The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science collapses on three major grounds: the creationists' need to invoke… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective its like hearing your voice on an… — Slash Copy Share Image
You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play… — George Benson Copy Share Image
Babies learn most of what they know from interactions with their parents, but not of the formal, instructional variety. Babies learn from… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context,… — James Iha Copy Share Image
We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
All alone - shorn of context, without captions - a photograph is neither true nor false.... For truth, properly considered, is about… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
... teaching cannot be a process of transference of knowledge from the one teaching to the learner. This is the mechanical transference… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Pulling a gun's trigger can be an appalling act. But if it is suicidal drawing fire to save someone, it has an… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Nobody wants a nanny state, where the government is stamping out initiative and telling us what to do, but the idea that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively,… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
I feel less and less like that every year, and I guess maybe even more so with every new record that I… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules. — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I mean that's really depressing man. Of course, the kids are freaking out. They watch cartoons and sit in front of the… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
Most of my critics don't even listen to me; they are clueless. They just go to Web sites that report what I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate. — Susan Stewart Copy Share Image
But [Sunday] as you saw, it was obviously [the media] took some more than initiative to try to get me to kind… — Terrell Owens Copy Share Image
The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
What I find difficult about photo shoots is the line between playing a character - you're being asked by the photographer to… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image