Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how an endless future must continue to be.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1839 - April 19, 1914

Topics

FutureCharacterQualityHabitLaw

I actually stopped working out because I don't want to lose my jelly.

Jennifer Hudson

LoseWantOutBecauseWorkingJelly

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

John F. Kennedy

FutureHistoryPastPresentFast

The Internet is for haters. Everyone wants to knock somebody down, but it's cool.

Andy Cohen

CoolInternetHatersDownEveryone

I love Las Vegas in a way separate from my love of any other American city. For me, growing up, it was a town of many firsts and where I enjoy a level of anonymity.

Meghan McCain

LoveCityMeGrowing UpAmericanUp

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

Anita Baker

StressFunGoingChoosingFactor

People with a mental illness aren't mentally weak. In fact, many of them are incredibly strong. And just like everyone else, they possess the ability to create positive change in their lives.

Amy Morin

PositiveChangePeopleStrongCreate

I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

Amy Sedaris

PeopleThinkInterestingYouLook

When I wake up in the morning, the one thing I think about is being comfortable and wearing enough clothes.

Sigrid

MorningWake UpThinkEnoughClothes

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

Shirley Manson

GoodVoiceLearnEnoughPowerful

If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing.

Trae Young

BlessingNew YorkNewGetAbleYork

Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.

Miguel de Unamuno

ScienceIdeasDeadCemetery

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.

Jose Rodriguez

PastLegalChoiceWayBecomeDrones

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