Alison Gopnik Quotes
Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists have explained why we have certain experiences and not others. It's just that they haven't explained the special features of consciousness that philosophers care about.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
-
I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
-
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
-
I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
-
Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
-
It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
-
I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
-
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
-
I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth.
-
There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
-
Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
-
St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
-
It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
-
I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
-
I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
-
I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
-
I feel beautiful when my makeup looks great.
-
When I was a girl, there wasn't anything in Spanish in the movies until you saw it on DVD.
-
I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
-
I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books.
-
I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.
-
Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists have explained why we have certain experiences and not others. It's just that they haven't explained the special features of consciousness that philosophers care about.
