“I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentYears AgoInstitutionsNotionPairsNormCredibility Author:Zak Orth
“If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago. The purpose of science is to peel back the layer of the appearance of the objects to reveal their underlying nature. In fact, if appearance and essence were the same thing, there would be no need for science.” IfsNeedsYearsFactsWould BePurposeUniverseCommonSecretObjectsYears AgoEssenceNotionAppearanceCommon SenseLayers Author:Michio Kaku
“I am good in the fact that most of my reviews have been very positive really. I get pretty good reviews. There have been some that aren't - critical. I think they are extremely - the people that wrote them really don't understand what they are looking at quite frankly or have a very preconceived notion of what conceptual art should be or where I am at or the fact that I may change what I have done from what I did 20 years ago. But there is always some reason that they just sort of get it wrong. And so it certainly doesn't affect my work.” PeopleThinkingShouldYearsMayHas BeensArtReasonDoneFactsYears AgoNotionCriticalReviewsVery PositivePreconceived NotionsConceptual Art Author:Robert Barry
“When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning point, about ten years ago, was moving from a notion of empowering women to actually looking at where you can make the most difference, and it's in a girl's life.” YearsStillsCountryBigsMovingGirlLeftDifferencesDemocracyWallTenYears AgoNotionEmpoweringEmpowering WomenBerlinTurning PointsLeft OutBerlin Wall Author:Kathy Calvin
“The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense.” YearsValuesKnowingConsequenceYears AgoNotionEngaged Author:Barack Obama
“Personally, I am uneasy about the notion of "a politically engaged university," for reasons I wrote about over 30 years ago, at the height of protest and resistance (reprinted in For Reasons of State).” YearsStatesReasonYears AgoNotionUniversityResistanceHeightEngagedProtestUneasy Author:Noam Chomsky
“The real problem is that "limited government" invariably leads to unlimited government. If history is to be any guide and current experience is to be any guide, we in the United States 200 years ago started out with the notion of limited government - virtually no government interference - and we now have a massive quasi-totalitarian government.” IfsYearsRealStatesProblemGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesYears AgoNotionCurrentsGuidesMassiveUnlimitedInterferenceLimited GovernmentReal ProblemsTotalitarian Government Author:Murray Bookchin
“When I started to get disillusioned with psychoanalysis I reread philosophy and was reminded of the constructivist notion that Epictetus had proposed 2,000 years ago: "People are disturbed not by events that happen to them, but by their view of them." I could see how that applied to many of my clients.” PeopleYearsPhilosophyHappensViewsEventsYears AgoNotionClientsDisturbedPsychoanalysisDisillusioned Author:Albert Ellis
“Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and it was this notion that led me to purchase the GuitarTV domain 10 years ago.” PeopleWayYearsPlayYears AgoInstrumentsMovedInspiredNotionMusicalFascinatedDomainBrilliance Author:Steve Vai