“I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer by trade - and I was one of those people who would watch a show and say, "Oh, that could never happen."” PeopleShowsHappensWatchesOppositesTradeBackgroundsMathematicianProgrammers Author:Michael Loceff
“Since the market tends to go in the opposite direction of what the majority of people think, I would say 95% of all these people you hear on TV shows are giving you their personal opinion. And personal opinions are almost always worthless … facts and markets are far more reliable.” PeopleThinkingGivingFactsShowsOpinionTvsOppositesMajorityTv ShowsWorthlessPersonal Opinions Author:William O'Neil
“PowerPoint presentations, the cesspool of data visualization that Microsoft has visited upon the earth. PowerPoint, indeed, is a cautionary tale in our emerging data literacy. It shows that tools matter: Good ones help us think well and bad ones do the opposite. Ever since it was first released in 1990, PowerPoint has become an omnipresent tool for showing charts and info during corporate presentations.” ThinkingFirstsWellsMatterHelpingShowsEarthToolsOppositesTalesDataCorporateLiteracyPresentationEmergingMicrosoftVisualizationPowerpointCautionary Tales Book:Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better Source: Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
“The opposite of a glance... is a glimpse: because in a glance, we see only for a second, and in a glimpse, the object shows itself only for a second.” ShowsObjectsOppositesGlancesGlimpse Author:James Elkins
“Therefore, is thy brother a sinner? Then cover his sin and pray for him. Dost thou publish his sins, then truly thou art not a child of your merciful Father; for otherwise thou wouldst be also as he, merciful. It is certainly true that we cannot show as great mercy to our neighbor, as God has to us; but it is the true work of the devil that we do the very opposite of mercy, which is a sure sign that there is not a grain of mercy in us.” ChildrenArtShowsFatherSinBrotherPrayingDevilMercyOppositesNeighborSinnerGrainPublishMerciful Author:Martin Luther
“I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as The Royal Variety Show, performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier.” ShowsFilmTvsOppositesTheatreVarietyPerformingBobRoyalLive Tv Author:Shirley Eaton