To know is not too demanding: it merely requires memory and time. But to understand is quite a different matter: it requires… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Both Proust and Joyce record the ways in which human perspectives can be transformed. In Portrait, Stephen Dedalus is constantly undergoing epiphanies,… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Our lives were short, and we never would have wanted them to be shorter. Sometimes perspective comes far too late. You cannot… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
If the purpose of literature is to illuminate human nature, the purpose of fantastic literature is to do that from a wider… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
I like using LEGO bricks as a medium because I enjoy seeing people’s reaction to artwork created from something with which they… — Nathan Sawaya Copy Share Image
We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I think that intelligent forecasting (company revenues, earnings, etc.) should not seek to predict what will in fact happen in the future.… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Originality is another criterion of aesthetic value. We may formulate an originality principle, according to which highly valuable works of art provide… — James Young Copy Share Image
In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Modernism in a way, early modernism, for instance, in pictures, was turning against perspective and Europe. And all early modernism is actually… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Today's world needs change, alteration, renewal, and corrections of errors. It needs new ideas, new approaches, methods, plans, procedures, and new ways… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
The moment in which the narrator, reaching for his boots, becomes vividly and lastingly aware of the finality of his grandmother's death… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
There's a perspective that I've gained as an astronaut that I didn't get from my science activities. In my science activities, I… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
From the public's perspective, they like to see guys that go out there and stand. Now, if you happen to be one… — Dan Severn Copy Share Image
The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
"Nothing is ever lost" means that what we are now goes all the way back through natural history. We are biological organisms… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
“On the Rules of Perspective A bad trick. Mistake. Dishonesty. These are the views of Braque. Why? Braque rejected perspective. Why? Someone… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
That is a cosmic perspective, that's correct. And in tandem with that, you will never find people who truly grasp the cosmic… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not just knowing fundamental truths, if these are unconnected with the guidance of life or with a perspective on its… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
“That's old Twoflower, Rincewind thought. It’s not that he doesn’t appreciate beauty, he just appreciates it in his own way. I mean,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Brooklyn Heights itself is a window on the port. Here, where the perspective is fixed by the towers of Manhattan and the… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Grandparents can have a profound influence on their grandchildren. Their time is generally not as encumbered and busy as the parents', so… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Failure is important because the first time you win (or lose), it could be luck, it could be timing, or it could… — Howard A. Tullman Copy Share Image
You have the management team, coaching staff, film staff, analytics team, training staff and playing team, and you're trying to manage all… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I remind myself that the universe is 15 billion years old, and I'm only 46 years old, so my perspective is sort… — Moby Copy Share Image
My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma - it's in the… — Maika Monroe Copy Share Image
I don't ever really feel guilty about music, quite frankly. When you're younger, you think that anything you don't like, you have… — El-P Copy Share Image
Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, but I chose neither one. Instead, I set sail in my little boat to watch… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
