“You should only be doing the thing that makes you happy. Not just surface happy. That content, all-is-well-with-my-soul happy. It's the thing you would do for free, and if you do it, you actually become hugely successful and make a lot of money, because the universe is going to send you the resources.” IfsShouldWellsSoulUniverseSuccessfulResourcesSurfaceMy SoulLots Of MoneyMake You Happy Author:Kim Coles
“From a client perspective, I really think the work Microsoft's doing with Surface, with HoloLens, with Xbox, that stuff's absolutely essential to the company's future. Because innovation in the future will either be from the cloud out to all devices, or from devices as supported by software in the cloud. I think it's important for Microsoft to participate both ways.” ThinkingWayImportantStuffCompanyPerspectiveEssentialsInnovationCloudsSurfaceDevicesSoftwareClientsMicrosoftXbox Author:Steve Ballmer
“Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that in a set of analytics? There are some "playbooks," but in most sports these days what you really want to share out with coaches and players is a set of video that lets you visualize what's going on and what's the best way to do things.” WayWantDoeSportsPlayerShareSixCamerasSurfaceCoachesBest WayVideoThese DaysNbaSoftwareArenaCeilingsAnalyticsCoaches And PlayersPlaybooks Author:Steve Ballmer
“The thought was, 'We're going to go to California, where the soil is black and ten feet deep, and there are no rocks, and there's gold in the hills.' The West becomes the surface onto which people project their fantasies, where once the future had been the place they projected their fantasies. So it's not just the war that ends the utopian communities, but what follows.” PeopleWarEndsBlackCommunityFantasyFeetRocksTenProjectsGoldWestSurfaceHillsCaliforniaSoilUtopian Author:Christine Jennings
“There's plenty going on that's substantial and transformative, beneficial and authentic. Just because somebody is in the media, it doesn't mean they're bad. It may mean they're the best, and occasionally you know the cream rises to the surface, but not always everything on the surface is cream.” KnowsMayMeanMediaSurfacePlentyCreamBeneficial Author:Surya Das
“I'm interested in psychic phenomena, I'm interested in things that are happening invisibly beneath the surface.” HappeningsSurfacePsychicsBeneath The Surface Author:Allan Moyle
“We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground. It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them, just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.” BelieveHas BeensAbleAirBalanceSurfaceOppositionChemicalsAfghanistanIntroducingSyriaCarpetModeratesDroppingMissilesBombingAircraftHelicoptersBalance Of Power Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“The orthodox view of colour experience assumes that, when we see a colour difference between two surfaces viewed side-by-side, this is because we have different responses to each of the two surfaces viewed singly. Since we can detect colour differences between something like ten million different surfaces, this implies that we are capable of ten million colour responses to surfaces viewed singly.” TwoDifferentSidesDifferencesViewsMillionsTenCapableAssumingResponseSurfaceColourOrthodox Author:David Papineau
“I don't think that we are capable of anything like this many possible colour responses. Instead I argue that the perception of colour differences between two surfaces viewed side-by-side is a gestalt phenomenon.” ThinkingTwoSidesDifferencesPerceptionCapableResponseSurfaceArguingColourPhenomenonGestalt Author:David Papineau
“There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on my view there is no reason to suppose anything like ten million colour responses to surface viewed singly.” FirstsReasonDifferencesViewsBrainMillionsTenAbsolutesResponseSurfaceColourNo ReasonMechanismIdentifying Author:David Papineau
“I think my view is rather more radical than Pete Mandik's. Both of us want to show that colour perception doesn't transcend what can be conceptualized, but I don't think he goes so far as to deny that it doesn't involve different responses to all the discriminable surfaces.” ThinkingWantDifferentShowsViewsPerceptionResponseDenySurfaceRadicalColour Author:David Papineau
“If neuroscientific research shows that those mechanisms only contain comparative information about colour differences, and have 'thrown away' more fine-grained information about the absolute colours of single surfaces, then that would support my position, in a way that just introspecting our colour experiences can't.” IfsWayShowsDifferencesSupportInformationPositionFineResearchAbsolutesSurfaceColourThrownMechanismScientific Research Author:David Papineau
“Dolphins frequently leap above the water surface. One reason for this behaviour could be that, when travelling longer distances, jumping can save the dolphins energy as there is less friction while in the air.” ReasonEnergyWaterAirDistanceSurfaceLeapBehaviourJumpingDolphinsFriction Author:Thomas Metzinger
“I think we need to always mimic reality in our fiction. I think that we can stir things up and reveal a truth beneath the surface in that way as well.” ThinkingWayNeedsWellsRealityFictionTruth IsSurfaceBeneath The Surface Author:Christopher Rice
“By raising tall trees for windbreaks, citrus underneath, and a green manure cover down on the surface, I have found a way to take it easy and let the orchard manage itself!” WayFoundEasyTreeGreenSurfaceManageTallOrchardManureTake It EasyCitrusTall Trees Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“According to "Huffington Post", one Democratic opposition research firm said they spent the past eight months compiling material on [Donald] Trump as he`s risen on the ranks. And that research estimated that if the all material compiled, court and property records,newspaper clips and video, approximately 80 percent of it has yet to surface in this election cycle.” IfsSaidPastRecordsMaterialsMonthsTrumpResearchPercentElectionCourtPropertyDemocraticEightSurfaceNewspapersVideoPostsFirmOppositionCyclesRisenClip Author:Chris Hayes
“There's always a pattern in order to make a thing, but the starting point must be something I've never seen before. It's not two-dimensional, but it's like a sample. I work with patterns like a sculptor. I try to get [the team] not to work on a body, [but] to work on a free space, on a table. The work is basically on flat surfaces.” TryingTwoBodyOrderSpaceTeamTablesStartingPatternsSurfaceFlatsStarting PointSculptorsSample Author:Rei Kawakubo
“What geographic profiling does is it takes a look at the locations of a connected series of incidents - say murders in a serial murder case or robberies in a serial bank robber case - and it spatially analyzes the point pattern of incidents, and creates a probability surface from those, working from the basis of an algorithm that says people offend close to where they live, but not too close.” PeopleLooksDoeCasesBasesMurderSeriesPatternsConnectedSurfaceLocationProbabilityIncidentsSerialsRobbersRobberyAlgorithms Author:Kim Rossmo
“Especially with iPhones, iPads and apps, there's just so much detachment that you're just flicking your fingers on a smooth surface to get the weather or whatever.” FingersSurfaceWeatherSmoothDetachmentIphoneAppsIpads Author:Tristan Perich
“I think that there's always an assumption, when a band goes on hiatus or stops playing, that there's some acrimony brewing under the surface.” ThinkingGoes OnBandSurfaceAssumptionBrewingHiatusAcrimony Author:Carrie Brownstein
“Some of my favorite music is incredibly repetitive, or on the surface has an element of repetition. But once you go beneath the surface, you realize in the repetition is constant variation.” RealizingElementsMusic IsConstantMy FavoriteSurfaceRepetitionVariationRepetitiveBeneath The SurfaceFavorite Music Author:John Dieterich
“I never get tired of looking at her [Catherine Keener] and it always surprises me, despite how many hours of film I've shot on that face. She's fantastic. She does comedy and tragedy so equally well. She wears her feeling so on the surface for both. I try to stop myself from casting her but I just keep coming back to her. She's just so fantastic to work with.” TryingWellsDoeFeelingsFilmFacesHoursComedyShotsTragedyTiredSurpriseSurfaceDespiteFantasticComing BackCastingSurprise Me Author:Nicole Holofcener
“I think that I'm always trying to get beyond the surface appearance of things, to go beyond what I can just see.” ThinkingTryingI CanAppearanceSurfaceAlways Trying Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“With a lot of actors, you've got to chip through the surface to see who the real person is.” PersonsRealActorsSurfaceChipsReal Person Author:Kevin Bacon
“I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical about it. I don't ever deal with the subtext because I just know it's there so I don't have to deal with it. I just keep it about the scenario. I keep it on the surface, on my concerns. And one of the fun things is is when I'm done with everything, like now, for instance.” ThinkingKnowsWritingDoneFunDealsConcernSurfaceInstanceScenariosFun ThingsSubtext Author:Quentin Tarantino
“You get to be analytical about the process and now I can watch the movie and see all the different connection things and see all the things that are underneath the surface.” I CanDifferentProcessWatchesConnectionsSurface Author:Quentin Tarantino
“When the ice of winter holds the house in its rigid grip, when curtains are drawn against that vast frozen waste of landscape, almost like a hibernating hedgehog I relish the security of being withdrawn from all that summer ferment that is long since past. Then is the time for reappraisal: to spread out, limp and receptive, and let garden thoughts rise to the surface. They emerge from some deep source of stillness which the very fact of winter has released.” LongFactsPastHouseSecuritySourceWasteSummerGardenWinterSpreadSurfaceIceLandscapeStillnessFrozenCurtainsJanuaryRelishReceptiveHedgehogs Author:Mirabel Osler
“The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.” PastCome UpSurfaceRejectedOur PastYour PastRejectingPast Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Radical transparency is critical to having an idea meritocracy because it shows what's actually happening without spin and prevents people from maneuvering politically behind each others' backs. It brings problems and weaknesses to the surface and allows people to see how they are dealt with, so it's great for training people on how to deal with real problems.” PeopleIdeasRealShowsProblemDealsBehindsTrainingHappeningsWeaknessCriticalSurfaceRadicalTransparencyReal ProblemsMeritocracy Author:Ray Dalio
“Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.” IfsPurposeBehindsPlansSceneSurfaceBehind The ScenesAlways Working Author:Louie Giglio
“Some of my favorite poems are "confessional" poems written in the voices of aliens ("Southbound on the Freeway" by May Swenson" and "Report from the Surface" by Anthony McCann), sheep ("Snow Line" by John Berryman) or a yak ("The Only Yak in Batesville, Virginia" by Oni Buchanan).” MayVoiceLinesWrittenMy FavoriteSurfaceSnowAliensReportsSheepVirginiaFreewaysYaks Author:Matthea Harvey
“Beauty is on one level pure surface, and on the other hand, it's the most complex subject that we can touch upon because it says everything about us as people. It's a subject we very quickly begin to argue about. I think that's so interesting.” PeopleThinkingHandsInterestingLevelsSubjectsPureComplexesSurfaceArguing Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantArtStillsShowsAgeGuyCertainActorsStarsMy OwnAbilityComedyBandMusicianWake UpPaidSurfaceSurvivedNobody KnowsGood Living Author:Denis Leary
“The environment is everything that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth - the air we breathe, the water that covers most of the earth's surface, the plants and animals around us, the overall condition of our planet, and much more.” EarthWaterAbilityAnimalEnvironmentAirConditionsPlanetsPlantSurfaceBreatheSurroundingsOur PlanetPlants And Animals Author:Yaya Toure
“In the United States, the average is two children per family, while in Africa it is five children per family. On the surface, the statistic seems to indicate that Africans are having way too many kids and are taxing the Earth's resources, while American kids are born into families who are able to take care of them. However, the average American child consumes roughly the same resources as fifteen African children. So when an American family says they only have two children, they are actually consuming the resources of an African family of thirty children!” WayChildrenTwoStatesSeemsCareKidsAbleEarthBornUnitedUnited StatesFiveResourcesAverageTake CareSurfaceThirtyFifteenConsumingAmerican Family Author:Sharon Gannon
“The aquifer [is] the water table people need to keep secure. Nature has this incredible system of water purification under the ground. Ground water is much better to drink than surface water because it filters out the bacteria that can cause all sorts of problems.” PeopleNeedsProblemCausesWaterDrinkTablesIncrediblesSurfaceSecureFiltersPurificationBacteriaAquifers Author:Josh Fox
“Pompeii is an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they're very damaged with what's gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you're looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday.” IfsWorldLooksDoneNamesGoneRocksCenturyTypeStonesLettersExtraordinarySurfaceYesterdayAbandonedSiteAntiquityCarvingPompeii Author:David Gilmour
“Things are very rudimentary as far as women's rights really go here, and it seems fine, but once you start scraping the surface, you start to see the ripple effect of how not having equal rights is so detrimental and how many mothers are single parents trying to raise their families.” TryingSeemsMotherParentRightsEffectsFineEqualRaisesSurfaceWomens RightsEqual RightsRippleDetrimentalSingle ParentRipple EffectScraping Author:Patricia Arquette
“We were segregated throughout the community, and it was pretty brutal, actually. It didn't appear to be, on the surface.People got along and we had great relationships, but there was discrimination that impacted adversely the ability of the African-American community to progress. People did not - were in denial about that fact.” PeopleFactsCommunityAbilityProgressSurfaceDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDenialBrutalGreat Relationship Author:Jeff Sessions
“The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions, and we should go deeper into our own traditions rather than just acquiring the surfaces of others.” FeelsShouldBuddhismTraditionRootsDeeperSurfaceThese DaysLamaDalaiWesterners Author:Pico Iyer
“I say everything and I do whatever I want to do. I'm just me. The polished version of me, I suppose, because I have on clothes and makeup. But emotionally, I am very on the surface.” WantClothesSurfaceVersionsMakeupPolished Author:India.Arie
“In particular, with climbing, we're climbing on these surfaces that Mother Nature has created. We search out the most perfect pieces of rock. It's so amazing that these formations are so perfect for climbing on. It's almost as if they were created for climbing.” IfsMotherPerfectPiecesRocksParticularSurfaceClimbingFormationMother Nature Author:Chris Sharma
“Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.” YearsFirstsRememberSongLanguageFictionCollegeMovedSurfaceSolomonPower Of Language Author:Barack Obama
“Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.” IfsMayPoliticalCertainSituationConflictProfitSurfaceAriseOperationsManifestation Author:William S. Burroughs
“To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.” PoliticalMistakeTeachConflictConcernSurfaceRingsBullsCharging Author:William S. Burroughs
“In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.” LanguageIndiaSurfaceOddFiftyArtificialFloatingNigeriaOdd Things Author:William Golding
“The more familiar people are with the ecosystem that lives below the surface - invisible until you're actually in the ocean - the more likely they are to do what they can to protect it.” PeopleProtectOceanSurfaceInvisibleFamiliarEcosystemsBelow The Surface Author:Jon Bowermaster
“Animal agriculture takes up an incredible 70% of all agricultural land, and a whopping 30% of the land surface of the planet. As a result, farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning the world's forests.” WorldCausesAnimalResultsLandPlanetsIncrediblesSurfaceForestsBurningAgricultureAnimal Agriculture Author:Kathy Freston
“You should only be doing the thing that makes you happy. Not just surface happy.” ShouldSurfaceMake You Happy Author:Kim Coles
“At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.” TryingMatterHardLyingSurface Author:Gabrielle Bernstein