Quotes About Emphasis

in recalling an experience, we ignore most of what happened and focus instead on a few particular moments.

This is what we mean by "thinking in moments": to recognize where the prose of life needs punctuation.

Nothing is said about the need to catch and punish the offenders (most muggers never get caught anyway); all emphasis is placed on the need to restore and heal the victim.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.

The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.

Durante los debates parlamentarios de noviembre de 1949, recalcó esto al gritar (algo muy poco habitual en él):

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

They had sung these verses before but there was no longer any need to conceal what they meant by them; the words had not changed, only their immediacy, only the emphasis with which certain phrases were intoned. "Now they gradually threw off the mask," Washington recalled, "and were not afraid to let it be known that the 'freedom' in their songs meant freedom of the body in this world."4

Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

I think that Nintendo puts a lot more emphasis and uses the controller more than any of the other companies.

A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it.

My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes - I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More 'va va voom,' I guess you can say.

When we think about the trends that millennials are taking toward simplicity, I think it's indicative of a cultural shift toward less of the 'more is more' for materialism sake and more of an emphasis on efficiency, value, and sustainability.

I do not like verbal explanations. Young people pay little heed to them, nor do they remember them. Things! Things! I cannot repeat it too often. We lay too much stress upon words; we teachers babble, and our scholars follow our example.

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

There might just be a universal expectation to respect the dead, but my work is also born from another aspect of Thai society - that is, the overemphasis on familial bonds.

We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself.

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

I come from a background that stresses education more than anything.

My dad emphasized athletics. My mom did as well, but my mom was really hard on the academic end of things and always stressed, 'Hey, you've got to have the grades, you've got to be prepared for life outside of sports.'

I often will state things strongly if I think that it's important.

Don't overdo it. If you're doing a strong lip, keep the eyes simple, and the other way around.

Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself.

The pause is as important as the note.