Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the… — Jacques Vallee Copy Share Image
I know, indeed, and can conceive of no pursuit so antagonistic to the cultivation of the oratorical faculty ... as the study… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
The phenomenon is something real and not visionary or fictitious. There are objects approximating the shape of a disc, some of which… — Nathan Farragut Twining Copy Share Image
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Reliable people have been seeing the phenomenon known as flying saucers for a thousand years and more. There are good reports as… — Morris K. Jessup Copy Share Image
What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It came to my mind that in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, in Indian spiritual literature, and in the Bhagavad Gita, and… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If you become capable of relaxing the body voluntarily, then you will be able to help your mind relax voluntarily. Mind is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
From a purely external point of view there is no will; and to find will in any phenomenon requires a certain empathy;… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If the rewiring of the brain that yielded recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions took place in an individual, not a group… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It has been asserted that our century is characterized by an entirely new phenomenon: the appearance of people incapable of relating to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Though the theories of plate tectonics now provide us with a modus operandi, they still seem to me to be a periodic… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a… — Bill Lawrence Copy Share Image
Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the… — Candace Pert Copy Share Image
Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even… — Alvin Francis Poussaint Copy Share Image
Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
In the late '70s I was asked to sing for the first time in Germany. I'll never forget it. It was at… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
An Experiment, like every other event which takes place, is a natural phenomenon; but in a Scientific Experiment the circumstances are so… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which… — Dimitar Sasselov Copy Share Image
When I found out that Santa Claus wasn't real, I wasn't upset; rather, I was relieved that there was a much simpler… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The totalitarian phenomenon is not to be understood without making an allowance for the thesis that some important part of every society… — Jean Francois Revel Copy Share Image
Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a… — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
It's starting to catch hold, and in large measure it's because we're starting to understand that much of what we have talked… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm… — Donald Cram Copy Share Image
When we were shooting the movie, and of course in the editing room we had to make choices, but the shots fall… — Philip Morrison Copy Share Image
One will only be free when one plays and one's society will become a piece of art". - Herbert Marcuse "Play is… — Manfred Eigen Copy Share Image
