Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

Alfred North Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: mathematician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947

Topics

YourselfIdeasThinkYouPersonal

A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.

Joan Lunden

LifeDreamsYour DreamsDoorWait

As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth.

Melissa Auf der Maur

DreamsTruthWorldRealityEnough

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

Robertson Davies

MorningAgeGreatLightOld Age

Someone asked me who I would be if I were a character in the 'Wizard of Oz.' I would be the curtain. I would be the one who saw both sides that nobody noticed, that was pretty and there to be used and discarded when they were done.

Rose McGowan

CharacterMeSomeoneNobodyDone

I started recording in my sophomore year in high school. I recorded things on my cell phone in my basement.

Juice Wrld

SchoolCell PhoneHigh SchoolYear

When I was a child, I did singing and dancing and drama and impressions.

Debra Stephenson

ChildSingingDramaDancingDid

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

Donald Sadoway

MedicalInternetSomeonePhoneUp

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

Christopher Guest

FunnyPeopleSeriouslySeeAnything

Something that I've told all of my young artists is, there are going to be haters. You're going to read things that are going to hurt you. It's not going to make any sense. Just know that it's out there and that it's really easy to just press 'delete.'

Scott Borchetta

HurtHatersEasyYouKnowYoung

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

Thucydides

MenToo MuchBrilliantExpectCharge

Overstating America's issues doesn't make us relatable; it makes others' issues easily dismissable.

Richard Grenell

AmericaOthersUsMakeIssuesMakes

I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.

Richard Dawkins

I AmTalkingKnowWayNeverKeep

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