“As the fish doesn't know water, people are ignorant of space. Consciousness is concerned only with changing and varying details; it ignores constants-especially constant backgrounds. Thus only very exceptional people are aware of what is basic to everything.” PeopleKnowsWaterSpaceConsciousnessAwarenessConcernedConstantFishesDetailsBackgroundsIgnorantExceptional Author:Alan Watts
“For a parent, it's hard to recognize the significance of your work when you're immersed in the mundane details. Few of us, as we run the bath water or spread the peanut butter on the bread, proclaim proudly, "I'm making my contribution to the future of the planet." But with the exception of global hunger, few jobs in the world of paychecks and promotions compare in significance to the job of parent.” WorldHardRunningJobsParentWaterPlanetsHungerDetailsSpreadBreadCompareContributionExceptionSignificanceParenthoodPromotionBathsMundanePeanutsPaychecksPeanut Butter Author:Joyce Maynard
“When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.” ProblemWaterDetailsIrrelevant Book:The Russia House: A Novel Source: The Russia House: A Novel
“Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.” FactsNamesTermWaterObjectsDetailsInconsequential Book:Word and Object Source: Word and Object
“I always have wanted to know how the whole thing was done, what the process involved. And I don't particularly enjoy that my music is stripped of ancillary details, and it just sort of comes out of this big tap called the Internet like water. I like some of my water to be neatly presented in a bottle. With a label on it.” KnowsDoneWholeBigsWantedProcessEnjoyWaterKnow HowInternetInvolvedMusic IsDetailsLabelsBottles Author:Brian Eno