Alfred Korzybski Quotes

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

Alfred Korzybski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: July 3, 1879 - March 1, 1950

Topics

ForgivenessGodNervousSystemMay

It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.

John George Nicolay

ConfidenceGoldCreditLongRunOut

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

Maurice Sendak

ArtDeathMeFine ArtFineBore

I was truly obsessed with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Tom Holland

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In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the globe.

Robert Dallek

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People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.

Roy Ayers

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Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

Michael Morpurgo

FailureNeverCleansingAdmitting

When my daughter was ill in Great Ormond Street, it was the darkest period of my life.

Johnny Depp

LifeDaughterGreatMy LifeStreet

To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast. You go over the initial script with them and listen to the way they talk. Then you try to do a rewrite to accommodate them.

Dito Montiel

MeBibleYouGoWayTalk

What we know is Megyn Kelly is totally obsessed with Mr. Trump.

Corey Lewandowski

KnowTrumpObsessedTotallyMr

How do you project a character if you don't have a sense of where she is from? I've always just gotten on a plane to go to the area to get a sense of what it is like, to smell it, feel the earth, hear people talk, go to the marketplaces.

Cicely Tyson

CharacterPeopleFeelYouEarthGo

People can't get their heads round the idea of a species surviving; you know, they're more concerned about how you treat a donkey in Sicily or something.

Prince Philip

PeopleTreatYouKnowMoreDonkey

I'm not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic.

Sebastiao Salgado

LanguagePhotographyPersonReligious

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