Quotes About Interpretation

Cody nodded as if Larry could see him. He could hear Larry shuffling papers.

not actually shades of green. They had discussed the fact

What defines a perfect photo is entirely up to you. Otherwise, this wouldn't be an art. It would be just another commodity, subject to a checklist written long ago. There is no checklist. Be wary of anyone trying to sell you access to one.

The Bible says God made man in his image, but I think we make and remake him in whatever image happens to suit our shifting needs.

We must play from the soul, not like trained birds.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.

If only one existence listens to it and takes it into consideration, then you don't even have to tell the truth. In telling other things, you will invariably tell the truth as well, even if you or the truth wish otherwise.

I could tell you many things; you will listen to none of them. And if you listen t any of them, you will do so in your own way.

The task of a craftsman, they conclude, "is not to generate meaning, but rather to cultivate in himself the skill of discerning the meanings that are already there.

They seem to relieve him of the felt need to offer chattering interpretations of himself to vindicate his worth. He can simply point: the building stands, the car now runs, the lights are on. Boasting is what a boy does, who has no real effect in the world. But craftsmanship must reckon with the infallible judgment of reality, where one's failures or shortcomings cannot be interpreted away.

The same outer object may suggest either of many realities formerly associated with it—for in the vicissitudes of our outer experience we are constantly liable to meet the same thing in the midst of differing companions. William James, The Principles of Psychology

Mientras una parte de lo que percibimos penetra a través de nuestros sentidos a partir del objeto que tenemos ante nosotros, otra parte (y tal vez ésta sea la mayor) surge siempre de nuestra propia mente. William James Principios de psicología

Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind. William James, The Principles of Psychology

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. —SIR JOHN LUBBOCK THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE AND THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, 1892

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

You don't have to explain something you haven't said.

Theologians have a way of resolving things that are inerrant and writing them down in books that go unread.

When it comes to adding authority to the sermon, the Bible is the most powerful way to comment on what the Bible has to say.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.

IT WAS CUSTOMARY in the South for outside observers to interpret events in terms of ideology (usually racial ideology) and for local observers to interpret the same events in terms of money (usually graft).

My problem with math was that I was never able to convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.

L'universo esprimerà se stesso fin tanto che qualcuno potrà dire "io leggo dunque esso scrive