John Dewey Quotes

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

John Dewey

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HistoryManSurrenderIntellectual

If I had the gift of Jerry Seinfeld, of Bill Cosby, of Lewis Black, these instinctively brilliant comic minds, then you go that route! But you gotta know your limitations. I'm more of an actor, more of a process guy. I did Tom Snyder, just as Danny Aykroyd did on 'SNL.' I did it in the club.

Joe Piscopo

GiftBlackProcessYouGoKnow

I couldn't define my style; that's impossible. I like comfort and elegance with a bit of glamour thrown in. If I like something, I'll wear it for years.

Jemima Khan

StyleImpossibleEleganceComfort

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

John Fahey

MusicPeopleEarlyKnowKindMany

With science, there is this culture of experimentation, and most of the time, those experiments fail.

John Lasseter

ScienceTimeCultureFailMost

Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.

Anna Garlin Spencer

GrowthAgeIgnoranceHumanBeen

I'm a thinker and feeler and dreamer and explorer.

Alyson Stoner

DreamerThinkerExplorer

We're all born into this world. Some are placed gently, others thrust into it, and still others abandoned.

Trudie Styler

WorldBornOthersAbandonedStill

I'm going to take full advantage of whatever time I've got on this earth. I'm going to get my money's worth. You can bet your butt on that.

Tony Stewart

TimeMoneyWorthYouEarthButt

I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.

Matt Bomer

ParentsThinkAdolescenceConGone

Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run by companies not based in the U.S.A. The rest of the world has simply failed in being able to compete with them, and we really should be doing better here.

Mikko Hypponen

WorldRestBetterDoingRunGoogle

I'll never forget where I came from. It's always on my mind.

Mohamed Salah

MindNever ForgetForgetNeverWhere

On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.

Donatella Versace

DressSexyFabricJust

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