Metacognition Theory Quotes & Sayings

Now this is the attitude which I attack. It is the huge heresy of Precedent. It is the view that because we have got into a mess we must grow messier to suit it; that because we have taken a wrong turn some time ago we must go forward and not backwards; that because we have lost our way we must lose our map also; and because we have missed our ideal, we must forget it. — G.K. Chesterton

The years between Roger Bacon's birth, in 1220, and Uthred's death, in 1370, are considered the final flowering of the Middle Ages. They were followed by a longer, grimmer period in Europe, during which the machinery for rooting out heresy defeated enlightened discourse almost completely. The early condemnation of works by William Ockham, Johannes Eckehart, the spiritual Franciscans, and Dante signaled the start of a breakdown in the integrity of Western thought. During this Great Interruption, xenophobia replaced curiosity, interest in Islam and the classics withered, and Muslim thought was anathematized or ignored. Fifty years later, it was no longer wise to learn Arabic, Hebrew, or even Greek. — Michael Wolfe

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. — John Legend

Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer. — Billy Graham

The freedom of every artist is essential. — Christo

I beg your pardon; one knows exactly what to think. — Jane Austen

You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses. — Walter Benjamin

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical. — Satyajit Ray

The discovery of natural law is a meeting with God. — Friedrich Dessauer

Everything that happens is supposed to be And it's all pre-determined, can't change your destiny Guess I'll just keep moving, someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going — Conor Oberst

He was Loki, a being who only half belonged to the Gods; his father was the Wind Giant. — Padraic Colum

Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot. — David Carr

Love shouldn't come with conditions. — Dannika Dark