We think in generalities, but we live in detail. Alfred North Whitehead
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.Thoughts and ThinkingQuotations by Alfred North Whitehead
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I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Bible
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.TruthQuotations by Bible
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.BeliefQuotations by Warren Buffett
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. Demosthenes
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.BeliefQuotations by Demosthenes
He is dead in this world who has no belief in another. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.BeliefQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Soren Kierkegaard
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.BeliefQuotations by Soren Kierkegaard
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.BeliefQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Every dogma has its day. Abraham Rotstein
Every dogma has its day.BeliefQuotations by Abraham Rotstein
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.BeliefQuotations by Jim Valvano
When my journal appears, many statues must come down. Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.BiographyQuotations by Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
The facts of a person’s life will, like murder, come out. Norman Sherry
The facts of a person’s life will, like murder, come out.BiographyQuotations by Norman Sherry
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul Richter
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.BirthdaysQuotations by Jean Paul Richter
Blame is a lazy man’s wages. Danish Proverb
Blame is a lazy man’s wages.BlameQuotations by Danish Proverb
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. English Proverb
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.BlindnessQuotations by English Proverb
Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs. Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.BodyQuotations by Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers. V. S. Pritchett
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.Books – BestsellersQuotations by V. S. Pritchett
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers. Stan Barstow
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers.Books – ReadingQuotations by Stan Barstow
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. Samuel Butler
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.Quotations by Samuel Butler
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. William Cobbett
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Cobbett
There is creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is creative reading as well as creative writing.Books – ReadingQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have read your book and much like it. Moses Hadas
I have read your book and much like it.Books – ReadingQuotations by Moses Hadas
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world. Joseph Joubert
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joseph Joubert
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. Katherine Mansfield
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Katherine Mansfield
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. Blaise Pascal
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.Books – ReadingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. John Ruskin
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Ruskin
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.Books – ReadingQuotations by Robert Louis Stevenson
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. John Wesley
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Wesley
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one’s faculties slowly dying? John Berger
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one’s faculties slowly dying?Bores and BoredomQuotations by John Berger
Boring people are a reflection of boring people. Doug Horton
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Doug Horton
A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway. Source Unknown
A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.Bores and BoredomQuotations by Source Unknown
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. Alison Gomme
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.Bosses and EmployeesQuotations by Alison Gomme
The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is Brotherhood. Edwin Markham
The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is Brotherhood.BrotherhoodQuotations by Edwin Markham
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office a Republican wants. Alben W. Barkley
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office a Republican wants.BureaucracyQuotations by Alben W. Barkley
I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced. Norman Parkinson
I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.BurialQuotations by Norman Parkinson
I believe Mrs. Thatcher’s emphasis on enterprise was right. Tony Blair
I believe Mrs. Thatcher’s emphasis on enterprise was right.BusinessQuotations by Tony Blair
Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. Charles Dickens
Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.BusinessQuotations by Charles Dickens
You can’t run a business or anything else on a theory. Harold S. Geneen
You can’t run a business or anything else on a theory.BusinessQuotations by Harold S. Geneen
Business today consists in persuading crowds. Gerald Stanley Lee
Business today consists in persuading crowds.BusinessQuotations by Gerald Stanley Lee
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture. Titus Maccius Plautus
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.BusinessQuotations by Titus Maccius Plautus
The novice in advertising frequently gives the public credit, for too much intelligence. Source Unknown
The novice in advertising frequently gives the public credit, for too much intelligence.BusinessQuotations by Source Unknown