Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance.

Andrew Forrest

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I grew up listening to pop music with my dad in the car, and we'd just listen to Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Earth Wind & Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band - all that good stuff. So to see it snaking its way back around again is really exciting, and I love listening to the radio.

Megan Nicole

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If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if she does so much toward making her son what she would wish him to be - how essential is it that she should be fitted for the beneficial performance of these important duties.

John Marshall

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Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.

Michael Badnarik

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I've learned it's not about being famous and big money. L.A. can be a fun place, but when it comes down to it - and this might sound hokey - there's no place like home.

Amy Locane

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Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank.

Ana Patricia Botin

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I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I've spent a fair chunk of my time doing.

Stella Young

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We unfortunately did foreclose on certain people in the military.

Steve Mnuchin

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I'm not that taken with Freudian perspectives. They seem to be overcomplicated.

Tom Stoppard

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By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever, but some of the obstacles are just massive. You deal with these lateral subjects, and all that is left is the elephant in the room.

Josh Homme

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When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now.

Donald Cerrone

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