Context Quotes

638 quotes by 572 authors

The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to… — Salman Rushdie
My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. — Sharon Salzberg
Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups. — Michael Shermer
I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless… — Sarah Silverman
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad. — Zadie Smith
Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that… — Sonia Sotomayor
I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life… — Bruce Springsteen
People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that… — Danielle Steel
Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. — Cat Stevens
We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact… — J. Michael Straczynski
I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all… — Kiefer Sutherland
My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find… — Amy Tan
Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. — Randall Terry
If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison… — Hunter S. Thompson
Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the… — Meg Whitman
I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never… — Ai Weiwei
My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant… — Cornel West
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition… — Alfred North Whitehead
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in… — Juan Williams
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television. — Bob Woodward

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