“I think Dr. Ben Carson is a unique political personality. He's what we call a conviction politician. He actually believes in what he says. Here's a fellow who had been a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins for over 30 years. Babies conjoined at the head, he is the one that did that. He's a superstar. Ben Carson steps away from medicine, looks at the political environment around him, and he is aghast at what he sees.” ThinkingYearsBelieveLooksPoliticalStepsEnvironmentBabyPersonalityPoliticianUniqueFellowsMedicineConvictionDrsSuperstarHopkinsNeurosurgeonsBen CarsonPolitical EnvironmentAghast Author:Daniel Henninger
“I didn't grow up in a creative environment. It was very boring town, boring everything. You go to school and you basically hate all the other kids because you don't understand them or what it's all about. At the same time I'm happy for that because I became very withdrawn and when you become withdrawn you develop your own bizarre-o personality.” KidsSchoolHateGrowsCreativeGrowing UpEnvironmentPersonalityTownsBoringBizarre Author:Rob Zombie
“Tranquillizers do not change our environment, nor do they change our personalities. They merely reduce our responsiveness to stimuli. They dull the keen edge of the angers, fears, or anxiety with which we might otherwise react to the problems of living. Once the response has been dulled, the irritating surface noise of living muted or eliminated, the spark and brilliance are also gone.” Has BeensProblemMightGoneEnvironmentPersonalityAnxietyResponseEdgesSurfaceNoiseDullSparksOur EnvironmentStimulusBrillianceIrritatingResponsivenessLiving Once Author:Indra Devi
“There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.” WorldTryingDifferentWalksEnvironmentPersonalityBeing YourselfWalks Of LifeChameleonJust Being YouDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Hope Solo
“If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.” IfsWorldChildrenSpiritualValuesGrowthEnvironmentPersonalityCharacteristicsRevelationsSpiritual GrowthAstonishingBettermentIntrinsic Value Book:Peaceful Children, Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori Source: Peaceful Children, Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori
“All in all, the communally reared children of Israel are far from the emotional disasters that psychoanalytic theory predicted. Neither have they been saved from all personality problems, as the founders of the kibbutz movement had hoped when they freed children from their parents. In any reasonable environment, children seem to grow up to be themselves. There is no evidence that communal rearing with stimulating, caring adults is either the ruination or the salvation of children.” ChildrenProblemSeemsGrowsParentCommunityGrowing UpEnvironmentMovementEmotionalTheoryPersonalityEvidenceAdultsSalvationIsraelCaringSavedDisasterReasonableFoundersPsychoanalytic Author:Sandra Scarr
“Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in pattern and personality. Each mile on a river will take you further from home than a hundred miles on a road.” WorldEnoughHomeEnvironmentPersonalityUniqueHundredRiversPatternsMilesMemorableBroadsSmoothRivers And WaterPaddlingRaftingWhite Water Author:Bob Marshall
“The second reason to abandon environmental religion is more pressing. Religions think they know it all, but the unhappy truth of the environment is that we are dealing with incredibly complex, evolving systems, and we usually are not certain how best to proceed. Those who are certain are demonstrating their personality type, or their belief system, not the state of their knowledge.” ThinkingKnowsStatesReasonCertainBeliefEnvironmentTypePersonalityComplexesEnvironmentalUnhappyEvolveAbandonBelief SystemsDemonstratingKnow It AllPersonality Types Author:Michael Crichton
“When I moved to New York a year and a half ago, I feel like I really was able to access my sense of humor and personality through my work for maybe the first time. The city has a really nurturing, positive kind of reinforcement...for young artists. Nothing is considered weird. Nothing is frowned upon. It's sort of a free-for-all in terms of experimentation, and I think that's a really great environment for someone who wants to work in a multimedia modality.” ThinkingKindArtistTermEnvironmentPersonalityFirst TimeMovedSense Of HumorReally GreatNurturingExperimentation Author:Chloe Wise
“The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted to try to imagine a new kind of structure in architecture. In general, architects follow fashions. They're neoclassical, postmodern.” TryingKindImportantDifferentCultureCreativeEnvironmentImagineFashionPersonalityArchitectureArchitectDifferent CulturesPostmodern Author:Shigeru Ban
“I'm not trying to create a stand-in or avatar with whom the reader can identify, but separate, believable characters with distinct personalities; I'm trying to place the reader more in the role of observer rather than that of participant. I think this approach comes out of my own personal desire and struggle to understand our world, and the complex interactions of people with one another and their environment. My work is an improvised exploration of this complexity, as opposed to a structured, plot-driven narrative.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingCharacterDesireStruggleEnvironmentPersonalityComplexityExploration Author:Jason Lutes
“So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.” ChildrenParentTermPracticeEnvironmentPersonalityGenesChild RearingRearing A Child Author:Steven Pinker