Context Quotes

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We must also teach science not as the bare body of fact, but more as human endeavor in its historic context-in the context of the… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to discard… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The philosopher of science is not much interested in the thought processes which lead to scientific discoveries; he looks for a logical analysis of the… — Hans Reichenbach
The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context in which anything… — Erwin Schrodinger
Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People… — Edwin H Friedman
Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection. — Starhawk
You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context. — Jose Mourinho
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence "of its own… — Paul Davies
But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God… — Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house… — Eliel Saarinen
For an individual we distinguish integrity as a matter of that person's word being whole and complete, and for a group or organizational entity as… — Werner Erhard
I always know a lie when I hear it, and the effect it has on me is no good at all. I go berserk just… — William Saroyan
We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of the… — Jonathan Ive
View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet,… — Viktor E. Frankl
The present urgency is to begin thinking within the context of the whole planet, the integral earth community with all its human and other-than-human components. — Thomas Berry
This could very easily be taken out of context, and I think it's funny now, but I remember looking in the mirror as a kid… — Lena Dunham
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but… — George Carlin
When I think about [characters], I like to think of them in their relationships to each other. In the same way, I think that's how… — John Green
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott
To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft. — John Szarkowski

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