“I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.” PeopleThinkingLittlesSeemsGuyThat GuyEdgy Author:Patrice O'Neal
“I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingSeemsPiecesInfluenceParticularDegreesDetermineAdmireInputCounterproductive Author:Kevin Powers
“I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.” ThinkingEnoughSeemsCareSuccessfulTragicAwards Author:Louise Penny
“Do you think it's possible that things that seem to be discrete in three dimensions might all be part of the same bigger object in four dimensions? ...What if humanity- that collective noun we so often employ- really is, at a higher level, a singular noun? What it what we perceive in three dimensions as seven billion individual human beings are really all just aspects of one giant being?” IfsThinkingHumansSeemsMightHumanityThreeIndividualHuman BeingsLevelsFourObjectsHigherAspectLogicBiggerSevenBillionsCertaintyUncertaintyPerceiveGiantsReasoningDimensionsCollectivesWhat IfHigher LevelNounsOntologyDiscreteThree Dimensions Author:Robert J. Sawyer
“Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this subterfuge that we are giving them no more than they deserve. It is a meanness which we associate with criminals and vagabonds; a piece of crawling and sneaking...Men whose race is universally known, will unblushingly adopt a false name as a mask, and after a year or two pretend to treat it as an insult if their original and true name be used in its place.” IfsThinkingMenGivingYearsTwoUseShowsSeemsUsedNamesRaceKnownPiecesParticularDeserveTreatsOriginalsJewCriminalsTricksInsultMaskContemptAssociatesMeannessCrawlingVagabondsSubterfuge Book:The Jews Source: The Jews
“I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesn't seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago.” ThinkingYearsKindI CanEndsSeemsFivePeriodsSixYears AgoConcreteDead Ends Author:James Laughlin
“I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian.” ThinkingMeanSeemsReadingIndividualPoetOrdinarySay AnythingPedestriansPoetry Reading Author:James Laughlin
“If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.” IfsThinkingSeemsMightGuyDealsPovertyIssuesClintonStartingDefinitionsHillsFactionsChapelAscendancyChapel Hill Author:John Podesta
“They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.” ThinkingWaySeemsGamesBaseballCome Up Author:Mike Quade
“At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.” ThinkingFirstsPlaySeemsEnjoyEfficiency Author:Kathy Reichs
“I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.” ThinkingKnowsBookIdeasSeemsReadingTechnologicalAdvancementTechnological Advancement Author:Garth Stein
“When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and those classes that may not necessarily seem applicable in the moment end up coming back to you time and time again.” PeopleThinkingMayEndsMomentsSeemsClassCollegeDisagreeWorthwhileComing Back Author:Kevin Systrom
“I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack...” ThinkingReasonSeemsEnjoyKnackRaising Money Author:Louis Susman
“I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenWholeSeemsWould BeKidsFacesStuffUnderstandingNew YorkEasierRaisesBunchMy ChildrenYour Face Author:Jeremy Sisto
“Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.” ThinkingNeedsSeemsCan DoFootballRootsConnectionsSupporter Author:Graham Taylor
“For a while I thought about studying medicine at school and becoming a doctor because I've always been interested in psychology and how people's minds operate. But I'm able to explore some of that as an actor and ultimately I think it seems more interesting.” PeopleThinkingMindSeemsAbleSchoolActorsInterestingStudyPsychologyBecomingDoctorsMedicineBecoming A Doctor Author:Rumer Willis
“I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the American people his - his finances, decision - important decisions about his investments, refuses to come clean on his time at Bain Capital and when he was really there, and, you know, be held accountable for the outsourcing of jobs and the off-shoring of jobs and shipping jobs overseas.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantSeemsJobsInterestDecisionCleanInvestmentRefuseFinanceSecrecyRomneyImportant DecisionsShippingOutsourcing Author:Mitt Romney
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better , if less "showily." Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself... Teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experiences.” IfsThinkingMindKindChildrenIdeasRealSeemsLeftTeachingSpecialTaughtBuiltIndependentImpressionIdiotSuspectsAssociationArtificialComes And GoesReal ThingsEducation SystemSchooledEpistemologyHomeschoolingUnschoolingPedagogySupposition Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“Man is flawed; universe is imperfect; the functioning of the cosmos is defective! Everything seems to be severely punished by the imperfection! May be the real challenge of men is to correct all these flaws! It is possible to think that God is an evolutionary perfectionist! He creates things as unimportant and faulty; then let them all alone and fateless to evolve to perfection!” ThinkingMenMayRealSeemsUniverseChallengesPerfectionEvolveCosmosFlawsImperfectionImperfectFlawedUnimportantPerfectionistAll AloneDefective Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.” ThinkingChildrenImportantSeemsSportsParentSucceedHarderOur ChildrenYour ChildrenEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Dan Marino
“The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.” ThinkingWayShouldSeemsKidsTodayStarsFame Author:Don McLean
“My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My God, they spend so much time thinking about things that seem so absurd.' But I'm sure people must think the same thing about me.” PeopleThinkingLooksPersonsSeemsViewsPoint Of ViewAbsurd Author:Ian MacKaye