#discerning

What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is "all it does" - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#does #extremely #good #large #large numbers

Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and re-experience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: they heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart. ↗

— Buckminster Fuller

#discerning #discovery #empiricism #experience #experiment

I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#bucks #choose #cut #discerning #experience

She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art glass-- strong enough to handle and use, delicate enough to shatter under a strong blow, and filled with swirls of color that fascinated the eye. But while most people--and most glass--allowed light through, she could discern nothing of Devlin's heart and soul through the smoke and mirrors he held before him. ↗

— Christina Dodd

#emotions #people #art

Consider the source...Don't be a fool by listening to a fool. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#discriminating #judgement #wisdom #dreams

Often subtle clues are not obvious enough for the stubborn or stupid. This is when God stops throwing crumbs and starts throwing the whole piece of bread. If you step on moldy bread then you know you have waited too long. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#discerning-whispers #fate #inspiration #promptings #signs

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#brain #discerning #genius #gives #good

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too. ↗

— Steve Burns

#children #discerning #need #parents #put

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#discerning #high #high quality #identifying #implies

I think subconsciously people are remarkably discerning. I think that they can sense care. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

#discerning #i #i think #people #remarkably