The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation. — Freeman Tilden Copy Share Image
A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
Some people say I'm a gender bender. Whether that's right I leave up for interpretation. — Olof Arnalds Copy Share Image
Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government. — Edwin Meese Copy Share Image
Ginnifer Goodwin said it very well - we're not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F]… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter. — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The pianokeys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind” — Maria Cristina Mena Copy Share Image
The history of interpretation [of the Bible] is fascinating; but that is something else. — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Pascal in his bitter rendition of the practices of the Jesuit intellectuals he despised, including their demonstration of "the utility of interpretation,"… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Edward Conard provides a provocative interpretation of the causes of the global financial crisis and the policies needed to return to rapid… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's… — Dhanush Copy Share Image
Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our… — Owen Gingerich Copy Share Image
I've written a book entitled 'Islam: the Challenges of Democracy,' because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
A Composer who hears sounds will try to find a notation for sounds. One who has ideas will find one that expresses… — Cornelius Cardew Copy Share Image
I think there are fundamentalists all over the world. I think all religions have fundamentalists who have different interpretations of scriptures that… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“Good docents often begin by asking the viewer, “What do you see in this work?” The idea that the expert should be… — Dale B. Martin Copy Share Image
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
Philosophers have actually devoted themselves, in the main, neither to perceiving the world, nor to spinning webs of conceptual theory, but to… — Josiah Royce Copy Share Image
When you are fully present with everyone you meet, you relinquish the conceptual identity you made for them - your interpretation of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached ... We see… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
We've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Love is everything. So, for one who loves, everything has ceased to have meaning in itself and only means something through the… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“There’s a larger point to be made here than my own obtuseness, which is the fragility, beauty, and at the same time… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“The characteristics of this kind of reading are perhaps summed up in the word “orthodox,” which is almost always applicable. The word… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There have been so many interpretations of the story that I'm not going to choose between them. Make your own choice. They… — William Golding Copy Share Image
If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an effective will… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes,… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
To the government, terrorism committed by people who happen to be Muslim is not in any way a reflection of legitimate interpretation… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image