#association

Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#areas #asean #association #because #been

When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date. ↗

— Joshua Foer

#memory #art

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#animal #associations #case #complexity #delicacy

What surrounds us is what is within us. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#internal-self #manifestation #quotes #surroundings #within

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #best-friends #brain #daily #daily-life

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate. ↗

— David Chalmers

#associations #boil #build #core #down

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#aide #association #because #becoming #being

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#government #men #rest #us #violence

My Longhorns are registered and I am a member of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. ↗

— Janine Turner

#association #i #i am #longhorns #member

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#complexity #consists #delicacy #evolution #formation