Specificity – Quotes

The truth, or success,

The truth, or success, of any writer’s story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. Gail Caldwell

As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme. Edward Lawrie Tatum

Few scientists acquainted with

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized to accomplish the most complicated and delicate of tasks. Many organic chemists viewing crystal structures of enzyme systems or nucleic acids and knowing the marvels of specificity of the immune systems … Read more

We have to be

We have to be careful that we don’t keep multiplying disorders and diluting them. I think there is a difference. People talk about Asperger’s as high-functioning autism, which I think it is. But it does have some of its own characteristics, like the preservation of language, particularly, which may be right brain dysfunction instead of … Read more

I think one of

I think one of the problems with the definition of autism is we keep expanding it. It started as early infantile autism, and then it became autism, and now it’s autism spectrum disorder. I’m not opposed to that from the standpoint of trying to broaden our vistas, and so forth. But from a research point … Read more

Design is a response

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is. Chip Kidd

Important element is deeply

Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they’re going to cover this week or this term. Few of us can specify precisely what students should know, understand, and be able to do as a result of any particular learning experience or set of learning experiences. Without that specificity, alignment between content, … Read more

I think by writing

I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal. Bonnie Jo Campbell

I think people can

I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don’t always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don’t with a fair amount of specificity. Ann Aguirre

Sex almost always disappoints

Sex almost always disappoints me in novels. Everything can be said or done now, and that’s what I often find: everything, a feeling of generality or dispersal. But in my experience, true sex is so particular, so peculiar to the person who yearns for it. Only he or she, and no one else, would desire … Read more