Orientation Quotes

• Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

  

  Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  • Every
  • Orientation

• That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way.

  

  Plato
  • Education
  • Orientation
  • Organ

• Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Political
  • Democrat
  • Rigid

• I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • Concern
  • Bisexual

• There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.

  

  Raymond Smullyan
  • Responsibility
  • Orientation
  • Morbid

• As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Liberal
  • Sexual
  • Pragmatic

• I tried to, from my very early years, I've been an inveterate movie goer and still am and I, I love the medium. So what I, what I draw and what I'm still doing, is part of that particular orientation.

  

  Jack Kirby
  • Movie
  • Draw
  • Orientation

• In addition to the wishes of the client, the position, orientation, and size of the plot also play an important role in determining the final plan of the house. The 'where' and 'how' of the exterior then follows naturally from all of that.

  

  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Important
  • House
  • Position

• We learn our sexual preferences and orientations.

  

  Virginia Johnson
  • Preference
  • Orientation

• If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation or she can't understand us because of her faith, well, if you can't have empathy how will you ever have solidarity?

  

  Cleve Jones
  • Color
  • Empathy
  • Solidarity

• Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Action
  • Mark
  • Executives

• And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

  

  Plato
  • Desire
  • Person
  • Moment

• Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

  

  Ernest Gellner
  • Speak
  • Philosophy
  • Assessment

• When you finally embrace the gift of your sexual orientation it IS the end; the end of shame, fear and oppression. You leave the darkness of the closet and begin a life of honesty, authenticity and freedom.

  

  Anthony Venn-Brown
  • Freedom
  • Embrace
  • Orientation

• I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

  

  Andrew Cuomo
  • Thinking
  • Father
  • Dad

• Just as a man's denominational orientation is the result of upbringing, and only the religious need as such slumbers in his soul, the political opinion of the masses represents nothing but the final result of an incredibly tenacious and thorough manipulation of their mind and soul.

  

  Adolf Hitler
  • Soul
  • Result
  • Political Opinion

• Women and men need to understand that a woman's transition is often much longer. The caretaker must leave the place of orientation to the needs of others to the place where she focuses on herself.

  

  Esther Perel
  • Needs
  • Transition
  • Caretakers

• In asking for miracles, we are seeking a practical goal: a return to inner peace. We’re not asking for something outside us to change, but for something inside us to change. We’re looking for a softer orientation to life.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Life
  • Change
  • Peace

• No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

  

  Erin Gruwell
  • Race
  • Backgrounds
  • Orientation

• My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.

  

  Josh Charles
  • Different
  • Play
  • Jobs

• There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color – nothing – no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone else. We're all deserving of love.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Love
  • Religion
  • Race

• I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.

  

  Alan Chambers
  • Change
  • Efforts
  • Orientation

• My morality and faith are choices. My sexual orientation however isn't.

  

  Anthony Venn-Brown
  • Choices
  • Morality
  • Orientation

• The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.

  

  Michael Sam
  • Mean
  • Player
  • Gay

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