Edward Thorndike Quotes

Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.

Edward Thorndike

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ManKingAnimalsRaceMindsSame

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

Jo Brand

HumanDirtWhateverHuman BeingLike

Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story.

John Polkinghorne

ScienceBeginningStoryAttention

I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home.

Amity Gaige

FamilyMarriageHomeThinkMean

We try to do that for stories - we try to say, 'OK, here's the message, here's the theme, here's the good people and the bad.' Life is not nearly like that.

Stephen Henderson

LifeGoodPeopleGood PeopleBad

We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

Trombone Shorty

TryingNewNew OrleansAnythingCome

I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.

Tom Shadyac

SchoolLookEverythingOutAgainst

I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

Ruby Dee

GreatStrongImportantBeingJust

I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.

Jon Favreau

JobPeopleEasyYouSayWant

If you do something bad, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. It means you had bad judgment.

Jon Jones

YouBadPersonMeanJudgmentMeans

On average, an e-commerce client who evolves into a premier enterprise client increases their annual spend by 10 times in that first year.

Jon Oringer

YearFirstAverageClientAnnual

I didn't get a lot of attention from my dad when I was young. That's a big part of it for girls. Because your dad is the first love of your life. If he doesn't put you on his lap and give you a pet, you do end up not really liking yourself that much.

Dolores O'Riordan

LifeLovePetYourselfEndYou

In an era in which war and terrorism - at home and abroad - are often based on racial, religious and ethnic differences, rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us increase our survival at a time when an increasingly divided country and world so badly need it.

Dean Ornish

LoveHomeWisdomTimeCompassion

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