Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

George Herbert Mead

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

George Herbert Mead

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

George Herbert Mead

For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

Georg Simmel

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

Georg Simmel

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

Hillary Clinton

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

Hans-Georg Gadamer

So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed for the whole, and are unique.

Josiah Royce

Big achievements come one small advantage at a time, one step at a time, one day at time.

Jim Rohn

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

J. B. Smoove

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

John Searle

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

James Thurber

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

Dave Barry

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

David Bohm

It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the scientists' language.

David Chalmers

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a 'neural correlate of consciousness'?

David Chalmers

It was a December night so cold and clear that the air felt like the air of the Moon - lung-burning; mentholated and pure

Douglas Coupland

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!

Diogenes Laërtius

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

Democritus