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Quotes About Subjective

The objective tendency of the Enlightenment, to wipe out the power of images over man, is not matched by any subjective progress on the part of enlightened thinking towards freedom from images.
~ Theodor Adorno
Yes, it is indeed by way of the mathematical forms that the physicist gains knowledge of the external world; Eddington's point, however, is that the forms in question have been artificially imposed: "The mathematics is not there until we put it there." And it is for this reason, and in this sense, that our knowledge of mathematical structures—our knowledge of the physical world!—is said to be subjective.
~ Wolfgang Smith
The so-called physical universe—"the world so described"—turns out to be constituted by mathematical structures which we ourselves have imposed; in a word, it proves to be "man-made." Yet this way of putting it is also misleading; for inasmuch as physical knowledge is partly objective, "the world so described" must be "partly objective" as well. One is left with a curiously equivocal conception, which may enlighten the wise but is bound to deceive the unwary
~ Wolfgang Smith
IT isn't good to talk much about the weather - weather is a highly personal matter
~ Y?ko Tawada
There's no shortage of problems with the human race, yet vegans decide to prioritize animals over humanity. Others prioritize exotic minorities over everything else. People need to get their priorities straight. Focus on what's important, not on what you are personally, subjectively into. You can't turn humanity's future into your love of pets, or your gender confusion, or whatever. It's not about you. It's about humanity.
~ David Sinclair
each subjective pleasure which had no foundation in action, there was a subjective sorrow,
~ David Starr Jordan
Freedom of hearing. The objective ( the thing said ) and the subjective (the thing heard ) if you need "accredited" mediators and censors to police your subjectivity there's really not much hope for you.
~ Dean Cavanagh
There are never any victims of the truth, unless you believe truth to be subjective, then of course, the truth has nothing but victims.
~ Dean Cavanagh
Truth is a slippery concept. It changes shape according to who's speaking it and it never looks the same to any two people.
~ Deb Baker
Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment.
~ Eraldo Banovac
I think intelligence is totally subjective; it's like sexiness.
~ David Fincher
Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)
~ Jay McInerney
The dividing line between SM sex and "vanilla" sex can sometimes be arbitrary.
~ Jay Wiseman
A person (or ego) with a connection to the Self has a sense that what she is doing with her life is meaningful. This can only be known subjectively, it is soul knowledge.
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen
Trauma is as subjective as desire, and the meanings we attribute to experiences, as well as the context in which they occur, determine their ultimate effect on our lives.
~ Jeanne Safer
Movies are very subjective.
~ Jeff Bridges
Well that's like, your opinion, man.
~ Jeff Bridges
How do I know? How does anyone know? It's all so wildly subjective, and, anyhow, life has surprised me too many times in this realm. On one hand, I've known brilliant people who created absolutely nothing from their talents. On the other hand, there are people whom I once arrogantly dismissed who later staggered me with the gravity and beauty of their work. It has all humbled me far beyond the ability to judge anyone's potential, or to rule anybody out.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
What makes our existence meaningful is highly subjective and ultimately determined by sustainable neurochemical gratification.
~ Al-Rodan, Nayef
Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.
~ Alton Brown
Rooting about in themselves for the source of their discomfort, they undergo agonies of unnecessary guilt. They seem blankly unaware that what they are feeling inside themselves is the subjective reflection of a much larger objective crisis: they are acting out an unwitting drama within a drama.
~ Alvin Toffler
Drama is not a literal portrayal of events. It's a depiction, it's impressionistic.
~ Chris Chibnall
Art should be perceived as subjectively as possible, and if anyone wants to see something in 'Belus' that I had not planned, that is fine.
~ Varg Vikernes
Potato salad is very personal: everyone makes theirs differently.
~ Trisha Yearwood