Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes

Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump.

Willard Van Orman Quine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 25, 1908 - December 25, 2000

Topics

NatureWorldPhysicsBiologyHuman

I don't think I've ever been starstruck because they're just, you know... everybody's a person; we all come and go the same way.

Joanna Krupa

ThinkYouPersonCome And GoKnow

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?

John Ensign

MiamiChicagoWhyCompeteFortLike

No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.

Andrew Young

BlackWhiteGuiltyInnocentHe

Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is what's the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that's about eighty bucks.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

TheatreThinkCinemaQuestionWell

It's real difficult to sing out in the elements at 2 in the morning in 35-degree weather while you're dancing in a sleeveless chiffon dress.

Jean Louisa Kelly

MorningDressWeatherYouDifficult

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Amiri Baraka

FreedomManFreeCannotHeEither

I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.

Moira Kelly

ProudTelevisionOwnEven

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Lou Holtz

LifeYouRespondHappensPercent

Change is not indecision.

Chris Ofili

ChangeIndecision

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

Bruno Mars

MoneySmartBillionaire

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

Annie Lennox

KindnessChangeDailyTodayYourself

Everyone worries about their kids, of course, but you can drive yourself nuts thinking about all the horrible things in the world - and many, many people do. I believe life is to be lived and not survived.

Willie Geist

LifeYourselfPeopleWorldDrive

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