Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Interpretation Quotes
Critical ThinkingInterpretationLawReligion When you hear people demanding that the Ten Commandments be displayed in courtrooms and schoolrooms, always be sure to ask which set. It works every time.
GodInterpretationPersonhoodTheology The Old Testament God is a person with body parts and passions. The Church of England God has neither body, parts nor passions, and is therefore not a person.
BehaviorHuman NatureInterpretationPerceptionThoughts I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Authorship vs Reader PerceptionInfluence Through WordsInterpretationMeaning-Driven Perspectives Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
ConsensusHistoryInterpretationPerspective History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
InterpretationPowerTruth All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
CommunicationInterpretationMeaningStorytelling Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
ArtistryCreativityDecision MakingInterpretationLeadership I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.
ComplexityErrorGeneticsInterpretation Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.
Cultural DiversityExposure to IdeasGlobal ViewpointsInterpretationPerspective India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed.
Human NatureInterpretationNecessityPerceptionRelativity Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
CreativityInterpretationPerspectiveUnderstandingValue Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.
Belief vs Literal MeaningFaithInterpretationMeaning Construction No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
ChallengeInterpretationSelf-awarenessUnderstanding It's kind of like a challenge to myself to be able to hear somebody else's hook and kind of interpret the words. Because my own hooks, I already know what I mean when I write them.
ArtInterpretationOwnership I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.
DefinitionInterpretationLiberty The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.
ArtCreativityInterpretationNature Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
