Quotes About Individual

This is a specific person, do you understand? Not just some patient . I want to make sure you realize that.

I love individual songs. Of my songs, I like "Sara" and "Angel" the best. I like most of Chris' stuff. Of Lindsey's songs, I guess I like "Save Me A Place" and "Walk a Thin Line" the most. Those are beautiful songs.

If not just the brain but the quirks that made the individual were composed of recycled matter only, it was hard to be sure where the edges of one such being ended and another person began.

Western society is so unappealing. On a material level, it is clearly more comfortable and protected from the hardships of the natural world. But, as societies become more affluent they tend to require more, rather than less, time and commitment by the individual, and it's possible that many people feel that affluence and safety simply aren't a good trade for freedom.

why Western society is so unappealing. On a material level it is clearly more comfortable and protected from the hardships of the natural world. But as societies become more affluent they tend to require more, rather than less, time and commitment by the individual, and it's possible that many people feel that affluence and safety simply aren't a good trade for freedom

An individual artist needs only a thousand true fans in her tribe. It's enough.

You do not equal the project. Criticism of the project is not criticism of you.

We can't change the culture, but each of us has the opportunity to change a culture—our little pocket of the world.

Meaning is like pornography, you know it when you see it.

We cannot instantaneously force ourselves to forgive—and forgiveness happens at a different pace for everyone and is dependent on the particulars of any given situation.

How is it possible to have a "natural harmony" of selfish interests? Smith's answer: an "invisible hand" guided the individual selfish actor "to promote an end which was no part of his intention." "It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society which [the individual] has in view.

Kadang sebuah kelompok kurang cerdas dibanding seorang individu. Lihat saja orang-orang: satu persatu mereka bisa sangat pintar, tapi gabungkan mereka dalam satu kelompok yang tidak terorganisir bisa menimbulkan huru-hara, terutama jika ada insiden yang menghasut. Di lain kesempatan sebuah kelompok menunjukkan perilaku yang lebih pintar daripada seorang individu, seperti yang terjadi di sini dengan para semuat atau sekawanan lebah.

I am a socially awkward mandork. (Nick)

One tree isn't more important than the entire forest, Joe. You taught me that. Remember? Political pruning. (Syd) Yeah, but every forest is always destroyed one tree at a time. You take care of those individual trees because each one that falls brings you closer to deforestation. You only prune what's rotten. You don't cut down a good tree for no reason. (Joe)

You can't ever guess at life, at pain. All pain is real, and all pain is personal. It's the most personal thing we have. It eats each of us differently.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

Every time one person becomes peaceful in their own life, it changes the world.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom or growth upon anyone just for showing up.

First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.

The search for happiness is purely personal and not a model we can give to others.

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

For me the fascination with biography is the life of the individual in the context of history.

A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It will always bang up against history.