“The internet, like social media, seems to me to depend on how you use it, where you spend your time on it. I used to be quite anti-social media, but I can see now that it can be a good tool for artists, a way for us to speak to each other outside of standard economies and across languages and borders.” WayI CanUseSeemsUsedArtistSpeakLanguageSocialEconomyMediaDependsInternetStandardsToolsSocial MediaUsed To BeBordersAnti Social Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“But the poetry side is what appeals more to me today. Metaphor, just absurd linkages and coming up with categories, labeling, taxonomy, and I'd say that I do have some tools left. There are days I can't make a sentence out of anything, and anything I make looks clunky to me. But I still have a general grasp of the cliché, of the generic sentence. And if I didn't have that, I'd be a blob of putty on the floor.” IfsLooksStillsI CanTodayLeftSidesToolsMetaphorSentencesAbsurdAppealsCategoriesGenericLabelingLinkagesTaxonomy Author:Richard Meltzer
“We [Israel] already have two very strong democratic tools - the two basic laws of personal liberties and human rights. I think we should also provide the judiciary with another tool so that they can rely on the fact that Israel is a Jewish state in verdicts.” ThinkingShouldHumansTwoStatesFactsLawStrongLibertyRightsToolsDemocraticHuman RightsIsraelRelyVery StrongJudiciaryVerdictPersonal Liberty Author:Ayelet Shaked
“I never demonstrate how art should be made or what the outcome should look like. Instead, give kids the tools and the materials to make their own art. Have them experience the process.” GivingShouldLooksArtMadeKidsProcessMaterialsToolsOutcomes Author:Jerry Pinkney
“When I started my own business, I funded it as a naked model. I still think that the sex industry can, for some men and women, be a powerful tool for improving their financial prospects.” ThinkingMenStillsSexMy OwnPowerfulIndustryModelsMen And WomenToolsFinancialNakedImprovingOwn BusinessProspects Author:Molly Crabapple
“A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm involved in in our region, the young people that I am working with are seizing the tools at their disposal and trying to use them well, for issues far larger than their immediate personal benefit and concerns. That's what gives me hope.” PeopleWorldGivingTryingWellsUseYoungIssuesDevelopmentInvolvedBenefitsConcernToolsGive MeRegionsSeizingGlobal Issues Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“The day you step on the floor the meter is ticking and time is of the essence. You can't really afford to not know what you're doing. So I think the screenplay is a great tool to get everybody on the same page.” ThinkingKnowsStepsPagesToolsEssenceScreenplaysMeter Author:Robert Schwentke
“Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table. I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy, the reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I've heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.” ThinkingLittlesReasonUseTodayEarthBitsStruggleWonderfulHeardPlanetsTypeLittle BitMessagesToolsRegardTablesTherapyTherapistsPlanet EarthCounseling Author:Alan Chambers
“"There's no CEO for the government." But if you were CEO for a day at the government, would you have tools and reports and wherewithal to look at government the way a business would look at its lines of business, its spending, its revenue? I've actually been working, first by myself and then with a group of people, on then on and off, and now much more on, almost since the I time left Microsoft.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsLooksGovernmentLeftLinesGroupsToolsSpendingReportsCeoRevenueMicrosoftAnd OffTime Left Author:Steve Ballmer
“Alternative spaces, independent media, satellite, these all provide some tools by which we can work more independently and deal more directly with communities we hope to reach. Distribution is key, and finding alternative ways to do that with new media is critical.” WayCommunitySpaceDealsMediaKeysFindingsToolsIndependentCriticalAlternativesDistributionSatellitesNew MediaIndependent Media Author:Chuck D
“I have no policy for my collection. For example, there's a bunch of meteorite [on the windowsill in my studio]. I touch it and I feel the energy from the universe. I have a 1/1,000th of a fragment of stone-age tools and pottery and debris. I can learn many things from my collection. Actually, the 1,000 Buddha, I wanted to buy it, but it's a National Treasure, so I couldn't. If you cannot buy it, just photograph it!” IfsFeelsI CanAgeWantedUniverseEnergyPolicyExampleToolsStonesPhotographStudiosTreasureBunchCollectionsFragmentsPotteryDebrisStone AgeNational Treasure Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“3D is not a fire and forget tool. It takes a lot of very careful consideration and it will change your approach to where you put the camera so 3D isn't for everybody.” ForgetFireApproachToolsCamerasCarefulConsideration Author:Steven Spielberg
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.” PeopleMenWorldMeanWholeGovernmentCan DoBuildingConcernedToolsInstruments Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Even labeling the tea party and left and right its dangerous, because it's - it's another ego separation tool.” LeftPartyDangerousEgoToolsSeparationTeaTea PartyLabelingLeft And Right Author:Doreen Virtue
“We can use music as a tool to overcome things. It was a beautiful age and realization for me, an awakening. I felt like my eyes were opened. It was like, you mean to tell me that I have the opportunity when I'm bottling stuff up, wanting to smash windows and breaking down walls, I can put that energy into a song and wake up the next day with that weight lifted?” MeanI CanUseEyeAgeBeautifulSongNextOpportunityEnergyFeltStuffLike YouWallToolsWindowOvercomingWeightWake UpAwakeningRealizationNext DayBreaking Down Author:Chuck Ragan
“Any tool that helps instill God's Word in the lives of people is something I can enthusiastically endorse!” PeopleI CanHelpingToolsInstill Author:Robert Jeffress
“I think of myself of a primitivist. I have never had any of these electronic instruments and I have never had the slightest interest in using them. I use the computer as a tool, simply because it makes composing a lot faster. But I don't go on stage with a computer and make a lot of goofy sounds.” ThinkingUseSoundInterestStageGoes OnComputerToolsInstrumentsFasterComposingGoofy Author:Glenn Branca
“It scares me that people are going to stop writing music. I don't mean music that has to be physically written down, but they'll stop using their brain which is without a doubt the most powerful tool that you could have in any art.” PeopleWritingMeanArtPowerfulBrainDoubtWrittenToolsMost PowerfulScareWriting Music Author:Glenn Branca
“The fifth doorway to experiencing Love for No Reason is the Doorway of Communication, which corresponds to the energy center located in the throat area. This doorway relates to speaking and listening with compassion, rather than judgment. There are some wonderful tools and techniques available to help us speak and listen with compassion that I've included in this chapter.” ReasonHelpingEnergySpeakCompassionWonderfulCommunicationListeningJudgmentAreasToolsAvailableTechniqueRelateNo ReasonThroatChaptersFifthDoorways Author:Marci Shimoff
“There are fourteen keys to experiencing greater love and with each key, I offer what I believe to be the most effective tool out there. So this is a time when, if we're awake to it, we have an amazing opportunity to start living a different life. By that I mean the life that our souls came here to live. We're all being propelled forward and it's not always easy, but through supporting one another we can do it.” IfsBelieveMeanDifferentSoulOpportunityI BelieveEasyCan DoGreaterKeysOffersToolsAwakeFourteenDifferent LifeGreater LoveAmazing Opportunities Author:Marci Shimoff
“But if you think about a practical implication of enriching your life and giving you a sense of being part of a larger cosmos and possibly being able to use this [gravitational waves] as a tool in the future maybe to listen not just to black holes colliding, but maybe listen to the big bang itself, those kind of applications may happen in the not too distant future.” IfsThinkingGivingKindMayUseBigsHappensAbleBlackToolsWavePracticalsHolesCosmosApplicationBangsImplicationsBlack HoleEnriching Author:Brian Greene
“I certainly was a geeky kid myself, but to me, math and science were always these magical things- powerful tools you could use in incredible ways.” WayUseKidsPowerfulToolsIncrediblesMathMath And Science Author:Ben Mezrich
“I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides of the political spectrum. In the end, I think that a more useful 'universal' concept than that of a 'right', though, is a 'need'.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveMayImportantEndsPoliticalI BelieveSidesConceptsToolsUniversalAbuseFlawsSpectrumCritiquePolitical Spectrum Author:Alison Assiter
“I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.” ThinkingMadeStoriesMightCultureGoalNumbersLeaderSuccessfulToolsImpactCommunicateMassiveGreat LeaderRetrospectIntrovertedSuccessful Leaders Author:David Livermore
“So by giving people a tool that they can share and benefit from, it's a form of media that isn't controlled by Rupert Murdoch or the guys at Viacom. It is a form of media that is earned every single time it spreads.” PeopleGivingFormGuyShareMediaBenefitsToolsSpreadControlled Author:Seth Godin
“I tell you a joke to have you listen to me, and then maybe I will tell you another joke that we can laugh together and feel equal. And then I will tell you a story hopefully that will make you cry. So I think that's the way that I approach the columns, as a surviving tool in a way.” ThinkingWayFeelsStoriesTogetherLaughingCryEqualApproachJokesToolsHopefullySurvivingColumnsListen To MeMake You Cry Author:Sayed Kashua
“The relationship that people have with music is entirely different now. People spend much less time experiencing music on a one on one level than they could have if they were a part of a different generation. I find this ironic since we have so many tools at our finger tips to be engaged by media in all forms.” PeopleIfsDifferentFormLevelsGenerationsMediaMusic IsToolsFingersEngagedIronicOne On OneDifferent Generations Author:Jacob Bannon
“I'm a producer in the old-school way - not just some slacker working on Pro Tools.” WaySchoolToolsProducersOld SchoolSlacker Author:Michael Gira
“But when General Ziaul Haq introduced the strict blasphemy - 295 A, B, C - of Pakistan's penal code, then from 1986 to today there are hundreds cases that are registered under the protection of blasphemy law. And until today, no case against any minorities, and especially Christians, is proved in the higher court. The lower court would order punishment but the higher court would always acquit people. So it proves that this law is being used as a tool of victimization against minorities and innocent people of Pakistan.” PeopleTodayChristianLawUsedOrderCasesHigherProveToolsCourtProtectionPunishmentInnocentCodeMinoritiesStrictPakistanBlasphemyVictimization Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has collapsed and started to rot, things are livening up a bit again.” BitsBlackBehindsRecordsIndustryToolsPopsSellingSensationsMetalsBlack Metal Author:Mat McNerney
“With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.” ProcessModernToolsTechniqueErasGet Real Author:Beck
“When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.” UseTechnologyModernToolsDevicesTerritory Author:Beck
“Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.” IfsLittlesAbleSongBitsProcessFourLittle BitToolsTrackStudiosEightTapeBackwards Author:Beck
“If we don’t uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time, that will make us less safe and that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like Al Qaeda. That’s what I have to keep my eye on.” IfsEyeValuesSafeToolsOrganizationConstitutionAlsRecruitment Author:Barack Obama
“I build the individual modules to meet a demand. If I need the music to change direction, I want to have the tools to be able to do that.” IfsWantNeedsAbleIndividualDemandTools Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“I use a laptop more as a tool, as sort of the central artery. Everything goes through the digital audio card of my computer, but if I had my druthers I'd do everything in dedicated hardware.” IfsUseComputerToolsCardsDigitalDedicatedLaptopsHardwareAudioArteries Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“People have a hard time going to a club and seeing this business tool on stage that's wholly indicative of everything that rock is not. Rock is not about sitting in an office setting up documents, yet they see someone on stage doing that.” PeopleHardSeeingRocksStageOfficeSittingToolsClubsSettingSettingsHard TimesDocuments Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“I think Pro Tools is pretty analogous to how people composed music on tape back in the 70s, taking little fragments of things and saying, 'How can we organize these in a sensible way'?” PeopleThinkingWayLittlesToolsSensibleTapeOrganizeFragments Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“I made an instrument which I'm really happy about, because I always wanted to have a machine that did this so once I established it as my unique tool, it was like, now I'm going to master it like a guitar.” MadeWantedMastersUniqueToolsMachinesInstrumentsGuitarReally Happy Author:Jamie Lidell
“I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.” FeelsFirstsWalksToolsStudiosExcitementRecording Studio Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I do not believe that there is any person, method, or tool that can consistently and reliably predict specific human events, X- or otherwise.” BelieveHumansPersonsEventsToolsMethodConsistently Author:John L. Casti
“As developing countries became bigger traders, it was clear that the old way of doing business wouldn't fly. To get them back to the bargaining table, the wealthy countries had to offer something more: a new round of talks that would use trade as a tool to help developing countries grow.” WayCountryHelpingUseGrowsClearOffersToolsBiggerTablesTradeRoundsDevelopingWealthyTradersBargainingOld WaysDeveloping Countries Author:Daniel Altman
“The only thing going on is the progression of words and sentences across page after page and so suddenly we see this immersive kind of very attentive thinking, whether you are paying attention to a story or to an argument, or whatever. And what we know about the brain is the brain adapts to these types of tools.” ThinkingKnowsKindStoriesAttentionBrainTypePagesArgumentToolsSentencesPay AttentionProgression Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“I think there’s a really selfish part of me that wishes I had the tools that I had today in the context of a designer practicing in the middle part of the 20th century when creating a single expression of an idea was the norm.” ThinkingIdeasTodayWishMiddleCenturyExpressionCreatingToolsSelfishDesigner20th CenturyNorm Author:Khoi Vinh
“Just in the past couple years, we've seen digital tools display skills and abilities that ... eat deeply into what we human beings do for a living.” YearsHumansPastHuman BeingsAbilityTechnologyCoupleSkillsToolsDigitalDisplaySkills And AbilitiesDigital Tools Author:Andrew McAfee
“When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.” IfsThinkingWritingIdeasAttentionFocusPaperToolsExcellentConcentrationPencilsFocus And ConcentrationPaper And Pencil Author:Michael LeBoeuf
“The Glycemic Index is one the best tools for fat loss. It measures how quickly foods breakdown into sugar in your bloodstream.” LossToolsFatsSugarWeight LossBreakdown Author:Al Sears
“Sellers who've embraced social media are creating new opportunities that totally bypass traditional sales channels... It's about good selling - using all the tools that are available to you today.” TodayOpportunitySocialMediaCreatingToolsAvailableSocial MediaSellingTraditionalInsightfulSellersNew OpportunityBypass Author:Jill Konrath
“We have received too much from God to allow ourselves opportunities for unbelief. We have received too many gifts and privileges to allow a grumbling, murmuring heart to disqualify us of our destiny. In contrast, the thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.” HeartProblemOpportunitySituationDestinyStruggleToo MuchProgressWeaknessToolsSaintPrivilegeSinnerContrastOur DestinyUnbeliefRefiningMurmuringThankful HeartGrumbling Author:Francis Frangipane
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein