Alternate Quotes

121 quotes by 115 authors

Compassion is an alternate perception — Mary Caroline Richards
Everything we did was a first: first bath, first walk, first drive in the car. It was like we walked into an alternate universe that… — Soleil Moon Frye
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain… — George Eliot
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely… — Jimmy Webb
With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought is… — Jorma Kaukonen
I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I… — James Taylor
The absolute minimum for effective exercise is three times a week on alternate days for at least half an hour. — Jane Fonda
An alternate explanation is not a refutation. — Greg Koukl
I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe. — Chiwetel Ejiofor
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are on our side!… — Howard Zinn
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution and afterward. Denied… — Natalie Zemon Davis
Why do we want to have alternate worlds? It's a way of making progress. You have to imagine something before you do it. — Joan Aiken
It has always been the role of the shaman to go into an altered state of consciousness and track down where the soul fled to… — Sandra Ingerman
Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is… — Robert Foster Bennett
There's no point in living in an alternate reality. — Jessica Cutler
Neil [Gaiman, creator of the comic Sandman, featuring the Amos-based character Delirium] believes that faeries have gone beyond cool. They've transcended cool. I just think… — Tori Amos
I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that. — Carl Lewis
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
Alternate currents, especially of high frequencies, pass with astonishing freedom through even slightly rarefied gases. The upper strata of the air are rarefied. To reach… — Nikola Tesla

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