“Without social outliers, we as a society would not know where the “regular” bounds end. And thusly the “normal” order exists as… — Cody Edward Lee Miller Copy Share Image
I grew up around food and in a restaurant, so it never dawned on me that this was a thing to do;… — Roy Choi Copy Share Image
The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
There have been projects out there involving my father, but they've lacked a complete understanding of his philosophies and artistry. They haven't… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
“Putting new knowledge into a larger context helps learning. For example, the more of the unfolding story of history you know, the… — Peter C. Brown Copy Share Image
The weaving of mankind into one community does not imply the creation of a homogeneous community, but rather the reverse; the welcome… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Further, economic systems ... have never arranged themselves by themselves. It is men who do the ordering according to their attitudes, desires… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
Just be who you are, calm and clear and bright. Automatically, as we shine who we are, asking ourselves every minute is… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
“These were the mysteries of men, so baffling to women. Where silences could become a conjoining of paths. Where a handful of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I do think Hollywood is recognizing that there's a craving for it, that there's a huge audience in our country. They want… — Sarah Drew Copy Share Image
Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve cards: loud, energetic, often brutally competitive games of racing demon, played at high speed… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Understanding” may become “misunderstanding”, if no commitment or no responsibilities are assumed, no specific objectives set, no definite expectations met and common… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
We will learn that computers, amazing as they are, still cannot come close to being as effective as human beings. A computer… — Masaru Ibuka Copy Share Image
Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
“I had a deeper understanding that no matter what situation would come my way, I would be in the hands of the… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
To every man, in his acquaintance with a new art, there comes a moment when that which before was meaningless first lifts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“At the very time when we have been boasting of our enlightenment and knowledge and understanding, there is this tragic breakdown in… — David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans)… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
“Learning how to transform mere ignorance into mystery, simple not knowing into wonder, is a useful skill. Because it turns out that… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
“The focus of our judgment should always be on ourselves, never on others. Regardless of our level of spiritual development, our understanding… — Michael Berg Copy Share Image
I was perhaps lucky to be born in a single-parent home where my mother, Shirin Mohammed Ali, was the sole figure I… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China -… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“Understanding and unconditionally loving yourself is the key to achieving everything you desire. Understanding is the part that I believe so many… — Lee Pryke Copy Share Image
We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
I will go forward... I will smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride fearlessly and triumphantly across the boisterous ocean… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
“Things have changed, of course. There are counsellors at the ready. Kindness and understanding. Life is harder for some, we're told. Not… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Exploring my racial identity, my blackness and my whiteness as living, breathing, moving parts; confronting race as an issue head-on, learning about… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
“I think I’m able to explain things because understanding wasn't entirely easy for me. Some things that the most brilliant students were… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be a great thing if all who are well schooled in secular learning could hold fast to the "iron rod,"… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
“It has always indeed been my disposition not only to set the highest esteem upon all kinds of learning, but to regard… — Nicola Tallis Copy Share Image
Dharma gives you the balance. It gives you the establishment into proper behavior, proper understanding, proper living, but it doesn't give you… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The first lesson in truly learning how to throw a punch is so frustrating, so frustrating. Especially if you fancy yourself athletic,… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
A religion made up solely of heightened religious experiences would not be a religion at all. ...The major religious traditions address the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I just thought making machines intelligent was the coolest thing you could do. I had a summer internship in AI in high… — Andrew Ng Copy Share Image
“Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image