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philosophy science engineering
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds. Richard P. Feynman
philosophy ideas should
Only an unhinged movie survives as a disconnected series of images, of peaks, of visual icebergs. It should display not one central idea but many. It should not reveal a coherent philosophy of composition. It must live on, and because of, its glorious ricketiness. Umberto Eco
philosophy believe opportunity
We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen. Reid Hoffman
philosophy mind quiet
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind. William James
philosophy mind states
Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile. William James
philosophy thinking stubborn
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. William James
philosophy order medicine
I originally studied medicine in order to be a physiologist, but I drifted into psychology and philosophy from a sort of fatality. I never had any philosophic instruction, the first lecture on psychology I ever heard being the first I ever gave. William James
philosophy thinking would-be
... A rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those ... truths were really there, would be an irrational rule. William James
philosophy reflection perception
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation. There is in the living act of perception always something that glimmers and twinkles and will not be caught, and for which reflection comes too late. William James
idols stones rolling
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols. Brian Wilson
idols expectations
It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations. Drew Goddard
idols scary want
We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place. Douglas Coupland
idols long performances
I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives. Desmond Tutu
idols sixteen tvs
I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old. Clay Aiken
idols role-models perfect
Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model. Scotty McCreery
idols shelves shelf-life
I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life. Shaun Cassidy
idols made status-quo
Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo. Shane Claiborne
idols guy defining
But those guys (on 'Idol') will never be known for defining a generation of young suburbanites like (blink) did. Tom DeLonge
literature prophet prove
Jesters do often prove prophets. Joseph Addison
literature
To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like Northrop Frye
literature study subjects
Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study. Northrop Frye
literature projects
Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off. Norman Ralph Augustine
literature needs easy
It's easy to get a loan unless you need it. Norman Ralph Augustine
literature problem subtlety
One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety. Mo Yan
literature rational exertion
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? Mary Wollstonecraft
literature becoming caught
When I was 13 or 14, I started devouring novels; literature took quite a while to take me over, but it caught up just in time to save me from becoming a mathematician. Mark Haddon
literature bears pockets
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. Moliere