“One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.” PeopleIfsWellsMeanPersonsI CanReasonWholeIndividualSocialWaitingSeeingInformationParticularPerspectiveCircumstancesOrdinaryAdvantagePatientLazyIntercourseTherapistsTotalityWhole PersonConcluding Author:Alan Loy McGinnis
“My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.” IfsYearsMeanStillsShowsNumbersPerspectiveConsistently Author:Malcolm-Jamal Warner
“Angels can help us understand what intuition means in a personal way. Angels are actually in charge of a large part of our intuitive self. Viewing intuition from the perspective of angel consciousness, we can say that intuition is our way of tapping into a higher power for guidance and awareness.” WayMeanSelfCharacterHelpingSpiritualityConsciousnessAwarenessPerspectiveHigherAngelIntuitionGuidanceIntuitiveHigher PowerTapping Author:Terry Taylor
“People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don't mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we're entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it's just not simple when it comes to freedom.” PeopleThinkingWantMayMeanJobsCertainSoundBornSimpleClassConditionsPerspectiveBetrayalBetray Author:Thomas Frank
“If you intend to make a living at drawing, by all means learn it [the rules of perspective] now, and do not have them bothering you and your work for the rest of your life.” IfsMeanPerspectiveDrawingBotherRest Of Your LifeBothering You Author:Andrew Loomis
“I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any proper means of education, and how our work might someday help that person. It puts flamewars into some perspective, I think.” PeopleThinkingMeanPersonsWarHelpingMightWaterPerspectiveCleanDrinkingSomedayFrustratedEditsDrinking WaterClean Drinking Water Author:Jimmy Wales
“I have a rule of thumb now and that's that somebody [she dates] has to have been married and they have to have had kids. Everything boils down to perspective. If your potential mate does not have the same perspective that you do then you're going to be lost.... If somebody has never been married, they don't know compromise ... [and] if they don't have children, they don't know the absolute self-sacrifice it takes and what it means to be a parent.” IfsKnowsMeanChildrenDoeHas BeensSelfKidsLostParentSacrificePerspectiveMarriedAbsolutesCompromiseMatesThumbsSelf Sacrifice Author:Eva LaRue
“If the purpose of literature is to illuminate human nature, the purpose of fantastic literature is to do that from a wider perspective. You can say different things about what it means to be human if you can contrast that to what it means to be a robot, or an alien, or an elf.” IfsHumansMeanDifferentPurposeLiteratureHuman NaturePerspectiveAliensFantasticDifferent ThingsContrastRobotsWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Jo Walton
“The government is already involved from an entertainment standpoint. I mean, they regulate a large part of our entertainment. What we're trying to do as an industry is be proactive and drive it much more positively, much more effectively, than the government can, and that's what the ESA is all about[....]We think we're doing a pretty effective job, and certainly from an Nintendo perspective, we think the ESA is the way to go.” ThinkingWayTryingMeanGovernmentJobsPerspectiveIndustryInvolvedEntertainmentPositivelyStandpointProactiveNintendo Author:Reggie Fils-Aime
“Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, by means of a pyramid of lines. The Pyramid is the name I apply to the lines which, starting from the surface and edges of each object, converge from a distance and meet in a single point.” MeanEyeNamesLinesFrontsObjectsPerspectiveDistanceStartingEdgesSurfaceRationalConsiderationDemonstrationPyramidsTransmit Book:The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
“Pride is a deeply rooted ailment of the soul. The penalty is misery; the remedy lies in the sincere, life-long cultivation of humility, which means true self-evaluation and a proper perspective toward past, present and future.” MeanLongSoulSelfPastLyingHumilityPerspectivePrideMiserySincereRootedRemedyPenaltiesTrue SelfLong LifeCultivationEvaluationPast PresentPast Present And FutureAilmentsSelf Evaluation Author:Robert Gordis
“Everyone has a unique perspective and that's valid. Everyone's perspective is valid. That doesn't mean that everyone has the same degree of skill level as an entertainer, but skill isn't the only important thing. It's also what kind of perspective and feelings you're bringing to it.” KindMeanImportantFeelingsLevelsPerspectiveSkillsDegreesUniqueImportant ThingsEntertainersUnique Perspective Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if it means they make a mess of your kitchen or living room. It's all about your perspective on these things. Let them play. When you do, the kids do not have to be reintroduced to ways of questioning nature, and the task of promoting science would be a trivial exercise.” IfsWorldWayMeanChildrenPlayWould BeKidsNaturalRoomsPerspectiveExerciseTasksObviousMessKitchenQuestioningPromotingLiving Room Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“"Nothing is ever lost" means that what we are now goes all the way back through natural history. We are biological organisms and not simply computerized brains. By focusing totally on the present, thinking only about science and computers, and forgetting four billion years of life on this planet, we are losing perspective on who and what we are.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanLostNaturalForgetBrainFourPlanetsPerspectiveComputerLosingBillionsOrganismsNatural HistoryYears Of Life Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.” MindMeanHas BeensWarEndsCareSuccessfulMilitaryPerspectiveSolutionsTake CareCyclesSoleAdoptionUnendingIncessantEminence Author:George S. Patton
“Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly.” WellsMeanPhilosophyWishKnownWonderSeeingPerspectiveLiberationRoutineWell KnownSoarPhylosophyNew Perspective Author:Walter Kaufmann
“I mean really wonderful. In teaching. Personal epiphanies. About life. About different perspectives-help with different perspectives that you have. You know what I mean? Relationships to nature. Relationships with the self. With other people. With events.” PeopleKnowsMeanDifferentSelfHelpingWonderfulTeachingEventsPerspectiveEpiphanyDifferent Perspective Author:Keanu Reeves
“More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.” PeopleWayWritingYearsMeanCreativePerspectiveReaderYears AgoTwentiesAccessNurtureReadershipDross Author:John Hodgman
“From a personal perspective, because I'm on a watchlist and went through years of trying to find out why, of having the government refuse to confirm or deny the very existence of such a list, it's so meaningful to have its existence brought into the open so that the public knows there is a watchlist, and so that the courts can now address the legality of it. I mean, the person who revealed this has done a huge public service and I'm personally thankful.” KnowsTryingYearsMeanPersonsDoneGovernmentExistenceHugePerspectiveCourtRefuseDenyListsMeaningfulAddressesPublic ServiceThrough The YearsLegality Author:Laura Poitras
“Kids put life into perspective. I never have a bad day. Life happens and you get bad news sometime, or things don't go your way at work - for me that might mean I lose a game or not play well - but that doesn't affect my mood from day to day. I love going home and seeing the smiles on my daughters' faces being happy to see me, and that makes everything all right.” WayWellsMeanPlayHomeMightHappensKidsFacesGamesLosesSeeingPerspectiveNewsDaughterMoodMy DaughterDay To DayBad DayBad NewsGoing HomeDay LifeLife Happens Author:Stephen Curry
“I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids and an American wife, and when I go back to England I feel more like an American, the way I look at the world, is more from an American perspective at this point. I've traveled every state 30 or 40 times, and have met an amazing array of people, and I have found Americans to be among the most kind and tolerant people I have ever met.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsLooksKindMeanRealStatesKidsFoundWifePerspectivePrideMetsEnglandTraveledTransplants Author:Dave Wakeling
“'Biblical worldview'. The term means literally a 'view of the world', a biblically informed perspective on all of reality. A worldview is like a mental map that tells you how to navigate the world effectively. It is the imprint of God's objective truth on our inner life.” WorldMeanRealityTermViewsPerspectiveObjectivesMapsBiblicalWorldviewInner LifeNavigateObjective TruthBiblical Worldview Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Christianity in the West, opens up a perspective of depth into what it means to be a self. And that depth of the self is something that is experienced in the sight of God. So that the great thinkers of self and subjectivity are Paul and Augustine. They look at the self from the perspective of God and they find themselves wretched and interesting. Constituted by conflictual desires.” LooksMeanSelfDesireInterestingChristianityPerspectiveSightWestDepthThinkerWretchedSubjectivityAugustineGreat Thinkers Author:Simon Critchley
“From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just depends on your perspective.” KnowsWayFeelsMeanMy OwnPerspectiveDepends Author:Ariel Pink
“There was a time when I was way too reliant upon other people's opinions and perspective of me. And I guess over time came to see how unhealthy that was. I mean it's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers.” PeopleWayMeanSelfOpinionPerspectiveIllnessStrangerSelf WorthMental IllnessUnhealthy Author:Moby
“I suppose this is, essentially, my perspective on life. Just because we've made mistakes and learned things from them intellectually doesn't mean we won't continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.” MeanMadeMistakePerspectiveMade A MistakeSame Mistakes Author:Mary J. Miller
“I think that there is an ongoing conspiracy in the philosophical community, an organized form of self-deception, as in a cult, to simply all together pretend that we knew what "first-person perspective" (or "quale" or "consciousness") means, so that we can keep our traditional debates running on forever.” ThinkingFirstsMeanPersonsSelfRunningTogetherFormCommunityConsciousnessForeverPerspectivePhilosophicalDebateTraditionalDeceptionOrganizedConspiracyCultOngoingSelf DeceptionFirst Person Author:Thomas Metzinger
“For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive level of representational content in one's currently active phenomenal self-model: It has, episodically, become a dynamic inner model of a knowing self.” FirstsHumansMeanPersonsSelfHuman BeingsLevelsKnowingPerspectiveModelsActiveFirst PersonProfilePhenomenalDistinctive Author:Thomas Metzinger
“Perspective taking is taking on the perspective of others. It's what we do anytime we buy a gift for someone else ("What would they like?"). So it means breaking the golden rule ("Treat others the way you want to be treated") and instead, acknowledges that others may not want what you want.” WayWantMayMeanPerspectiveTreatsWhat You WantTreatedGoldenAcknowledgeGolden Rule Author:David Livermore
“I'm writing this memoir from the perspective of somebody who's prosperous and has means. Having said that, one of the things that I think I discovered about those additional years is that I don't think they really are added to the end of life.” ThinkingWritingYearsMeanSaidEndsPerspectiveMemoirProsperousEnd Of Life Author:Anna Quindlen
“Having toddlers always means that there's a fair amount of chaos at home, but that's part of the fun. And from a work perspective, we have projects under construction all over the world, including many right here in the US.” WorldMeanHomeFunPerspectiveAmountProjectsFairsChaosIncludingConstructionToddlerUnder Construction Author:Ivanka Trump
“Taking photographs seems to be a means to express some kind of emotional, abstractive narrative. I look at the images that I'm most proud of like a film about the world the way I see it (or at least saw it at that moment, a perspective that seems to be ever-shifting and filled with self-doubt.)” WorldWayLooksKindMeanSelfMomentsSeemsFilmDoubtSawsEmotionalPerspectiveProudFilledPhotographNarrativeThat MomentShiftingSelf-doubt Author:Anton Yelchin
“When we're being grateful it means that we're acknowledging that life is a gift, that life is a blessing, that this body is only here for a short period of time and it really shifts the whole internal landscape of the mind and it puts things into perspective and it allows us to get our bearings. To get a firm footing in what's real, and then go from there.” MindMeanRealWholeBodyLife IsPerspectivePeriodsBlessingGratefulLandscapeFirmInternalsBe GratefulLife Is A Gift Author:MC Yogi
“There are many activities that human beings have been doing "forever." We might argue from that perspective that eating meat should be allowed to continue. Men have been raping women for thousands of years; does that mean that it is normal and should be allowed to continue?” MenShouldYearsHumansMeanDoeHas BeensMightHuman BeingsForeverPerspectiveActivityNormalEatingArguingMeatEating Meat Author:Sharon Gannon
“You can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always been able to do that, but also I've always been able to give myself perspective - or, you know, older people always give you perspective.” PeopleKnowsGivingKindMeanArtAblePainFormProcessPerspectiveOlder People Author:Chuck D
“I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective.” KnowsMeanI CanHardWould BePerspectiveLove Means Author:Aaron Bruno
“I think we are all overcoming tiny obstacles every second of every day even if that means just a small shift in perspective.” IfsThinkingMeanPerspectiveOvercomingObstaclesTinyEvery Second Author:Nikki Reed
“Generally, appreciation means some blend of thankfulness, admiration, approval, and gratitude. In the financial world, something that "appreciates" grows in value. With the power tool of appreciation, you get the benefit of both perspectives: as you learn to be consistently thankful and approving, your life will grow in value.” WorldMeanValuesGrowsPerspectiveGratitudeBenefitsAppreciateToolsFinancialAppreciationAdmirationApprovalConsistentlyThankfulnessApprovingPower Tools Author:Doc Childre
“The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on projects for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and when he got the idea for an accordion-style book, he called and asked if I could write the story for it. I told him that I would love to try! And I knew it had to be a love story, because that's the sort of story you really want to hear from both perspectives. I mean, imagine if Pride and Prejudice were told from Darcy's perspective as well as Elizabeth's. It would be quite a different story!” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsMeanArtBookIdeasDifferentStoriesWould BeTogetherImagineWonderfulStylePerspectivePrideProjectsPrejudiceFoundationLove StoryIf I CouldEditorsFormatDarcyAccordions Author:Theodora Goss
“[Let's talk about] Donald Trump. What does he represent in the American mind and in the European mind? He represents American white trash, [which Hillary Clinton called] 'deplorable and irredeemable'. It means from an establishment or educated cosmopolitan, urbane perspective, these people are like the red necks, and you can never deal with them.” PeopleMindMeanDoeWhiteDealsPerspectiveTrumpRedClintonEducatedNecksEstablishmentTrashWhite Trash Author:Julian Assange
“I said to one young activist who herself was the daughter of an undocumented worker, and so could speak from a very personal and legitimate perspective - I remember saying to her: I agree with you, from a moral perspective, that a child from Honduras is worth the same as my daughter. God is not a respecter of boundaries; he's not saying that American kids deserve a better life than Honduran kids. But I'm the president of the United States, and the nation-state by definition means that boundaries mean something and borders mean something.” MeanChildrenSaidStatesKidsRememberYoungSpeakNationsPresidentUnitedMoralUnited StatesPerspectiveDaughterDeserveAgreeWorkersDefinitionsBoundariesBordersMy DaughterActivistBetter LifeHondurasUndocumented Workers Author:Barack Obama
“To put things back into perspective, back when we as people were struggling to survive through winters, or even through the night, I feel like there's a lot of whining about whether or not you use Asian or the words Asian or Oriental, and how it's going to offend somebody, I mean give me - I mean, just shut up.” PeopleGivingFeelsMeanUseNightStrugglePerspectiveGive MeWinterShut UpAsianBack WhenWhiningStruggling To Survive Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Farming, from an outside perspective, can be viewed as a romantic, free and off-the-grid life, but the constant work of it means a routine you must follow or everyone dies.” MeanDiesPerspectiveConstantRoutineFarmingAnd OffGrids Author:Amy Pietz
“I think the fact that this was a essentially a person under [China] protection and the North Koreans went and assassinated [Kim Jong-nam], this made be the straw that really does it. And as you know, just a couple of weeks ago, the Chinese stopped all coal imports from North Korea.So there are signs that are getting serious. I guess from the policy perspective from the U.S., I mean, we got to decide what`s important to us with China?” ThinkingKnowsMeanPersonsDoeMadeImportantFactsWeekPolicySeriousPerspectiveCoupleChinaProtectionChineseCoalKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanWhat's ImportantStrawsImportsKimNorth Korean Author:Christopher R. Hill
“I think everyone does selective reading. Everybody has a filter, and that is real easy for critics to see things from their perspectives, and I'm going, I didn't mean that at all. And believers do the same.” ThinkingMeanDoeRealReadingEasyPerspectiveCriticsBelieverFiltersSelective Author:Rick Warren
“I despise the fact that the youth today acts as if being youthful is the answer to everything. It's a very young minded perspective and if you're not smart enough to realize that in life evolution is real. What that means is, we all are evolving and getting older every second of the day. That means it's about what you know, what you do and how hard you press the button to make it go. If you're not willing to put it in the time, energy and work in, then it doesn't matter how young you are. You'll be here and gone tomorrow if you don't learn something.” IfsKnowsMeanRealMatterHardEnoughFactsTodayYoungEnergyRealizingAnswersGoneYouthWillingPerspectiveEvolutionTomorrowSmartPressesEvolveDespiseButtonsGetting OldGetting OlderEvery Second Author:Sean Garrett
“Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I think, must be the global perspective. Tolerance implies more than saying, "Well, let the Muslims go on with what they are doing." It also means trying to learn something from them and adding that to your own tradition. That is the attitude I think needs to inform the global citizen of the future.” ThinkingNeedsTryingWellsMeanHas BeensImportantAttitudeChristianityGonePerspectiveGoes OnCitizensTraditionRootsToleranceDespiteFeaturesGlobal Citizen Author:Ninian Smart
“I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective. But the older I get, the more I realize that you don't have to be around people you don't want to be around, and you don't have to be in a situation you don't want to be in.” PeopleMeanRealizingSituationPerspectiveLove Means Author:Aaron Bruno
“If you want to visualize something in its fullness you have to look at every perspective and every angle, and that means - sometimes uncomfortably - looking at things you don't want to look at.” MeanSometimesPerspective Author:David Mccandless
“I would say that, from an agricultural perspective, I have a little bit of concern, because some of the folks I don't know are particularly supportive of the renewable fuel industry and the renewable fuel standard, which is a big part of certainly Midwestern agriculture. I'm hopeful that, when we see his ultimate selection for ag secretary, that we will see someone who is a strong advocate for renewable fuels, and what that means to Midwestern producers. And, for that matter, now, all over the country, we're seeing more and more of the biofuels being produced from a variety of sources.” MeanCountryStrongPerspectiveConcernUltimateProducersVarietyHopefulSecretarySupportive Author:Tom Vilsack