I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it.

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe so we are no longer conscious of its presence.

A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece anywhere is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.

There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength if you want to raise their character.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.

As a creative person you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful boys are terrible. And to be a boy or young man growing up having to listen to all this it must be painful.

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role and conduct themselves accordingly.

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history literature science anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.

I think it's science and physics are just starting to learn from all these experiments. These experiments have been carried out hundreds and hundreds of times in all sorts of ways that no physicist really questions the end point. I think that these experiments are very clearly telling us that consciousness is limitless and the ultimate reality.

When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.