“man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination.” MenFoundSoundImaginationSocietySightSensesConfusionTendenciesIrrepressibleSight And Sound Author:Arthur Koestler
“The eternal sound of the sea on every side has a tendency to wear away the edge of human thought and perception.” HumansSoundSidesSeaOceanEternalPerceptionEdgesTendenciesHuman Thought Book:Among the Isles of Shoals Source: Among the Isles of Shoals
“Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentProblemGrowsSoundMediaPoliticianConflictDiseaseConcernedComplexesCongressProfitDebateTendenciesDataAnalysisSensitivePrizeCooperationBitesStaffSymptomsDifferent PlacePartisansMaineSound BitesIncivility Author:Tom Allen