P. F. Strawson Quotes

No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.

P. F. Strawson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 23, 1919 - February 13, 2006

Topics

ThoughtOwnContemporaryHeUntil

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state - you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you, and so it's heartbreaking to hear people say snarky things.

Jewel

LoveHomeMyselfPeopleHometown

With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.

Jill Abramson

TelevisionAnchorDaysBeingCable

When the Internet first came, I thought it was just the beacon of freedom. People could communicate with anyone, anywhere, and nobody could stop it.

Steve Wozniak

FreedomPeopleThoughtInternetStop

College baseball, I love it. I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step.

Roger Clemens

WorkLoveDreamsLiveBaseballStep

In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens.

Ronald Kessler

FashionWashingtonNothingDisaster

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

Ronaldo

ChildAlwaysFootballerLikeWanted

I'm a very musical person.

Mary Steenburgen

PersonVeryMusical

We all have to acknowledge a simple fact: Africa is growing.

Miroslav Lajcak

SimpleGrowingAfricaFact

Living through the intersections of cultural diversity has given me an intimate understanding of the dynamics of living between the dimensions of East and West, traditional and modern, and political and spiritual.

Deeyah Khan

DiversitySpiritualMePolitical

That transcends everything - skipping the transfer of dailies is a game-changer.

Dean Devlin

EverythingTransferTranscends

There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

Chloe Sevigny

MeAlwaysSeemGetRidPrep

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.

Brett Favre

ThoughtHonorYouAlwaysContract

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