To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.
The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it, as it was intended to be seen. Anything less is a degradation of the film and its audience.
Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.
If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then that system is false and must be altered.
Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily.
The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.
I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise.
I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.
There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.
By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.
I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.
Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.
If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity.
The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created - created first in the mind and will, created next in activity.
Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.
PowerPoint may not be of any use for you in a presentation, but it may liberate you in another way, an artistic way. Who knows.
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
