Quotes About Selective

persnickety

I am no indiscriminate novel reader.

São poucas as pessoas de quem gosto realmente e mais restrito ainda o número daquelas de quem eu faço um bom juízo.

We shouldn't tell prosecutors to 'pick and choose' what laws to uphold.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

A lot of movies aren't intended for everybody.

Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective - doing less - is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive.

The information we gain that conflicts with our original assessment or conclusion, we conveniently ignore or dismiss, while the information that confirms our original decision makes us increasingly certain that our conclusion was correct.

When I am offered work, I am very selective.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

the world is full of slackers who only turn out when the weather suits them.

They have long chosen the strategy of selectively resisting their feelings instead of that of not having them—of simply changing or replacing them.

You don't have to share everything with everybody. Not everyone must know about all parts of you—just the parts they need to know.

When people have the opportunity to collect information from the world, they are more likely to select information that supports their preexisting attitudes, beliefs, and actions.

Confirmation bias = hunting for information that confirms our initial assumptions (which are often self-serving).

Well, in our industry it's that the movies cost so much money to make they have to appeal to a broad audience. And I think that's part of what will loosen up in the future, as technology makes it cheaper, you'll be able to make films for a more selective audience. I think people will be able to make more personal movies.

A cat does not want all the world to love her -- only those she has chosen to love.

You forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.

Cavalier King Charles spaniels, we learnt, often suffer from the brain abnormality known as a Chiari malformation, which humans also get. Labradors can develop malignant meningiomas. The spaniels' problem is the result of selective breeding aimed to produce the small round head which wins points at dog shows. The malformation leads to spinal cord damage, and the poor creatures suffer from intractable pain and scratch themselves incessantly.

If I dare to foresee a promising future other than that which the technocrats (the power elite) have been confidently extrapolating, it is because I have found by personal experience that it is far easier to detach oneself from the system and to make a selective use of its facilities than the promoters of the Affluent Society would have their docile subjects believe.

I love Vegemite sandwiches, Milo, ham sandwiches, chicken breasts, and that's all I used to eat. I wouldn't eat anything else. So at home there was always two sets of dinner, one for Mum and Dad and one for me, because I was so fussy.

The key word here is "selective." It's neither possible nor desirable for individuals or nations to change completely, and to discard everything of their former identities. The challenge, for nations as for individuals in crisis, is to figure out which parts of their identities are already functioning well and don't need changing, and which parts are no longer working and do need changing.

I always set out to just work, as an actor, and try to do as many different things as I possibly could, and not be too selective or too careful. I think just working is fun.