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Psychology Quotes by Derek Parfit
- Normativity, I believe, is very different from motivating force. Neither includes, or implies, the other. Other animals can be motivated by their desires and beliefs.…
- While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire, it may be…
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- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine,… — Roger Bannister
- The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would… — John Desmond Bernal
- Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. — Theodor Adorno
- Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology. — James Carville
- No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing. — Anton Chekhov
- One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. — Noam Chomsky
- Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl… — Tori Amos
- I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it… — Libby Trickett
- There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and… — Picabo Street
- Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar