“Rock is stronger than any misguided theories of cultural events. It's bigger than that.” RocksEventsTheoryBiggerStrongerMisguided Author:Richard Lloyd
“A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.” PeopleStepsCasesTheoryProveSolutionsBiggerImpactIncomeInequalityProgressiveHolisticStrandsIncome InequalityPositive Impact Author:Bill de Blasio
“Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite a lot of the differences that make us rich and poor are matters just of luck. To somehow revel in ones privilege would be a mistake. An even bigger mistake would be trying to convert that into a theory that the rich are so much more productive than many of us.” TryingArtMatterWould BeCultureGrowsDifferencesPoorMistakeRichTheoryBiggerLuckPrivilegeDependentProductiveFarmersRich And PoorArt And Culture Author:Amartya Sen
“There's nothing small or inconsequential about our stories. There is, in fact, nothing bigger. And when we tell the truth about our lives - the broken parts, the secret parts, the beautiful parts - then the gospel comes to life, an actual story about redemption, instead of abstraction and theory and things you learn in Sunday School.” FactsStoriesSchoolBeautifulSecretOur LivesTheoryBrokenBiggerRedemptionTelling The TruthSundayAbstractionInconsequentialSunday School Author:Shauna Niequist
“Science is the process of crash testing ideas: you ram the idea head-on into a brick wall at 60mph, and knowledge is gained by examining the pieces. If the theory is solid, the pieces are from the wall. Then we build a bigger wall.” IfsIdeasProcessPiecesTheoryWallBiggerCrashTestingBricksExaminingRamsBrick Wall Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“"The Theory of Everything" is an extraordinary story because [Jane Hawing] was incredibly religious and [Stephen Hawking] was an atheist, so you have this conflict both on a domestic level between a couple in a difficult situation but also this bigger conflict of science versus religion, so it's a really fascinating project.” StoriesDifficultReligiousLevelsSituationTheoryCoupleConflictProjectsBiggerExtraordinaryAtheistFascinatingVersusJaneDifficult Situations Author:Felicity Jones