184 Quotes About Context

  • Author Noam Shpancer
  • Quote

    The frame, the definition, is a type of context. And context, as we said before, determines the meaning of things. There is no such thing as the view from nowhere, or from everywhere for that matter. Our point of view biases our observation, consciously and unconsciously. You cannot understand the view without the point of view.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Ted Chiang
  • Quote

    Hillalum wondered what sort of people were forged by living under such conditions; did they escape madness? Did they grow accustomed to this? Would the children born under a solid sky scream if they saw the ground beneath their feet?

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ellen Langer
  • Quote

    The same situation of stimulus called by a different name is a different stimulus. Roller coasters are fun but bumpy plane rides are not!

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Umberto Eco
  • Quote

    There always exists a context that is capable of reproposing as new a codified catachresis or dead metaphor.

  • Tags
  • Share



  • Author Sarah Parcak
  • Quote

    In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artefacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ehsan Sehgal
  • Quote

    Entirely criticise any institution or system of society on the wrongdoings of one or a few responsible people, it is unfair and suspicious within its context.

  • Tags
  • Share