If we can abstract pathogenicity and hygiene from our notion of dirt, we are left with the old definition of dirt as… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinesthetic factors, the stylizing of motion, consumer goods, status -- all… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
Learn to keep the door shut, keep out of your mind and out of your world every element that seeks admittance with… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
Sometimes the act of walking in the face of the elements helps us come to grips with reality. Or it simply exhausts… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The idea of the universe as an interconnected whole is not new; for millennia it's been one of the core assumptions of… — Dean Radin Copy Share Image
The third element of success is your state: You must replace a default state of pessimism or anger with one of determination,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
With me, it's much more a matter of accepting whatever happens, accepting all these elements from the outside and then trying to… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
I personally think a fight scene is the most cinematic thing you can witness because all the elements of filmmaking come together,… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when the winds… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for expertly-executed detail and surprise elements in clothing. — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
The question of whether a device will come into being depends upon three things: first, whether there is a practical use for… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
In the 1970's and in early 1980's, a startling discovery was made that almost every problem contains an element of solutions. — Insoo Kim Berg Copy Share Image
Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent… — Jim Perrin Copy Share Image
Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within its waters. Their function is to combine… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
As our mother-earth is a mere speck in the sunbeam in the illimitable universe, so man himself is but a tiny grain… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
