Stimulus Quotes

239 quotes by 200 authors

Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing… — Jennifer Connelly
The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby compounding… — Kevin Rudd
No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which… — Tadao Ando
Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli — B.F. Skinner
Expansion and modernization of the nation's productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive position of American industry An… — John F. Kennedy
We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive… — John F. Kennedy
Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent… — Fred Barnes
It is amazing to observe how many psychologists and psychiatrists have accepted this sort of propaganda, and have come to believe that homosexual males and… — Alfred Kinsey
The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which such activity is not taboo… — Alfred Kinsey
I consider the domestic virtue of the Americans as the principle source of all their other qualities. It acts as a promoter of industry, as… — Francis Grund
Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Pavlov's findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the right response, while… — Joost Meerloo
One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the… — John F. Kennedy
Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions;… — Charles Caleb Colton
The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W. C. Handy. — Bix Beiderbecke
Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism. — Jerome Bruner
In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of… — Jerome Bruner
The mind and body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs and music. — Hunter S. Thompson
It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking… — C.S. Lewis
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose. — Stephen Covey

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