Selective Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

It is most critical for a woman, or for a man who is very sensitive and opens up his heart, to be very selective about… — Frederick Lenz
It's nice to be in a place where I can be a little more selective, and to be sought out for ideas that I have. — Will Ferrell
I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show… — Derek Bok
Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences… — Daniel Dennett
For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in… — Lizzy Caplan
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget? — Alanis Morissette
Although eugenics flourished in Nazi Germany, the ideal of a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race wasnâ€™t Adolf Hitlerâ€™s. It may surprise many to know that, in… — James Morcan
I'm certainly not a person who spends their every waking moment soaking themselves in signs and signals of the sort that cult studies people study;… — Peter York
A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote… — Susanne Katherina Langer
In your thoughts, you need to be selective. Thoughts are powerful vehicles of attention. Only think positive thoughts about yourself and your endeavors, and think… — Frederick Lenz
Extreme picky eaters may have what's called Selective Eating Disorder. People with this experience physical and psychological discomfort over certain tastes, smells, textures. — Emily Yoffe
The artist... standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams - 'a mediator, consequently gifted… — James Joyce
Composition is selective improvisation. — Igor Stravinsky
Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say. — Brian Tracy
As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity-'teleological activity.' He is… — Thorstein Veblen
The changing styles are the expression of a restless search for something which shall commend itself to our aesthetic sense; but as each innovation is… — Thorstein Veblen
I've had a wonderful career and I'm very happy to have had all of the opportunities that I've had to tell stories and work for… — Angelina Jolie
My best training came from doing illustrations because it taught me to compose my paintings more effectively, to improve my colors, and to be ruthlessly… — Burton Silverman
I am selective. If I do splash out, it's an investment, and I wear things for years. — Erin O'Connor
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm… — Terry Gross

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