Jeff Bezos

No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.

American Businessman

Zachary Quinto

I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years.

American Actor

Barack Obama

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

American President

Faye Wattleton

This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow we have slipped into an era in which poor people don't matter is not quite the way our history would define it.

Sociologist

Aristotle

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Greek Philosopher

Gary Peters

I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people.

American Politician

Faye Dunaway

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.

American Actress

Ezra Furman

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

American Musician

Gene Simmons

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

James Wolfensohn

The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.

Australian Businessman

Use 'notion' for abstract ideas that are not tied to physical objects or specific instances.

Abstract Concepts

'Notion' can signify the initial stage of an idea before it's fully developed.

Starting Point

A 'notion' doesn't have to be correct or proven; it's sometimes based on incomplete information.

Not Always True

'Notion' emphasizes that the belief may be individual and not widely shared.

Subjective Belief

Personal notions may not be backed by facts or evidence, reflecting personal feelings instead.

Not Fact-based

Use 'notion' when someone has a spontaneous urge to do something without much planning.

Spontaneous Desire

'Notion' in this sense often refers to a desire that is fleeting and may quickly pass.

Fleeting Moment

In this archaic sense, 'notion' pertains to charming or whimsical small objects, often collected.

Quaint Items

 demolishing all his preconceived notions and opinions to begin again from the foundations. All his knowledge had come from his sensory perceptions of the world. Same as you, right? You know you're watching this video with your eyes, hearing it with your ears. Your senses show you the world as it is.

How do you know you...

 When used in every day life, the word symmetry represents vague notions of beauty, harmony and balance. In math and science, symmetry has a different, and very specific, meaning. In this technical sense, a symmetry is the property of an object. Pretty much any type of object can have symmetry,

The science of symmetry...

 latex gloves when she was on the computer, and there would be no harm whatsoever in that. I'm going to get back to this notion of being able to get a virus from your computer, in a serious way. What I'm going to talk to you about today are some hacks, some real world cyberattacks that people

Avi Rubin: All your...

 to believe that the world is flat and you know it's more than just distrust and government it's this notion that thousands of years of empirical scientific evidence is now being dismissed as a mere conspiracy and that's where I think it really starts getting dangerous for all of us

Flat Earth vs. Round...

 because expectations do change our physiology. And of course, we all know that in sports, if you are a fan of a particular team, you can't help but see the game develop from the perspective of your team. So all of those are cases in which our preconceived notions

How equal do we want the...

 The second chord is C minor, a sour sonority that mirrors Tamino's sadness and doubt in the middle of the opera. That's when his world and notions of good and evil get turned on their heads. And good and evil are just two of the opera's extreme opposites.

The secrets of Mozart’s...

 atmosphere? Well, ultimately, we don't know. We have this notion of what life is based on our experience here on Earth. Can we translate that to Jupiter? Can there be life forms floating about in the atmosphere? We don't really know.

Uncovering Jupiter's...

 absolutely clear I do not actually believe doomsday is upon us I'm not talking about survivalist skills or how the world might end but I do think this notion of the apocalypse and the loss of all that we take for granted today is a

How to rebuild the world...

 no matter how small. These numbers, which we call irrational numbers, were perceived as a threat to the Pythagorean's notion of a perfect universe. They imagined a reality that could be described with rational, numerical patterns.

A brief history of...

 The experiment was actually designed to refute a philosophical notion called hedonism. According to hedonists, maximizing net pleasure is the most important thing in life