“My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.” PeopleTryingHardPhilosophyBigsProcessLessonsGladGood People Author:Dana Fox
“I'm big into social studies, the humanities. I really love history and world issues and philosophy and law.” WorldPhilosophyBigsLawHumanitySocialStudyIssuesSocial StudiesArts And HumanitiesWorld Issues Author:Connor Jessup
“Give up this dry discussion, this hodge-podge of philosophy. Who has been able to know God by reasoning? Even sages like Suka and Vyasa are at best like big ants trying to carry away a few grains of sugar from a large hea.” KnowsGivingTryingHas BeensPhilosophyBigsAbleGiving UpDiscussionReasoningDrySugarGrainSageKnowing GodAnts Author:Sarada Devi
“We need many more intrepid women who set out to expand both their and our concepts of the world. We need them in writing just as we need them in politics. We need that sense of adventure, of reaching wider, delving deeper, pushing further afield, whether that field be geographical, intellectual, political, personal, or all of these and more. Enough with decorousness. Let us risk preconceptions and treasured philosophies, bodies and souls. Let us be big and bawdy and full of courage. Let's go.” WorldNeedsWritingSoulEnoughPhilosophyBodyBigsPoliticalRiskFieldsAdventureIntellectualConceptsDeeperReachingPushingPreconceptionsTreasuredDelving Author:Lesley Hazleton
“I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way, also really socially progressive teachings of the Baha'i faith, the equality of men and women, the elimination of racial prejudice, the equality of science and religion, so it was a big cauldron of big ideas in my household. And we were weird and unhappy family, but nonetheless that was a really positive thing that came out of it.” ThinkingMenWayIdeasDifferentSoulPhilosophyBigsSpiritReligiousTeachingMen And WomenPrejudiceRaisedUnhappyDifferent WaysProgressiveHumankindHouseholdScience And ReligionEliminationPositive ThingsBig IdeasRacial PrejudiceHappy FamilyEquality Of ManCauldronsBahaReally PositiveBaha IUnhappy Family Author:Rainn Wilson
“I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.” ThinkingWorldLooksWarPhilosophyBigsHavensParticularReaderConcernAspectStriveArguingDebateHopefullyAccomplishedPreachingAngleGovernanceBig Questions Author:George R. R. Martin
“I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.” ThinkingPhilosophyBigsPassionMovie Making Author:Roman Polanski
“I try to tell student writers to read as much as possible, not only literature but philosophy, theory, and to form obsessions. There's a big taboo in fiction creative writing workshops against using the self at all, and I think I try to encourage students to write the self, but to connect the self to something larger, which is to be this thinking, seeing, searching, eternally curious person, and that writing can come out of investigating and trying to understand confusion, and doubts, and obsessions.” ThinkingWritingTryingPersonsSelfPhilosophyBigsFormLiteratureFictionCreativeDoubtSeeingStudentsTheoryObsessionConfusionCuriousCreative WritingTabooWorkshopsInvestigatingWriting WorkshopEncourage Students Author:Kate Zambreno
“I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.” KnowsMatterPhilosophyBigsTalkingComedyListeningThings That MatterGood Place Author:Ted Alexandro
“Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.” PhilosophyWholeBigsPoliticalSecretFiguresNewsPropertyLibertarianWorriedFlashPolitical Philosophy Author:John Scalzi
“Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.” YearsPhilosophyBigsGovernmentRecordsRepublicanIncreaseSpendingAcceptedCompassionateConservatismBig GovernmentRepublicanismFederal Spending Author:Mike Pence
“I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor.” ThinkingWorldTryingPhilosophyBigsBeliefPleasureBelieverDoctrineFactorsChanging The WorldHedonism Author:Daniel Meyer
“All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.” WorldPhilosophyProblemBigsTodayWorld TodayBig ProblemsSeparatenessDualism Author:Satish Kumar
“I really like Jason Blum a lot. We're friends, and while we make wildly disparate films, we share a philosophy about low-budget filmmaking, about taking chances on young filmmaking, taking risks and obliterating our salary so we can make something cheaply and if it wins everyone wins big.” IfsPhilosophyBigsFilmYoungWinningChanceRiskShareLowsBudgetsFilmmakingSalaryTake A ChanceJasonTaking Risks Author:Mark Duplass
“The catchall phrase big data means three things. First, it is a bundle of technologies. Second, it is a potential revolution in measurement. And third, it is a point of view, or philosophy, about how decisions will be-and perhaps should be-made in the future” ShouldFirstsMeanMadePhilosophyBigsThreeDecisionViewsTechnologyRevolutionThirdsIntuitionPoint Of ViewDataPhrasesDecision MakingThree ThingsMeasurementBundles Author:Steve Lohr
“When I see big movies that are only about good versus evil, and the good guy wins, I only can think we're in a far more complicated world than that. I frankly think that this binary philosophy is actually a dangerous way to look at the world.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksPhilosophyBigsGuyEvilWinningDangerousComplicatedVersusGood GuyBig MovieBinaryComplicated World Author:Gavin Hood