#signals

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time. ↗

#future #most #organisms #organizations #past

Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. ↗

— Dorothy Sarnoff

#eye #eyes #gaze #into #look

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#being #crowns #enough #history #interestingly

Marple closed her eyes and fell asleep. It felt good. She felt like a kid again. She’d waited a long time to feel like that. It felt like the universe was folding in on itself. It felt like origami birds being born. —from THE IMMORTALS ACT THEIR AGE ↗

— Eric Beeny

#age

The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#clues #find #how #life #little

I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break. ↗

— Toni Braxton

#break #everything #fatigued #gets #give

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines. ↗

— David Letterman

#just #new #new york #rough #signals

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience. ↗

— George Szell

#choreography #conductors #give #must #orchestra

If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#deaf #likely #more #much #outside

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. ↗