John Fiske Quotes

My design was not so much to contribute new facts as to shape the narrative in such a way as to emphasize relations of cause and effect that are often buried in the mass of details.

John Fiske

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• Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

  

  Cal Thomas
  • People
  • Government
  • Parent

• I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Different
  • Power
  • Process

• I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Faith
  • Ignorance
  • Facts

• All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

  

  Abdurrahman Wahid
  • Value
  • Religion
  • Islam

• I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.

  

  Edgard Varese
  • Music
  • Power
  • Want

• If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

  

  Naoto Kan
  • You
  • Problem
  • Impossible

• When I think about somebody like Keira Knightley, whom I don't particularly know, I see somebody who is working hard, really trying to challenge herself and make smart choices in spite of people criticising her size and performances.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • People
  • Trying
  • Challenge

• It's awesome when people respond to your movie and love it.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • Movie
  • Awesome

• When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Start
  • First
  • Run

• The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Character
  • Single
  • Best

• We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Black
  • Thought
  • Gay

• I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Want
  • Look
  • Edge

• We always wanted to be a big infra player in India - in sectors such as energy, healthcare, education, locomotives, etc.

  

  John L. Flannery
  • Energy
  • Education
  • Player

• For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Music
  • Important
  • Character

• There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Waiting
  • Boy
  • Dog

• A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point, to have a bunch of different ventures.

  

  Kanye West
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Artist

• You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Night
  • Idea

• I think that there shouldn't be an age limit to become a boss, so having that element is really important.

  

  Zendaya
  • Important
  • Age
  • Boss

• Carolyn Maloney is really constantly thinking, "How do we improve things?" You know, sees the glass always half-full, and you have to be an optimist to work in Washington. So that's what I - we admire so much about her.

  

  Eleanor Smeal
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Optimist

• My head is filled with so much crap, or facts that I find important, but that some others don't.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Important
  • Facts
  • Filled

• One thing is fact. The events of your life are created by you, and those events come to you through your feelings.

  

  Stuart Wilde
  • Feelings
  • Facts
  • Events

• Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Music
  • Myself
  • Dance

• Success is to be Happy in Life.

  

  Heidi Klum
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Success

• My design was not so much to contribute new facts as to shape the narrative in such a way as to emphasize relations of cause and effect that are often buried in the mass of details.

  

  John Fiske
  • Facts
  • Details
  • Effect