#phenomenon

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature! ↗

— Thomas Mann

#brilliance #carefully #concentrates #considered #creature

We had a few tragic accidents in our state, as they've had in every state, from train crashes on down. And really, no text is worth dying for; that is our message to young people. And this is such a new phenomenon when you look at the number of texts and how they've increased exponentially in just the last few years. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#crashes #down #dying #every #exponentially

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#american history #anti-semitism #awareness #combat #contributions

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher. ↗

— Robert Shea

#club #diversion #does #ideals #magazine

We tend to think of our selves as the only wholly unique creations in nature, but it is not so. Uniqueness is so commonplace a property of living things that there is really nothing at all unique about it. A phenomenon can't be unique and universal at the same time. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#commonplace #creations #living #nature #nothing

The logic of the symbol does not express the experiment; it is the experiment. Language is the phenomenon, and the observation of the phenomenon changes its nature. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#language #phenomenon #symbol #change

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. ↗

— Avery Brundage

#like #music #phenomenon #science

Will the social networking phenomenon lessen? I don't think so. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#lessen #networking #phenomenon #social #think

All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you. ↗

— Christopher McCandless

#means #personal #personal relationship #phenomenon #relationship

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. ↗