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The original United States, the founding of America was indeed a shared culture. And you could argue that there was a diversity from the founding days, but not the way the left defines diversity today.” WayStatesTodayAmericaCultureLeftUnitedUnited StatesDiversityOriginalsArguingFounding Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when you least expect it, usually in a form that’s pretty different from the original. Those coincidental moments that change your life seem random at the time but I don’t think they are. At least that’s how it’s worked out in my life. And I know I’m not the only one.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayYearsMayLittlesDifferentMomentsSeemsHappensTodayFormTomorrowOriginalsOne WayChanging Your Life Author:Slash
“His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was beginning to think it was an affliction of his. Did he go around wanting to choke the life out of everyone or was she special in that regard? “I’m afraid ’tis an urge that is entirely original to you,” the laird barked. She clamped her mouth shut and closed her eyes. Mother Serenity had vowed one day Mairin would regret her propensity to blurt out her least little thought. Today just might be that day.” ThinkingLittlesHandsMightEyeTodayMotherSpecialRegretOne DayMouthsRegardOriginalsUrgesSerenityHer EyesAfflictionChokePropensityThrottleTwitching Author:Maya Banks
“It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for himself, or at least preserve his own innocence of personality - he must once more sink himself in solitude. There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profit; in order to do anything at all we need (so to speak) the wit and ideas of our neighbors as much as the businessmen need the funds of others to win on the market. All this traffic sharpens our intelligence and falsifies our judgment.” PeopleIfsNeedsLittlesMadeIdeasSeemsTodayArtistOrderWinningSpeakWishToo MuchCuttingSeriousPersonalitySolitudeJudgmentOriginalsCompetitionProfitNeighborWitInnocencePreservesFundGossipTrafficBusinessmanNiche Author:Edgar Degas
“For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society, perhaps there remains a lingering, almost innate memory of sacred shrines and temples tended by priestesses who served in the religion of the original supreme deity. In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?” PeopleTodayRememberHeavenMemoriesAspectOriginalsRemainsSacredRaisedSupremeDawnTemplesOur SocietySecularInnateDeitiesMistressLingeringShrinesReligion GodPriestesses Book:When God Was A Woman Source: When God Was A Woman
“There are reveries so deep, reveries which help us descend so deeply within ourselves that they rid us of our history. They liberate us from our name. These solitudes of today return us to the original solitudes.” SelfHelpingTodayNamesReturnSolitudeOriginalsHistoricalReverie Author:Gaston Bachelard
“If the original Facebook was the first five minutes [of a conversation] and the stream was the next 15, what I want to show you today is the rest-the next few hours of a deep engaging conversation.” IfsWantFirstsShowsTodayNextHoursFiveMinutesConversationOriginalsStreamsEngagingFive Minutes Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be described as rock's cornerstone. He was the original cool.” ThinkingYearsTodayRocksMusicianOriginalsAffectedCornerstones Author:Brian Setzer