“A schism has taken place among the chemists. A particular set of them in France have undertaken to remodel all the terms of the science, and to give every substance a new name, the composition, and especially the termination of which, shall define the relation in which it stands to other substances of the same family.” GivingScienceNamesTermTakenParticularRelationFranceSubstanceCompositionChemistNomenclatureTerminationSchism Book:Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers
“To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.” GivingImportantHardMysteryParticularFlowerScentPerfume Author:Isabella Rossellini
“The gospel is unintelligible to most people today, especially in the West, because their own particular stories are remote from the story of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation that is narrated in the Bible. Our focus is introspective and narrow, confided to our own immediate knowledge, experience, and intuition. Trying desperately to get others, including God, to make us happy, we cannot seem to catch a glimpse of the real story that gives us a meaningful role.” PeopleGivingTryingRealStoriesSeemsTodayFallRolesFocusCreationParticularWestIncludingIntuitionMeaningfulRedemptionGlimpseIntrospectiveReal StoryKnowledge Experience Author:Michael Horton
“I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.” WayGivingMindJobsFormGoalParticular Author:John McLaughlin
“Italians give their city sexes, and they all agree that the sex for a particular city is quite correct, but none of them can explain why. I love that. London's middle-aged and male, respectably married but secretly gay.” GivingSexCitiesMiddleParticularGayMarriedAgreeMalesLondonMiddle Aged Author:David Mitchell
“The excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text means practically nothing in a way - , there's no particular performance that is definitive in the way a novel is a solid object you hold in your hands and here it is. You can't say that about a play. If the novel gives us a sense of throbbing consciousness, theater is pure soul, beautiful and elusive.” IfsWayGivingMeanSoulPlayHandsBeautifulConsciousnessNovelObjectsParticularPurePerformancesTheaterTheatreAbsenceEveningExcitementFrustrationElusivePure Soul Author:Don DeLillo
“Each particular being, in its individuality, its concrete nature and entity, with all its own characteristics and its private qualities and its own inviolable identity, gives glory to God by being precisely what He wants it to be here and now, in the circumstances ordained for it by His Love and His infinite Art.” WantGivingArtQualityIdentityParticularCircumstancesGloryInfiniteIndividualityCharacteristicsConcreteEntityHis LoveHere And NowGlory Of God Book:New Seeds of Contemplation Source: New Seeds of Contemplation
“What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.” GivingMeanDoeHouseLinesWhiteSituationEffectsPolicyProduceParticularWhite House Author:Elliott Abrams
“For me, with any character, there are different ways that you approach understanding him, and in this film in particular, because I had the novel to refer to. It's always really helpful to have all of that information and all of those hundreds more words which give you an idea into the background and your character and all.” WayGivingIdeasDifferentCharacterFilmUnderstandingNovelInformationParticularApproachBackgroundsDifferent WaysHelpfulUnderstanding Him Author:Asa Butterfield
“The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet. There must be a realm of truth beyond political competence, that's why there must be a separation of churches, but if religion is bad and a bad religion is one that gives an ultimate sanctity to some particular cause. Then religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.” IfsKnowsGivingStatesAmericaPoliticalCausesChurchReligiousVisionPrinciplesParticularTruth IsUltimateDemocraticSeparationRealmsProphetInterfereCompetenceChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSanctity Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“The confusion, the difficulties, the contradictions which, in consequence of a want of accurate distinctions in this particular, have up to even a recent period encumbered mathematics in all those branches involving the consideration of negative and impossible quantities, will at once occur to the reader who is at all versed in this science, and would alone suffice to justify dwelling somewhat on the point, in connexion with any subject so peculiarly fitted to give forcible illustration of it as the Analytical Engine.” WantGivingImpossibleSubjectsParticularReaderPeriodsConsequenceNegativeDifficultyMathematicsConfusionBranchesDistinctionContradictionConsiderationJustifyEnginesQuantityAccurateDwellingInvolvingIllustrationConnexion Author:Ada Lovelace
“In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of science in any particular... whether the Lord found the earth empty and void, whether he made it out of nothing or out of the rude elements; or whether he made it in six days or in as many millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and plain, for there is no mystery except to the ignorant.” IfsMenWorldGivingYearsMindMadeMatterFactsWould BeEarthChristianFoundProcessLordMillionsMysterySubjectsCreationParticularElementsSixUnderstoodEmptyIgnorantMade ItRevelationsReasonableVoidRudeSpeculationClash Author:Brigham Young
“You think you photograph a particular scene for the pleasure it gives. In fact it's the scene that wants to be photographed. You're merely an extra in the production.” ThinkingWantGivingFactsPleasureParticularScenePhotographProductionsExtras Book:Fotografien Source: Fotografien
“CEOs pretty much pick the boards that give them salaries and bonuses. That's one of the reasons why the CEO-to-payment [ratio] has so sharply escalated in this country in contrast to Europe. (They're similar societies and it's bad enough there, but here we're in the stratosphere. ] There's no particular reason for it.” GivingCountryReasonEnoughParticularPicksEuropeReason WhyBoardsContrastCeoSalaryPaymentRatiosBonus Author:Noam Chomsky
“There isn't one thing in particular; rather, a lot of different things give me inspiration. I tend to come up with tunes when I do things that are not part of my daily routine, like traveling. But even during my everyday life, I come up with tunes when I'm emotionally moved. By looking at a beautiful picture, scenery, tasting something delicious, scents that bring back memories, happy and sad things... Anything that moves my emotion gives me inspiration.” GivingDifferentInspirationBeautifulMovingMemoriesEmotionOne ThingParticularGive MeMovedEverydayCome UpTunesDifferent ThingsRoutineScentEveryday LifeDeliciousSceneryTastingSad ThingsDaily RoutinesBeautiful Picture Author:Yoko Shimomura
“The story in that particular spot was an ancient history story, and we wanted to give it a historical feeling, which was why we used a historical calligraphy scroll come to life.” GivingStoriesFeelingsWantedUsedParticularHistoricalAncientSpotsAncient HistoryCalligraphy Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because a bank is willing to take a particular risk doesn't mean that that is the right amount for me to spend.” PeopleGivingMeanAnswersRiskParticularWillingAmount Author:Dan Ariely
“I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the reader when you give young characters that kind of agency.” ThinkingGivingBelieveKindChildrenCharacterYoungI BelieveEnjoyParticularReaderTerribleSurvivalAgencyOddsYoung ChildrenProtagonists Author:Robert Paul Weston
“There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect that a certain particular is such and such, e.g. propositions like 'this rose is red'. Others have interpreted it as a problem about the ontological commitments of such propositions or a problem about what those propositions mean.” GivingMeanDifferentProblemCertainEffectsParticularCommitmentRedRoseInterpretationPropositionsDifferent InterpretationsRoses Are Red Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“I'm not religious in the sense that I do not subscribe to any particular set of religious dogma. I don't go to church. I don't read the Bible. But I believe that the word "Spirit" with a capital S points to an ultimate reality which I give my heart to.” GivingBelieveHeartRealitySpiritI BelieveChurchReligiousParticularMy HeartUltimateDogmaUltimate RealityReligious Dogma Author:Frederick Buechner
“I've had that situation where I start writing somebody really miserable, and in order to make the story come alive, I have to give them a vote of confidence, make him vulnerable or wounded. But in real life, you often meet people who, in that particular moment, actually shouldn't get a vote of confidence.” PeopleGivingWritingRealMomentsStoriesOrderSituationAliveParticularVoteReal LifeVulnerableMiserableWounded Author:George Saunders
“I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.” ThinkingGivingMindHumansHeartCommunityPowerfulLeaderStruggleRightsParticularJudgingBuiltVoteOrganizationGive MeHuman RightsCampaignsTestedHeart And MindVery PowerfulLegislatorsSavvyMarriage Equality Author:Steven Petrow
“Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular class and give everybody in that class great arguments, but that doesn't necessarily translate into the body of the culture.” GivingBodyPoliticalCultureClassParticularIntellectualArgumentCrucialAcademicTranslatePolitical Change Author:Eve Ensler
“That song [ "Proud of your boy" ] in particular, I sing towards the beginning of the show [Aladdin], and what it does is show his wants and needs at the beginning and what's motivating him and carry it throughout the show. It gives him layers and dimensions. He's a well rounded character and it's great.” WantNeedsGivingWellsDoeCharacterShowsSongBoysParticularProudDimensionsLayersProud Of YouWants And NeedsWell Rounded Author:Adam Jacobs
“I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because you’re under contract, we’d like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if it’s a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one.” IfsGivingWellsSaidEndsSeemsRememberActorsLinesPayParticularFairsMeetingsBottomContractsReignBottom LineGood MovieMgmReally Good Movie Author:George Hamilton
“... no scientific worker has a fixed level of significance at which from year to year, and in all circumstances, he rejects hypotheses; he rather gives his mind to each particular case in the light of his evidence and his ideas.” GivingYearsMindIdeasLightLevelsCasesParticularCircumstancesEvidenceWorkersFixedRejectsSignificanceHypothesis Author:Ronald Fisher