Pointing Quotes - Page 20

• I think that maps showing platform details would be useful to visitors, especially to chaperones of school groups, etc. Also useful would be either a compass rose or an arrow pointing North at every metro exit. Emerging from underground is disorienting, especially at night.

  Robert James Thomson

  School, Night, Thinking

  "Dr. Gridlock" with Robert Thomson, live.washingtonpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  "Job Market Strong as Graduates Enter Real World" by Lindsay Hamilton, abcnews.go.com. May 12, 2007.

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• The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface: and why not? Any love is natural and beautiful that lies within a person's nature; only hypocrites would hold a man responsible for what he loves, emotional illiterates and those of righteous envy, who, in their agitated concern, mistake so frequently the arrow pointing to heaven for the one that leads to hell.

  Truman Capote

  Love, Beautiful, Dream

  Truman Capote (2007). “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, p.124, Vintage

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• None of us need one more person bashing or pointing out where we have failed or fallen short. Most of us are already well aware of the areas in which we are weak. What each of us does need is family, friends, employers, and brothers and sisters who support us, who have the patience to teach us, who believe in us, and who believe we’re trying to do the best we can, in spite of our weaknesses. What ever happened to giving each other the benefit of the doubt? What ever happened to hoping that another person would succeed or achieve? What ever happened to rooting for each other?

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Brother, Believe, Giving

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• In my work, I am not attempting to predict the future.  I am only pointing out what is possible with the intelligent application and humane use of science and technology.  This does not call for scientists to manage society.  What I suggest is applying the methods of science to the social system for the benefit of human kind and the environment.

  Jacque Fresco

  Intelligent, Technology, Doe

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• A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing out on what kinds of assumptions, what kinds of familiar, unchallenged, unconsidered modes of thought the practices that we accept rest.

  Michel Foucault

  Practice, Matter, Kind

  Michel Foucault (2013). “Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings, 1977-1984”, p.154, Routledge

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• Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she expose the bad feelings that get hidden, displaced, or negated under public signs of joy? Does bad feeling enter the room when somebody expresses anger about things, or could anger be the moment when the bad feelings that circulate through objects get brought to the surface in a certain way?

  Sara Ahmed

  People, Feminist, Joy

  Sara Ahmed (2010). “The Promise of Happiness”, p.65, Duke University Press

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• Paco Fuentes, " Mrs. Peterson says, pointing to the table behind Mary. The handsome young man with pale blue eyes like his mother's and smoky black hair like his father's takes his assigned seat.

  Simone Elkeles

  Mother, Father, Eye

  Simone Elkeles (2010). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.356, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Well — I was lucky once, wasn't I?” said Harry, pointing at his scar. “I might get lucky again.

  J. K. Rowling

  Lucky, Might, Scar

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• Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling but all look slightly sick whenever their girlfriends turn away.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Girl, Couple, Men

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.104, Random House

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• It's a road," Corey said, pointing. "A dirt road," Hayley muttered. "So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?

  Kelley Armstrong

  Two, Dirt Roads, Want

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• OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble staircase. His wand was out and it was pointing right at a pure white ferret, which was shivering on the stone-flagged floor, exactly where Malfoy had been standing.

  J. K. Rowling

  White, Funny Harry Potter, Ferrets

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• Those trapped in sin will not normally thank you for pointing out the darkness in their lives.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Darkness, Sin, Trapped

  Twitter post from Mar 31, 2015

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• I can't blame anyone for being pessimistic when they look around, after all the blood spilled and energy spent to gain ground for working people in the past, and see it all happening again. I wasn't pointing a finger when I wrote the book, but sometimes the message is there even when you aren't actively trying to be the messenger.

  James Vance

  Book, Past, Blood

  Source: therumpus.net

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• A group of national security experts, military intelligence experts, issued a very concerning statement about Senator Bernie Sanders's views on foreign policy and national security, pointing out some of the comments he has made on these issues, such as inviting Iranian troops into Syria to try to resolve the conflict there; putting them right at the doorstep of Israel.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Israel, Views

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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