“I wanted to make it a really strong point to not watch Battlestar Galactica before starting Caprica because I was afraid it was going to give me a lot of pressure and preconceived notions of what it was going to be like.” GivingWantedStrongWatchesGive MePressureNotionStartingPreconceived NotionsBattlestar Galactica Author:Magda Apanowicz
“I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?” PeopleFeelsMadeNationsWatchesFocusSecurityStriveNotionChecksWorriedInsecureClearance Book:Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World Source: Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
“And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes.” BelieveChildrenFactsKidsWishParentWatchesSweetNotionDon't BelieveInnocentPlaygroundsKids PlayingSandboxSweet Child Author:Michael Haneke
“Some certified nut Will try to tell you it's poetry, (It's extraordinary, it makes a great deal of sense) But watch out or he'll start with some New notion or other.” TryingPoetryDealsWatchesPoetExtraordinaryNotionNuts Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“The life of a thinking man will probably be divided into two parts -- the first in which he desires to exterminate modern thinkers, and the second in which he desires to watch them exterminating each other. ... Suppose, for instance, there is an old story and a new skeptic who is skeptical of the story. We have only to wait a little while for a yet newer skeptic who is skeptical of the skeptic. He will probably find the old notion actually a help in his new notion. This process is an abstract truth applying to anything, apart from agreement or disagreement.” ThinkingMenFirstsLittlesTwoHelpingStoriesTruthDesireWaitingProcessWatchesModernNotionInstanceAbstractAgreementDividedThinkerSkepticalDisagreementSkepticThinking Man Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If one watches whence the notion 'I' arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.” IfsMindSoundWatchesNotionAriseMantrasTapas Author:Ramana Maharshi
“The whole notion of politics is they always present you with this or this or this. I’ll get a newspaper to read between the lines. Why do you have to adhere to prescribed formulas that they have and people argue over them and they’re all in a box. And you watch Fox claw CNN, and CNN claw Fox. Sometimes I catch a piece of the news and it seems insanity to me. I quietly support candidates. I’m not out there banging a drum for candidates. But I have supported a candidate and it’s a whole other world.” PeopleWorldSometimesWholeSeemsLinesWatchesSupportPiecesNewsNotionBoxesArguingNewspapersInsanityCandidatesFormulasFoxesOther WorldsClawsCnnBangingBetween The LinesRead Between The Lines Author:Mel Gibson