Mechanisms Quotations

As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.

Creating mechanisms for ending deforestation and promoting regeneration of the environment is one of the most effective ways of achieving net-zero emissions.

One of the defense mechanisms I have for the difficulties in the business, one of which is rejection, is that if I do the work, I go in, and I'm prepared and I audition and they don't hire me, I'm always just amazed, thinking, 'Wow! For that money, they could've had Bruce McGill, and they didn't take me? I just think that's amazing.'

Innate mechanisms endow the visual system with highly specific connections, but visual experience early in life is necessary for their maintenance and full development. Deprivation experiments demonstrate that neural connections can be modulated by environmental influences during a critical period of postnatal development.

In a paper called 'The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives,' I showed that there were not any mechanisms that would always both produce a stable matching and make it completely safe for all firms and workers to reveal their true preferences.

I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.

Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics.

I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother's black. I'm black because I grew up in a family of all black people. I knew I was black because I grew up in an all-white neighborhood. And my parents, as part of their protective mechanisms that they were going to give to us, made it very clear what we were.

Because mechanism designers do not generally know which outcomes are optimal in advance, they have to proceed more indirectly than simply prescribing outcomes by fiat; in particular, the mechanisms designed must generate the information needed as they are executed.

Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm interested in those complexities. But I want to address that in very forthright language and sometimes with images.

Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense mechanisms built up through eons of exposure to potential pathogens.

I run a modest-sized laboratory that's looking specifically at what we call 'the pathogenic mechanisms of HIV disease, or AIDS.'

The point is, we're moving in that direction and many of the constituents and mechanisms involved are the same. Even a few degrees change in temperature can be a disaster on Earth.

We are proud to be teaming up with Mr. Glenn and the Glenn Foundation. Like us, Paul is dedicated to finding the molecular answers to the aging process so we can understand the mechanisms of normal aging and develop interventions to delay its onset and decline, thereby extending the healthful years of human life.

Work plays a significant role in the lives of working families, not only in the amount of time they spend at work but also with their attitudes toward work and how these attitudes and expectations spill over to the home, Overworking is very pervasive, but parents don't have the mechanisms to put the brakes on.

Ultimately we know it's the government that is responsible for ensuring protection in IDP situations. Our challenge now is to figure out how to support those mechanisms to carry out their mandates.

We have multiple suppliers for each product to ensure inventory flow and guard against unforeseen obstacles. Establishing a presence near multiple ports helps us build contingencies into our distribution network. We are trying to diversify the mechanisms for transporting product inbound and around the country.

When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is generally turned to the fact that ensuing crackdowns provide a great excuse to tighten mechanisms to censor all content the Chinese government doesn't like.

We're seeing what might be the tip of the iceberg at the FBI and across the intelligence community. It indicates that the existing mechanisms do not appear adequate to prevent abuses or to ensure the public that abuses that are identified are treated seriously and remedied.

Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body.

September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect facts, what a leader should do, how to communicate with people, how to set up operating mechanisms to work our way through it.

Simon Wiesenthal and the institute he created played an absolutely vital role in showing the mechanisms of the Holocaust, pointing to those guilty of this genocide, ... I hope that this message will be universally accepted by politicians, societies and not just in the context of the Holocaust, but all crimes against human rights which take place in the modern world.

Now we are watching the agony, we are watching the suffering, we can see the extreme destruction, ... That is extremely hard for people to grasp. It's beyond the day-to-day human experience of most people. It's beyond the coping mechanisms of daily life.

Now that we have found that the principle applies in owls as well as monkeys, we can figure out the mechanisms of how the brain manages attention.

Nitric oxide production by immune cells is one of the key mechanisms that our bodies use to destroy diseased cells. Enhancement of these types of immune responses is seen consistently with many medicinal mushrooms that have been tested by cancer researchers.

One of the cardinal features of addiction is how long-lived it is, ... A key question in the field has been: By what mechanisms do drugs of abuse cause changes in the brain that last this long?

I am sure the key role in the implementation of our goals will go to our business structures and their establishments in the face of commerce and trade chambers. It is important that we can do it now jointly using the mechanisms and potential of the Russian-Arab business council, which is actively supported by the Russian Foreign Ministry,

But by having a right to dissent and having institutions which protect that right, free societies also have mechanisms to correct those abuses.

China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.

From my point of view, he's falling on the side of exercising his First Amendment right to voice his opinion. He's not using the mechanisms of campaigning to do it. He's just writing some letters.

Forty percent of the actual items, mechanisms and methods used in the show do not exist,

If we are able to learn the mechanisms these peptides are using to kill HIV, it might be possible to make small chemical molecules that achieve the same results. This study is a great example of how collaboration across disciplines leads to big discoveries.

Within the next couple of weeks, I'll be leaving North America to relocate permanently to Geneva, where many of the United Nations human rights mechanisms are based,

We are gaining more understanding of the pathology and mechanisms behind the development of cerebral palsy. And with this understanding, we may be able to prevent some cases of cerebral palsy in the future, for example through vaccinations against infectious agents.

We are gaining information on the differences and similarities between viral mechanisms and eukaryotic mechanisms. Getting to the molecular details of these gets to the possibility of learning one mechanism versus the other so you can try and stop (the virus from attacking) the human cell.

Today is about moving forward. It's about restoring confidence and trust, so we can feel that we have mechanisms in place to ensure that our money is well spent and our students are protected.

What we were able to do is compare the binding site of both the viral RNA and the cells' cap binding protein on a factor that is common to both mechanisms in eIF3. The binding cap is one of the complexes required by the cell, but not required by the virus. For translations, this cup binding protein has to interact with the eIF3.

History has demonstrated that implicit in any removal of power from central planners and broadening of market mechanisms -- as would occur under WTO -- is a more general spread of rights to individuals,

Hopefully we can use enforcement mechanisms work with the attorney, work with police, community policing, community watches, tougher laws, and hold property owners responsible for who they rent to.

It is about the time that policy makers and the industry set up different mechanisms to satisfy needs of different kinds of people.

I think the pros and cons of being in business with family is you have each other's back. You have to have mechanisms for when there is conflict to resolve it in ways that don't do irreparable damage to the relationship.

I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.

Our work on C. elegans emphasized the benefits of sharing large amounts of information. We took a global approach to discover the mechanisms that led to the development of the worm.

Related authorities should run against time to establish mechanisms on resources development compensation and the assistance for fading local industries,

Relatively nothing is known about how the brain increases and decreases signaling. We want to discover the cellular mechanisms of how attention works.

Our recommendation to our customers is to get patches applied within 90 days, because the normal mechanisms should prevent this from getting to your organization.

It allows us to understand the mechanisms of sea level change before humans intervened.

We have to take a look at some of the funding mechanisms and the triggers and exactly what we need to do holistically, nationally,

We have strengthened our mechanisms related to migration so that we make sure that the Mexican territory is absolutely not used by terrorists,

Understanding these mechanisms of feather growth gives a whole new perspective on the unique beauty of feathers.

We urge the Albanian government to immediately draw up a plan of action that includes protection mechanisms for women who suffer from violence, and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators, including by making domestic violence an offence under the Criminal Code.

We should not try to make the federal government our first responders, ... But when a disaster of the size of this hurricane hits, we should have better mechanisms in place that allow our federal government to restore order and provide relief.

there are mechanisms in place that should help to slow the growth of spending to a pace more consistent with that of potential output growth.

This summit should evolve regional mechanisms for effective and timely cooperation in disaster relief and management,

This report is the first to demonstrate evidence of enhancements in memory reconsolidation in the brain. Understanding these molecular mechanisms may provide critical insights into psychiatric disorders.

There are a number of issues that we are at odds that we are trying to work through. We're not going to sign a bad deal just to sign a deal. We have the safeguard process and other mechanisms available to us.

There have always been differences, but from time to time they were put aside for shared values: nuclear disarmament, euphoria over the end of the Cold War, the fight against terrorism, things that pushed everything else into the shadows. But in the periods of thaw, Russia and the U.S. didn't create any stable mechanisms to solve problems.

The defense mechanisms for these countries are in full gear.

We'll have to work out mechanisms in the agreement -- work out a framework in the resolution or some other mechanism, ... So that these states are allowed to continue to do what they need to do vis-a-vis their trade with Iraq, and particularly in civilian goods for the people of Iraq.

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life.

Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.

What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major subdiscipline of evolutionary biology has been discovering other mechanisms as adjuncts to selection's centrality.

We welcome this research, which examines the underlying mechanisms related to complex 'instinctive' social responses.

We don't trust him. Of course we don't trust him. That's precisely why the critical element for us in any deal that can stick would be mechanisms to make sure he can't go back on it,

To take advantage of these new export opportunities, the region's going to have a lot of job turnover. And most countries in the region don't have unemployment insurance. New mechanisms to help people as they move from one job to another will be important.

BGMEA was awaiting the task force reports before working out mechanisms for other compliance conditions.

as soon as the mechanisms of cooperation are established.

Contrary to the dire predictions that have become popular over the last decade, the sky is *not* falling on the Y. This research clearly demonstrates that natural selection has effectively preserved regions of the Y chromosome that have no mechanisms with which to repair damaged genes.

Early detection and antibiotic therapy has been promoted as a means to delay chronic bacterial lung growth and prolong life, and breath analysis may be an effective first step toward treatment. In the long term, these findings on sulfide levels also might help uncover some of the underlying mechanisms of the disease.

During the past century the doctrine of the blank slate has set the agenda for much of the social sciences and humanities, ... ... Psychology has sought to explain all thought, feeling, and behavior with a few simple mechanisms of learning.

The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form.

There's no fundamental difference between using QuickBooks to embezzle funds and using a ledger to embezzle funds, ... The technology just changes how the fraud is accomplished and maybe who commits it; it doesn't change why it's committed. As long as there are criminals, they will find a way to use the existing mechanisms to their advantage.

The virus can change its face, but what we can see with this complicated structure is the precise mechanisms -- the way it puts on its disguises.

It was the Red Cross that found this problem. We put into effect these call centers to speed up delivery of support to people that needed it. As part of that, we put into place mechanisms to look for fraud up front and to find fraud after the fact.

These mechanisms are there. What you also find is that there is often extensive auditing. Every time the data is accessed, there is a record that says it was accessed, so that if there is any sort of problem, the application will report that the application wasn't working right or this end-user was trying to get access to info they weren't entitled to.

The success of this procedure in no way precludes the need to pursue all forms of human embryonic stem cell research, ... Human embryonic stem cells are extraordinarily complicated. If we are ever to realize their therapeutic potential, we must use all known tools and techniques in order to explore the mechanisms that give these cells such startling characteristics.

Our downtown development funding mechanisms have been creative and innovative. There are all these different funding mechanisms that they have accessed that are not readily apparent to communities.

Normally when such (foreign investment) agreements are spelt out, there are some fundamental control factors or check mechanisms that are implemented. So, while directly a foreign investor may not get management control, the conditions within the agreement and check mechanism ensure that a foreign investor has sufficient control on operations and finance.

Stress is a large problem, especially in the westernized world, and this study may help us understand some of the mechanisms behind breast cancer and how stress actually affects breast-cancer risk, ... Further, some women may partly blame their own stressful lifestyle when diagnosed with breast cancer. Hopefully, this and other studies may counteract such reactions.

Defense mechanisms in this country are seen by regulators as a means to improve shareholder value, not to thwart bids.

An opportunity exists for organizations to extend the reach of enterprise applications by providing support for the Internet, portals, communications convergence (particularly voice) and wireless devices. These access mechanisms will have a big influence on the way enterprise applications are utilized in the future.

Awareness of security issues is becoming widespread among the average consumer. The complexity of existing security mechanisms is frustrating to many, but they regard it as a problem they just can't solve.

You should have mechanisms of communication, like faxes, which are obviously getting removed from offices because nobody uses them anymore. Faxes are great when e-mail doesn't work. I wouldn't be throwing them away.

This is a major proposal - it can't be implemented overnight. There has to be coordination, mechanisms for screening people who come across.

They are basically collecting every fish they can get their hands on. (The Corps) is using technological mechanisms to corral juvenile fish into pipes that eventually dump them into barges or trucks.

This paper opens the floodgates for studying a wide range of species. The fundamental mechanisms are probably going to be the same in all vertebrates, as even frogs and fish have gaze control.

This is the safest way clinically to increase stem cell circulation, far safer than any of the pharmaceutical options. This study provides information on the fundamental mechanisms for hyperbaric oxygen and offers a new theoretical therapeutic option for mobilizing stem cells.

There's a whole lot of ways money changes hands today that we've started to tap into. There are broader targets, a broader set of delivery mechanisms and products. It's not just a physical card anymore.

It seems to me that it would be relevant to a person's case. I would expect the government to say that it is highly sensitive material, but we have legal mechanisms to balance the national security needs with the rights of defendants. I think judges are very conscientious about trying to sort out these issues and balance civil liberties and national security.

It is quite disturbing to note that some people will not hesitate to use violence to push their viewpoint despite all the dispute resolution mechanisms at their disposal.

For instance, with energy, you can think about long-distance distribution mechanisms for electricity.

It's fundamental the countries unite to build effective mechanisms to produce medication locally. The sole negotiation of price reduction won't guarantee sustainability in the long term.

That is why different resolution mechanisms that are accepted by the international community have come into being.

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages.

It will, therefore, be critical that market-pricing mechanisms be embraced, which are central to ensuring the viability of industry as well as the well-being of consumers.

At this time, we haven't fully understood the failure mechanisms at all of these locations.

I hope (the ban) doesn't backfire because there's so much stress and so much isolation. They offend because they don't really have good coping mechanisms and I'm afraid more stress is going to (cause the ban to backfire). They're already under Megan's Law -- community supervision for life -- and that's stressful for them. But add to that ... Where are you going to live? Where are you going to go?

Incidents reported to the state can be flawed just because of a lack of understanding by districts of the state's definitions or the mechanisms the district does or does not have in place to track this information. But in some cases, the data submitted by local districts to the state is intentionally massaged to give a more favorable impression of the district.

In modern biological forms, it's not essential that water be present for DNA to have stability. There are other mechanisms that now exist in biology to accomplish that, and complex biological processes are possible that don't always require water. But in its most basic form, we now know that DNA bases are not stable and they are highly vulnerable to UV-induced damage.