Karl Jaspers Quotes

If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.

Karl Jaspers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: psychologist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 23, 1883 - February 26, 1969

Topics

AttitudeHistoryPracticePhilosophy

There's some evidence that if you're recruiting, you tend to recruit a mini-me. Then you have a very comfortable group round a table. You all think alike. You agree. People are arguing that the banking crisis was because too many of the relevant bodies were thinkalikes, and that if they'd had more diversity, maybe it wouldn't have happened.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

DiversityPeopleThinkYouTable

The first 'Wii Fit' games I tried were the slalom and ski jumping. I believe my spectacular failures here had more to do with the board resting on thick carpet than my shoddy balance.

Jen Lancaster

BalanceBelieveRestingI Believe

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

Mayer Hawthorne

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I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry.

Matt Dillon

TimeStartVoiceWorryYouMy Own

Some watches I bought, I think now, 'Why the hell did I pay that much for a watch?'

Amir Khan

ThinkHellWatchesNowWhyPay

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.

Toni Morrison

PeopleBelieveBlackWhiteCountry

There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'

Robert Wilson

BurnSayStageCallDecoration

If Dick Shelby were to participate in a debate, it would answer a lot of questions about his health and cognitive ability.

Ron Crumpton

HealthQuestionsDebateAbilityHis

Obama isn't just too big to fail. He's too big to know. Obama is so vital to the country and to the world, he must be kept out of the loop in order to save him from his failed presidency.

Rush Limbaugh

WorldCountryKnowHimOutFail

I remember, as a kid, nothing struck me funnier than seeing Richard Nixon look into the camera and sincerely tell everyone he didn't know where the 18 minutes had gone from his tapes. But there was all this sweat on his upper lip. We knew he was lying. He knew we knew he was lying. But he was determined to tell the lie.

Martin Short

LieMeCameraRememberSeeingLook

When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since.

Michael Scott

GodHeartBackNewThreeNever

I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more.

Michael Learned

LoveI Love YouTimeYouTelevision

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