My favorite topical tweets are the ones that put a tweet in context so it illuminates a deeper truth or societal trend. — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it. — Peter T. King Copy Share Image
“Christianity doesn't answer all my questions or make me comfortable and happy. What it does do is give me a context for… — James Bryan Smith Copy Share Image
The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world. — Mike D Copy Share Image
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Within the context of listening and understanding and walking with people together, we discover anew what were the teachings of Jesus, what… — Joseph Edward Kurtz Copy Share Image
The numbers of terrorists that we have caught coming - we actually don't catch them coming across the border. We usually catch… — Kris Kobach Copy Share Image
There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Mycologists are few and far between. We are under-funded, poorly represented in the context of other sciences - ironic, as the very… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
But, sooner or later I'd love to do a comedy. I mean I think that, you know, people don't think that that's… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
What makes something pop? It's really just the bed it's placed in. If I grab melodies by Black Sabbath or Metallica and… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
I do really enjoy Jay McInerney's wine writing. He's a good writer. He brings his fiction-writing skillset. He's not afraid to put… — Mike D Copy Share Image
George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“be conscious of the cost of context switching. It’s very real, and you should try to minimize it.” — Jeff Sutherland Copy Share Image
I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
You can't have bad things happening to characters simply for shock value; you need to provide context. — Chloe Benjamin Copy Share Image
I'm kind of used to people taking what I say out of context, so you have to eye-roll and move on from… — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
“He wanted me to play Scrabble with him, and kiss him as if I meant it. This is one of the most… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
You can have a beard and do drag; you can be a woman and do drag. I've met faux queens. I've met… — Manila Luzon Copy Share Image
With 'I Want Action,' I think people take it in the context of the Sunset Strip and the party scene; it was… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
“In context this is funny: "Tancredi, we passed a beam of wood lying in front of Ginestra's house.Go and fetch it, it'll… — Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
“most software- or systems-development projects start out without a context diagram, blissfully unaware that they need one.” — Michael Jesse Chonoles Copy Share Image
Artists will always depend on the brick-and-mortar ecosystem to establish authority and context. — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
Does an artist truly need to understand her times in order to create? I'm not sure. We're all sitting in a context.… — Sara Genn Copy Share Image
I think the context of the era was still really important for Daphne's character arc, so I wanted to get all of… — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
For those who have served in combat, life is never the same. It puts the most stressful civilian situations into a whole… — Todd Wilcox Copy Share Image
It's easy to get carried away with results, good and bad, but you've got to keep it in context. — David James Copy Share Image
As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their… — Jason Calacanis Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past. — Sophie Rundle Copy Share Image
Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Culture does not exist autonomously; it is set always in the context of social relationships.” — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
When I found film, it was like, 'Of course!' It was this very intense realization that this is perhaps the most powerful,… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
I don't think we have to have a personal relation to a life lost to understand that something terrible has taken place,… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
