Mortimer Adler Quotes

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

LearningGrowthLivePurposeGrowing

I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'

Jessica Chastain

PositiveRespectWorldStoryHonor

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli.

Jerome Bruner

PerceptionProcessRecognitionMore

Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view.

Robert J. Sawyer

PeopleViewPoint Of ViewRealOwn

Whenever I have tried to make a character bad, they end up being good in some way.

Tom Drury

GoodCharacterEndBadWayUp

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting something that doesn't exist, and trying to find the reality of it. Once you settle on that premise, everything else is a matter of degrees.

Ron Perlman

TimeImaginationRealityCameraYou

Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.

Michael Steinhardt

JoyWinningRightMayWellRush

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

Miriam Shor

I AmFunMeFateProcessSomeone

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

Dorothy Dix

TearsCryHumanOverSingleBeing

I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.

Christie Hefner

WorldRevolutionThinkMagazineRole

I love watching movies with happy endings or anything with Steve Martin or stuff like that.

Bonnie Tyler

LoveHappyMoviesWatchingAnything

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Bruce Springsteen

MusicBestWorldFaceYouSomething

They got married, they got divorced, and half their money goes out the window.

Suze Orman

MoneyWindowOutHalfGotMarried

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