Apt Quotes

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But it is the bane of psychology to suppose that where results are similar, processes must be the same. Psychologists are too apt to reason… — William James
My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound. — Lord Byron
Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep. — Elwyn Brooks White
The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through… — Charles Dickens
It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged. — Stephen King
You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?" "Yes" "How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here. — George R. R. Martin
We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
But then, I suppose, when with the benefit of hindsight one begins to search one's past for such 'turning points', one is apt to start… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Human beings make a strange fauna and flora. From a distance they appear negligible; close up they are apt to appear ugly and malicious. More… — Henry Miller
â€ŽWhat color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human… — Kevin Kelly
Even when we're with someone we love, we're foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person… — Yukio Mishima
Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're… — Susan Cain
On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he… — James F. Cooper
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. — John Dryden
When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst… — Margery Allingham
It is not how much you know about life but how you live your life that counts. Those who can avoid mistakes by observing the… — Ray Lyman Wilbur
We are apt to think that our ideas are the creation of our own wisdom but the truth is that they are the result of… — Konosuke Matsushita
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she… — Patrick Henry
Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. — Lady Bird Johnson

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