“Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from others.” MayMistakeStudyWeekWallCoupleSensitive Author:John French Sloan
“The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his studies, his reading, his professors, his associates, all were combined to keep from him any results of observation or reflection save those prescribed: probably, of all means for stifling healthy and helpful thought, a theological seminary, as then conducted whether Catholic or Protestant, Jewish or Mohammedan, was the most perfect.” MenMeanYoungReadingPerfectResultsCareersStudyWallHealthyReflectionCatholicCurrentsObservationYoung ManHelpfulProfessorsAssociatesDestinedNew ThoughtTheologicalProtestantsStiflingSeminary Author:Andrew Dickson White
“Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.” FirstsChildrenLittlesStillsGirlHouseParentBoysStudyWallHolyBiblePassagesRighteousHuntsLittle BoysProtestantsMasturbationBoy And GirlHandy Book:The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood Source: The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood
“...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so absorbing that it builds by slow degrees a high wall that shuts out the great world of thought.” WorldMayStudyFeminismDangerWallDegreesFeministContemplationNarcissismAbsorbing Book:A woman of fifty Source: A woman of fifty
“I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people - be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday life situation.” PeopleIfsKnowsTwoDifferentReasonKidsSituationStudyWallFitSittingEverydaySwingsDisguiseEveryday LifeBenchesOld Lady Author:Michael Jackson
“The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have some new study on drought patterns from climate change. Or another little incremental improvement in photovoltaics. Where do those fit in to the daily stream? They don't.” LittlesBigsHappensStudyStreetsWallFitClimateClimate ChangeIraqPatternsOilImprovementStreamsBombsEarthquakesDroughtOil Price Author:Andrew Revkin
“To prove that Wall Street is an early omen of movements still to come in GNP, commentators quote economic studies alleging that market downturns predicted four out of the last five recessions. That is an understatement. Wall Street indexes predicted nine out of the last five recessions! And its mistakes were beauties.” StillsLastsMistakeStudyFiveFourEconomicStreetsMovementWallProveNineRecessionsCommentatorsOmenUnderstatementDownturn Author:Paul Samuelson
“Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest, work diligently and conscientiously. While for the public, he'll show himself audacious, yes even into cheerful boldness. And so a new public's darling has arisen.” ShouldArtShowsArtistStudyFourSpecialWallSkillsModestCheerfulBoldnessDarlingAudaciousFour WallsConfidence And Courage Author:Robert Schumann
“Evidently there is no need for delay, no need for further study, if the government takes a loss and Wall Street makes a profit, but it is absolutely necessary to delay if homeowners might have a chance to cut their mortgages and stay in their homes. This is wrong, and it is time to fight back!” IfsNeedsHomeGovernmentMightFightingChanceLossStudyCuttingStreetsWallProfitDelayMortgageHomeowners Author:Elizabeth Warren