“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.” IfsMadeTwoRealSeemsEarthScienceNaturalPracticeTakenExampleDependsOffersOrdinaryAdvantageAreasDistanceDefinitionsCirclesLengthQuantityUnitsMeasurementLinearUsagePendulums Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
“I believe that we all need to do charitable work. It should be taken seriously in the area of education, as someone from the industry.” NeedsShouldBelieveI BelieveTakenIndustryAreasWorking ItCharitableCharitable Work Author:Goldie
“Canada has become trouble recently ... It's always the worst Americans who go there ... We could have taken them over so easy. But I only want the western part, with the ski areas, the cowboys, and the right wingers. They're the only good parts of Canada.” WantEasyTakenTroubleWorstAreasWesternCanadaCowboyRight WingSkis Author:Ann Coulter
“At lucky moments this emanation could overwhelm the spectator in such a way, that because of all sorts of associations in his thinking, he could finally be taken to those areas which also had moved me so deeply and made me think I should draw the attention of others to it.” ThinkingWayShouldMadeMomentsAttentionTakenLuckyDrawsAreasMovedAssociationSpectators Author:Antoni Tapies
“There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say that they must be shown by 'reason' whatever they are to accept as true. But the great thinkers among non-Christian men have taken no such position. They know that they cannot cover the whole area of reality with their knowledge.” KnowsMenNeedsReasonWholeRealityChristianFormCoursesAcceptingTakenPositionAuthorityAreasAtheistDenyThinkerGreat Thinkers Author:Cornelius Van Til
“Being large and muscular, you are not taken very seriously as an actor. When bigger roles come up and the actor needs to be muscular they tend to cast a regular sized actor and get him to hit the weight program as opposed to hiring an actor who's already muscular and developed in that area.” NeedsActorsRolesTakenAreasProgramWeightBiggerCastsCome UpHiring Author:James Preston Rogers
“Teaching is another area I like to explore. I've had a lot of great role models and people who have taken the time over the years to help me - and the wheel turns.” PeopleYearsHelpingTurnsRolesTakenTeachingModelsAreasWheelsHelp MeRole ModelsGreat Role Models Author:Ralph Strangis
“In a government institution, there is only one area in which problems are taken seriously, and that is the political. Many of the strange things done in American educationism suddenly become perfectly understandable when we see them not as educational methods but as political maneuvers. We must understand illiteracy, therefore, the root of ignorance and thoughtlessness, as not some inadvertent failure to accomplish what was intended but simply a political arrangement of great value to somebody.” DoneProblemGovernmentPoliticalValuesTakenIgnoranceStrangeAreasRootsMethodInstitutionsEducationalAccomplishArrangementsThings DoneStrange ThingsIlliteracyGreat ValueThoughtlessness Author:Richard Mitchell
“We can no longer have forbidden areas of the human mind, or cultural machinery. We have taken upon ourselves the acquisition of so much power that we now must understand what we are. We cannot travel much further with the definitions of man that we inherit from the Judeo-Christian tradition. We need to truly explore the problem of consciousness.” MenNeedsMindHumansProblemChristianConsciousnessTakenAreasTraditionDefinitionsHuman MindForbiddenMachineryAcquisition Author:Terence McKenna
“A large portion of the Earth's land area is taken up by old varsity jackets.” EarthTakenLandAreasPortionsJackets Author:Demetri Martin
“They took 3-D digital photographs of my entire body. I had to pose stark naked, assuming a kind of Spider-Man position. After a minute, one of the technicians pointed to my genitals and said, Um, we're not getting enough data there ... It wasn't what you think. It turns out that the fancy digital camera doesn't pick up dark areas too well, and they were having trouble because of the hair down there. I actually had to spray on this highlighter stuff. (On having digital photos taken for the invisible man role in the film Hollow Man)” ThinkingMenWellsKindSaidEnoughBodyFilmTurnsStuffDarkRolesTakenTroubleMinutesPositionHairPicksAreasCamerasAssumingPhotographInvisibleNakedDataFancyDigitalSpidersHollowStarksSpraySpider ManTechniciansDigital CamerasHollow Man Author:Kevin Bacon