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Letter "P" » probing
«The broad spectrum of knowledge, the ability to probe into the meaning of an event and the ability to write clearly and concisely in newspaper style are the essence of professionalism.»
Author: Betty Southard Murphy
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
an event, broad, concisely, newspaper, probe, probed, probes, probing, professionalism, spectrum, writing style
«At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.»
«If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.»
Author: Jimmy Carter
(President)
| About:
Achievement,
Fear,
Mankind
| Keywords:
common denominator, denominator, denominators, lowest, mad, probe, probed, probes, probing, ultimately
«It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.»
Author: Rod Sterling
(Host, Producer, Writer)
| About:
Television
| Keywords:
documentary, incisive, probe, probed, probes, probing, rabbits, toilet, toilet paper, twelve
«Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface... but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are truer than the real ones.»
«I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size.»
«A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people has a different set of ethical valuations from their and has energy enough to give effect to this extra vision and its valuations in whatever manner best suits his or her»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Genius
| Keywords:
probe, probing, suits
«I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.»
«The Yoga science is today being probed by physicists and others in Western countries.»
«Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an end to probing below the surface, for a redemption and celebration of the body of the world. Ultimately, having an experience becomes identical with taking a photograph of it.»
Author: Susan Sontag
(Activist, Critic, Writer)
| Keywords:
Body of, identical, industrial, industrial societies, industrial society, irresistible, junkie, junkies, junky, longings, mental image, Out of body experience, poignant, pollution, probe, probed, probes, probing, redemption, societies, The Celebration
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