Quotes by Example Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality. Maria Young Dougall girlexampleneeds My specific concerns with Trump's plans are that they are likely to investments in infrastructure where the private returns are highest (for example toll roads and bridges) rather than where the public gains are greatest. Mariana Mazzucato tollsexamplebridges If we look at Germany's infrastructure policy, it has been driven by its mission-oriented focus on green infrastructure. This affects both innovation and infrastructure, old industries and new. The German steel industry, for example, has adapted to the policy by lowering its material content through a 'repurpose, reuse and recycle' strategy. Mariana Mazzucato innovationfocusexample My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example. Marie Osmond taughtexamplemother Once you take care of yourself, you become the example, and then everybody around you can change. Mariel Hemingway take-care-of-yourselfcareexample It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility. Mario Balotelli exampleresponsibilitychildren Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries. Mario Bunge philosophicalexamplemind an imitator is always a poor example. Marion Davies imitationpoorexample Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. Marcus Tullius Cicero examplementhinking When the Reformation became established, one of the things that was a question between Catholicism and the Reformation traditions was whether there was a hierarchy of being. If you look at Thomas Aquinas, for example, you have hierarchies of angels and all the rest of it, and hierarchies even of saints and then subsaints - people who aren't quite there, that sort of thing. The Reformation rejected all of that and created a new metaphysics, in effect, that is not hierarchical. Marilynne Robinson angelexamplepeople John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend to the well-being of the people in general, especially the poor. Interestingly, for the interpretation of Hamlet, for example, he forbids even the thought of revenge. This is not the Calvin of myth, but when the Elizabethans read him there was no such myth, nor would there be now, if he were read. Marilynne Robinson examplerevengepeople The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that. Marjane Satrapi good-moviedollarsexample Our examples of enduring hardship are often more powerful than our stories of success and triumph. Mark Dever triumphpowerfulexample I want to be commercial, so imagine Disney people mixed with underground techno people... mixed with sass. An example of an underground techno person would be that French artist Yelle. She's all in French, so I can't understand a word she's saying, but her beats are really cool, and that's something that I want to do...but mix Disney in there, and that's what I want. Mark Indelicato artistexamplepeople 'Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers to the executives and stockholders of various businesses who will continue to profit from, for example, 'The Garden Party,' while the descendants of Katherine Mansfield will not. Mark Helprin partygardenexample As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift. Mark Hart girlexamplefather There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries. Mark Shuttleworth skillsexamplecountry Popular culture as a whole is popular, but in today's fragmented market it's a jostle of competing unpopular popular cultures. As the critic Stanley Crouch likes to say, if you make a movie and 10 million people go see it, you'll gross $100 million - and 96 per cent of the population won't have to be involved. That alone should caution anyone about reading too much into individual examples of popular culture. Mark Steyn readingexamplepeople I don't think Donald Trump is a conservative. I think his line on China for example, that he's going to talk tough to China. China didn't create Social Security, Medicare. China isn't spending a fifth of a billion dollars every hour that it doesn't have. Mark Steyn dollarsexamplethinking In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. Mark Shields presidentialexamplegiving«3940414243444546474849»
