Viewpoint Quotations

The hazing experience and then the subsequent participation in the group forces its members to maintain the status quo and traditions at all costs. It demands mindlessness and unquestioned loyalty, resulting in boring people who have little ability to think for themselves or have an opposing viewpoint from those who have the most social power.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices.

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.

What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint of lay men and women about what they want in regard to priests, or how do they want the hierarchy to deal with them?

When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and white viewpoint on my world. As I've gotten older, I see the grey areas appear.

Clearly, Simon Baz brings such a different viewpoint to 'Green Lantern.' The very nature of the corps concept of overcoming fear, I felt Simon was a great character to explore, while getting a different viewpoint on things.

I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.

If I have an opportunity to do something safe or something challenging, I'll often choose the latter. Sometimes, the objective is to submerge my viewpoint with the artist.

I was right there. From my viewpoint it looked like a good rebound. After that it was tough coming down against the zone with seconds left.

One viewpoint is that everybody needs to coalesce around Mr. Bilbray. Another point of view is that conservatives are not energized enough to even turn out to help him win the runoff.

Millions of statements are made about the president every day on every subject and from every standpoint; threats of violence are not an integral feature of any one subject or viewpoint as distinct from others. Differential treatment of threats against the president, then, selects nothing but special risks, not special messages.

Movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century. Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the intellectual side of the nation. It is chiefly from that viewpoint I write of them -- as an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming a cultured people.

I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you are perceived as nonthreatening, nonsexual, noncastable. Sure, I already knew it before I got into it. I just didn't know I'd end up making my living from low-budget, independent films.

From the viewpoint of governance, everything has slipped back in a big way.

From the viewpoint of mass tort law firms, this is a gift from heaven: a huge number of people who have suffered terrible losses, with 24X7 media exposure.

From my viewpoint it was in the box. The divot that was made was in the box, in my viewpoint.

I agree that the university's scheme is permissible but do not believe the court should take the occasion to impose a cast-iron viewpoint neutrality requirement to uphold it,

The rally the past few days shows investors are willing to look past this period of uncertainty toward a pickup in growth in early 2006. It's a pretty optimistic viewpoint and that could change when the data comes in.

There is a growing interest in the market to reduce fuel consumption. We now have a technology that is interesting from a commercial viewpoint . . . for a hybrid market for heavy vehicles.

My viewpoint could be a little different because I have such a young team and so I'm all for it. I'm all for helping young wrestlers gain experience for next year. But the first round is going to be a little different. There could be some lopsided scores.

Our viewpoint is that this (opinion) is a total side-step of the will of the people.

I think it's free speech and I'm pro-choice. They have the right to put the ads up and have their viewpoint out there.

We are disappointed that the court said that Tennessee can use state dollars to promote one viewpoint while silencing another. The decision permits discrimination and fails to protect free speech.

You just continue to listen. I've tried to make my viewpoint open as to why I took the vote I did.

We've got a very good cross-section, some large land owners, Conservation Committee members. Basically every viewpoint has been represented. The committee has worked extremely well together and balanced all of the view points.

We spent four days filming in a helicopter. I had never seen London from that viewpoint - you get a sense of how big it is and how easy it is to get lost. There was one day when we couldn't find Brick Lane: we spent 25 minutes looking and then realised it was directly below us.

We are a region with two masters. One is India and the other Pakistan. Each of them want to stick to their viewpoint and we are at the receiving end. In a calamity such as an earthquake we should be allowed to take our own decisions.

People generally don't know that they are developing a particular bias, ... and this study purports to disclose, perhaps, particular biases -- that is, whether liberal or conservative. Often, people simply don't know that they hold a particular viewpoint because those viewpoints are caught more than they are taught.

As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's our company's duty.

Austen has a strong feminist vision of marital happiness. And that was a radical viewpoint for its time.

In fairness, the concerns of the local TV stations were raised in the meeting. We understand their viewpoint and it was discussed. The need to control the overall use of game footage was the overriding factor.

Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how you're going to find that person.

In the beginning, he did everything with the viewpoint of what's in it for Andre. But he transformed himself from just another selfish athlete into a generous, caring, enlightened person, someone who ran away from responsibility and now dresses himself up in it.

I often find myself unsatisfied with books 'about' Indians because they are written from the viewpoint of non-Indians.

I have tried to avoid memberships in organizations that were politically charged with one viewpoint or the other.

The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that's just ridiculous. It's as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it's for a reason. Among primitive people they say if someone was bitten by a snake he was murdered. I believe that.

It is unacceptable from the viewpoint of the principles of free trade and open markets, ... The U.S. market is open and Japan's is closed. The world financial markets recognized this. It's too bad the WTO does not.

It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.

It is very difficult to transport one story into another culture without including the subjective viewpoint of the editor who transmits it. It may be difficult to understand this work as it existed in a time without the social rules we live with today.

It is quite disturbing to note that some people will not hesitate to use violence to push their viewpoint despite all the dispute resolution mechanisms at their disposal.

If he carries out the election as the only candidate in conditions that have been widely questioned, I think from a political viewpoint, from a viewpoint of international relations, it would be suicide for Fujimori,

The maze ... was such a mind-altering and life-changing experience. ... My gosh, I mean for something that's pretend it changes your viewpoint on life,