#context

Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework. ↗

— Lawrence Kutner

#classroom #content #context #learn #least

The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#care #context #economic #economy #general

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#context #generalization #generalize #keep #repeating

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#around #being #contexts #disagree #enjoy

With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present. ↗

— Neil Postman

#media #television #age

Reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#memory #men

My identity is without root. ↗

— C.S. Friedman

#scifi #scifi

What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago. ↗

— David Baltimore

#answer #contexts #different #does #evident

I was assigned to the Waffen-SS but was never involved in any crime. Besides, I always felt the need to write about my experiences in a larger context one day. This has only developed recently, now that I have overcome my inner aversion to writing an autobiography in the first place, specifically one having to do with my younger years. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#always #any #assigned #autobiography #aversion

If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#context #doing #elements #going #how