“When I arrived at Harvard, I wanted to design a course in political theory that would have interested me, back when I was started out, in a way that the standard things didn't.” WayWantedPoliticalCoursesDesignTheoryStandardsHarvardBack WhenPolitical Theory Author:Michael Sandel
“Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious beliefs from contradiction by science. They used to do it by prohibiting teachers from teaching evolution at all; then they wanted to teach intelligent design as an alternative theory; now they want the supposed "weaknesses" in evolution pointed out. But it's all the same program - it's all an attempt to let religious ideas determine what is taught in science courses.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingIdeasWantedUsedCoursesBeliefReligiousBehindsTeachTeacherAtheismTeachingDesignTaughtTheoryEvolutionProtectWeaknessProgramArgumentIntelligentDeterminePositive AtheismAlternativesContradictionReligious BeliefInvokeIntelligent Design Author:Steven Weinberg
“I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.” WantKindMomentsWantedActorsActingClassTheoryLive In The Moment Author:Caity Lotz
“I have a theory about soul mates -- that God wants to be our sweetheart. And once we fall in love with life and have an intimate relationship with Spirit, that's when we meet our soul mate. It's as if God says, 'You're not meant to be alone on this earth. I just wanted you to love me first.” IfsWantFirstsSoulWantedEarthSpiritFallTheoryFalling In LoveIntimateLove LifeMeant To BeMatesSoul MateSweetheartIntimate RelationshipsMeant To Be Alone Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach
“At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes.” WritingWantedFormFictionClassTeachNovelTeachingTheoryNarrativeTeaching Writing Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“The difference between guilt and shame is very clear--in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. A person feels guilt because he did something wrong. A person feels shame because he is something wrong. We may feel guilty because we lied to our mother. We may feel shame because we are not the person our mother wanted us to be.” PeopleWantFeelsMayPersonsDifferentFeelingsWantedLyingMotherDifferencesClearTheoryShameGuiltGuiltyAshamedWrongLied Author:Lewis B. Smedes
“In the Middle Age, in Germany, if you wanted to learn addition and multiplication, you could go to any university. But if you wanted to learn division, you could only do it in one place, Heidelberg. This makes sense, since in my theory with Vladimir Retakh and Robert Wilson, addition and multiplications are cheap, but division is expensive.” IfsAgeWantedScienceMiddleTheoryMathematicsUniversityMake SenseGermanyExpensiveDivisionMiddle AgesWilsonMultiplication Author:Israel Gelfand
“And, partly, I had found that theory-structure was a superpower in helping one get what one wanted. As I had early discovered in school wherein I had excelled without labor, guided by theory, while many others, without mastery of theory failed despite monstrous effort. Better theory I thought had always worked for me and, if now available could make me acquire capital and independence faster and better assist everything I loved.” IfsHelpingWantedSchoolFoundEffortTheoryLaborIndependenceStructureInvestingAvailableDespiteFasterAcquireMasteryMonstrousSuperpower Author:Charlie Munger
“There are messages about civilisations and we are trying to be true to history as much as possible. We wanted all this to gel with some good theory about why these civilisations went down, why they weakened and crumbled. Because they did, they vanished.” TryingWantedTheoryMessagesBeing TrueCivilisation Author:Mel Gibson
“I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician, it didn't seem like enough for me. I felt like I wanted to make more than just music.” EnoughWholeSeemsWantedSchoolFeltVoiceTheoryLessonsMusicianTrainingPercentWhole LifePianoDecentPiano LessonMusic Theory Author:Adria Petty
“I wanted to revolutionise habits and contemporary life - to liberate nature, to free it from the authority of old theories and classicism... I felt a tremendous urge to re-create a new world seen through my own eyes, a world which was entirely mine.” WorldEyeWantedFeltMy OwnMinesTheoryHabitAuthorityContemporaryUrgesNew WorldContemporary LifeClassicism Book:Dangerous corner Source: Dangerous corner
“The man that created the theory of evolution by natural selection was thrown out by his Dad because he wanted him to be a doctor. GAWD, parents haven't changed much.” MenWantedParentNaturalHavensChangedHe ManTheoryEvolutionDadDoctorsThrownSelectionNatural SelectionTheory Of Evolution Author:Charles Darwin
“When [Jesus] wanted fully to explain what his forthcoming death was all about He didn't give a theory. He didn't even give them a set of Scriptural texts. He gave them a meal.” GivingWantedJesusTheoryMealsForthcoming Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“[Adolf] Hitler needed, he didn't want to kill Jews, he wanted to expel German Jews, and therefore it's not entirely corroborating your theory.” WantWantedTheoryNeededJew Author:Elie Wiesel
“Today this is what we are confronted with, I mean what is pure ideology, which takes no account of the human context. In economics it's the same. Economics wanted to take into account theory over and above human criteria, or the parameter 'man'.” MenHumansMeanTodayWantedTheoryPureEconomicsAccountsIdeologyCriteriaParameters Author:Catherine Camus