Jerome Bruner Quotes
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 more conventional stimuli.
Quotes to Explore
-
I write in a small office at home.
-
SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
-
You can't choose up sides on a round world.
-
The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.
-
I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
-
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
-
To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
-
One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
-
Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
-
And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
-
Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
-
I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.
-
The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
-
PG-13 horror, I just don't watch that.
-
Basically, it's in your best mental interest to release your anger so you can see the world more clearly around you and seek better solutions for finding the happy, love-filled life you desire and deserve.
-
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
-
Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
-
Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
-
You're a grand old flag! You're a high-flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'Neath the Red, White and Blue,' Where there's never a boast or brag. But should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
-
The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are.
-
The term "intellect" includes all those powers by which we acquire, retain, and extend our knowledge; as perception, memory, imagination, judgment, and the like.
-
If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us - our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.
-
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 more conventional stimuli.
