“It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life.” KnowsYearsHumansMaySaidMatterBigsTurnsDecisionResultsCareersPeriodsProveSeriesHingesBig DecisionsLife DecisionSmall Decisions Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.” HumansSaidFactsHuman BeingsAnswersResultsComedySadnessRemarriage Book:Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage Source: Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
“I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the result of many experiences. But a single work of art, or even a series of works, more often than not cannot translate these synthetic concepts adequately. Yves Saint Laurent once said that he suffered greatly when creating. He is not alone in that. Most artists do the same and say as much.” ArtSaidArtistSufferingResultsViewsEffortBrainCreatingConceptsSeriesSaintWorks Of ArtTranslateNot AloneSynthetic Author:Semir Zeki
“Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act... a "doing" rather than a "being". There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results. If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called 'sex' is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.” IfsDoeSaidCharacterTurnsSexResultsBehindsIdentityExpressionConsequenceGenderDistinctionConstructsBeing ThereGender IdentitySex And Gender Author:Judith Butler
“One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, `I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm going to do some films,' and his audience is very forgiving, because they understand him as an artist. Whether you agree or like the result, you respect that he's expressing his artistic feelings.” Has BeensSaidFeelingsFilmArtistResultsAudienceHeroAgreeForgivingPainterArtisticBowie Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Tequila?" I asked him, skeptically. "Are you sure on that one? I thought the base for a love potion was supposed to be champagne." "Champagne, tequila, what's the difference, so long as it'll lower her inhibitions?" Bob said. "Uh. I'm thinking it's going to get us a, um, sleazier result.” ThinkingLongSaidDifferencesResultsSupposed To BeBobChampagneInhibitionsTequila Book:Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files Source: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files
“Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives.” SaidDoneHappensResultsResponsibilityOur LivesResponsible Author:Gautama Buddha
“A philosopher once said, 'It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results.' Well, they don't!” WellsSaidResultsExistenceConditionsProducePhilosopherQuantum Author:Richard P. Feynman
“In a speech today, President Obama said that Michelle Obama is very strong and talented and she frequently tells him that he is wrong. As a result, Michelle Obama is now the Republican front-runner for 2016.” SaidTodayStrongPresidentResultsFrontsRepublicanSpeechPresident ObamaVery StrongRunners Author:Conan O'Brien
“Senator Rand Paul reflected on Mitt Romney's potential 2016 campaign and said, 'It's sort of what Einstein said, that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.' When someone told him Einstein didn't actually say that, he said, 'In the words of Gandhi, 'My bad.''” SaidDifferentResultsDefinitionsCampaignsInsanitySenatorsRomneyDefinition Of Insanity Author:Jimmy Fallon