Context Quotes - page 16

Can we ignore what is going on around us, can we disconnect ourselves, our own material situation, our spiritual selves, who we are, can we disconnect that from history and the social context of our lives? The older I get, the more I'm convinced that we cannot, that we are social creatures. (Martin Donovan)
When a company owns one precise thought in the consumer's mind, it sets the context for everything and there should be no distinction between brand, product, service and experience. View quote
Maurice Saatchi
I do really enjoy Jay McInerney's wine writing. He's a good writer. He brings his fiction-writing skillset. He's not afraid to put wine in kind of a racy context and speak very candidly about it. View quote
Michael Diamond
I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it. View quote
Pink
Mycologists are few and far between. We are under-funded, poorly represented in the context of other sciences - ironic as the very foundation of our ecosystems are directly dependent upon fungi, which ultimately create the foundation of soils. View quote
Paul Stamets
In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as possible, and this does not imply that he must or should appoint members of the 'other' party to his Cabinet, which could contribute to inaction and inefficiency. View quote
Richard V. Allen
The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised. View quote
Ron Davies
Modern design becomes the eye catcher because it's out of context, it is something newborn and fresh, something people have never seen before. I mean, that in itself is the way we should sort of stimulate the senses of society, this urban condition. View quote
Ross Lovegrove
You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you. View quote
Randy Couture
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord. View quote
Richard Foster
My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. (Sharon Salzberg)
I love changing. I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context. Any situation where I feel boxed in freaks me out. And I feel the need to reinvent myself or I'll get bored. View quote
Stephen Daldry
So much of design is context. View quote
Steve Madden
I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives. View quote
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Why take notes? The obvious reason is to remember. Visual note-taking translates what we hear into pictures that give context, color, and meaning. By adding symbols, visual metaphors, likenesses of people, and room layouts, we add several dimensions. View quote
Tom Wujec
For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context. View quote
Tatiana Maslany
I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet. View quote
Walter Martin
If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work. View quote
Wayne Kramer
I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you're doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support. View quote
Wendie Malick
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people. View quote
Yael Stone
In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities. (Yishan Wong)
True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect. View quote
Zola Jesus
We read literature for a lot of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our life stories and – equally important – to find ourselves by understanding our own life stories more clearly in the context of others. View quote
Maureen Corrigan
It looked like lively abstract art. Symbols in search of context. View quote
Jeff VanderMeer
Economic interdependence does promote shared interests, but it also creates shared vulnerabilities. ... In an adversial context, shared interests provide opportunities for exploitation, not mutual gain. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan