“As I read Mann in German for the first time, the full achievement - both literary and philosophical - of Death in Venice struck me forcefully, so that, when I was invited to give the Schoff Lectures at Columbia, the opportunity to reflect on the contrasts between novella and opera seemed irresistible.” GivingFirstsOpportunityAchievementFirst TimePhilosophicalOperaContrastInvitedLecturesIrresistibleVeniceColumbiaDeath In Venice Author:Philip Kitcher
“I've always been a very rebellious, philosophical person, so my mother set the foundation for my appreciation for nature and my empathy for other people. But then, being a sort of rebellious, philosophical thinker, I'm always looking for new ways to shake things up. So I feel like I'm really lucky to be alive in a time where there's so much opportunity to disrupt and shake it up. It's sort of a combination between that and having the foundation that my mother gave me.” PeopleWayFeelsPersonsMotherOpportunityAliveLuckyEmpathyPhilosophicalFoundationAppreciationCombinationShakesThinkerNew WaysRebelliousShake It UpLucky To Be Alive Author:Adrian Grenier
“When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel, and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.” WayNeedsMeanEarthOpportunitySidesSpaceHugePhilosophicalApolloSpace TravelApollo 13 Author:Ron Howard
“I confess to being something of a philosophical butterfly. The world is full of so many interesting questions, and although my greatest passion is for some form of applied ethics, that leaves me with oodles of possibilities, many of which I have never had the time or opportunity to explore in great depth.” WorldPassionOpportunityInterestingPossibilityEthicsPhilosophicalButterflyLeaving Me Author:John Kleinig
“Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.” LiteratureOpportunityForcePhilosophicalPunctualityPunctualTardiness Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Somebody insults you and you feel anger. Don't miss this opportunity; try to understand why, why this anger. And don't make it a philosophical thing. Don't go to the library to consult about anger. Anger is happening to you -- it is an experience, a live experience. Focus your whole attention on it and try to understand why it is happening to you. It is not a philosophical problem. No Freud is to be consulted about it. There is no need! It is just foolish to consult somebody else while anger is happening to you. You can touch it. You can taste it. You will be burned by it.” NeedsFeelsTryingWholeProblemOpportunityAttentionFocusMissingTasteHappeningsAngerPhilosophicalLibraryFoolishInsultBurnedInsults You Author:Rajneesh
“When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.” OpportunityAmbitionHighestThirdsPhilosophicalHonorableMy AmbitionLife Ambition Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There is a tide in the affairs of men” MenOpportunityPhilosophicalFortuneAffairTidesVoyagesJuliusFloodingNew OpportunitySailing And The SeaBoats And SailingLife OpportunitySea LifeOne Tree Hill VoiceoverSailors And The SeaTree HillOpportunismCurrent AffairsOne Tree Hill OpeningShort One Tree HillOne Tree Hill LifeOne Tree Hill LoveOne Tree Hill MemorableStormy SeasOne Tree Hill DeathOne Tree Hill InspirationalSea VoyageAffairs Of The HeartIdes Of MarchFlood Likes Author:William Shakespeare
“We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of the opportunities of tomorrow from the context of today to design.” PeopleTodayJobsAsksOpportunityFocusGroupsDesignTomorrowPhilosophicalDesignerUnfairFocus Groups Author:Jonathan Ive
“In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as being the names of their principal heroes and divinities. In the present more philosophical era, it would hardly be allowable to have recourse to the same method, and call on Juno, Pallas, Apollo, or Minerva for a name to out new heavenly body. . . . I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus, to a star [Uranus], by which (with to respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign.” GivingFirstsBodyAgeOpportunityNamesGivenWishStarsPlanetsHeroGratitudePhilosophicalMethodShiningAncientAstronomyErasDivinityHeavenlyPrincipalMarsReignFabulousApolloCosmologyVenusMercuryJupiterRecourseSaturnAncient TimesHeavenly BodiesMinerva Author:William Herschel