Context Quotes

638 quotes by 572 authors

A tease is a con. You press a spot because you know that it can be pressed, and while the sucker is feeling the pleasure… — George W. S. Trow
The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and… — George W. S. Trow
I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act — Jurgen Habermas
When I was trying to popularize the concept of the Internet - ten or 15 years ago - I came up with this concept of… — Steve Case
Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a… — John C. Maxwell
In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life… — Benjamin Zander
Since the point of erotica is to offer the consumer sexual experiences without having to compromise with the demands of the other sex, it is… — Steven Pinker
Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying… — Sonia Sotomayor
A person is quite different from a tree or rock or stream. By introducing the nude into my pictures, I started perceiving all the things… — Wynn Bullock
Professors rarely speak of the place of eros or the erotic in our classrooms. Trained in the philosophical context of Western metaphysical dualism, many of… — Bell Hooks
Aberjhani's writing blows the mind and frees the psyche of any rigid assumptions about ancestral heritage. Here, our collective experience is starkly rendered. The transparency… — Rosy Cole
Oil depletion and climate change will create an entirely new context in which political struggles will be played out. Within that context, it is not… — Richard Heinberg
Meaning can only be understood in relation to its environment. Therefore, the words only make full sense in context... There are no absolutes, there is… — Serge King
This book is a must for anyone who wants to know how leaders develop their practices within a community context. Bordas has pulled together illuminating… — Rinku Sen
The work is primarily subject-driven.Â All decisions flow from there. The photographs are all made in response to a unique subject, in particular context, at… — Gregory Heisler
The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least one generation older,… — Bing Gordon
In its broadest ecological context, economic development is the development of more intensive ways of exploiting the natural environment. — Richard G. Wilkinson
It is easy to fail when designing an interactive experience. Designers fail when they do not know the audience, integrate the threads of content and… — Edwin Schlossberg
Imagination is best fed by reality, an odd diet for something nonexistent there are few details of daily life and its broad range of emotional… — Patricia A. McKillip
The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context. — Vittorio Gregotti

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