Rote Quotes

39 quotes by 38 authors

The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply… — Teresa of Avila
More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader… — Lance Secretan
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory? — Martin Farquhar Tupper
There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me,… — John Elder Robison
I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do… — Alan Shepard
I think there's too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote that you don't really care about. So what happens to students in school… — Jack Canfield
But [in bureaucracies], too, decision making takes place in a world full of unceratinties. Any actual system of information processing, planning and control will never… — Manuel De Landa
Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is… — Twyla Tharp
I channel the rote and the new and unseen. My head has always been the busiest of crossroads, a festival of happy and unhappy arrivals.… — Jim Shepard
Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be… — Frances Wright
'In his celebrated book, 'On Liberty', the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is "a peculiar evil." If the opinion is… — Carl Sagan
The recalling of beautiful things, whether they are your own experiences or the acheivements of others, is a creative act. Simple ideas can be restated… — Robert Grudin
Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote. — James Russell Lowell
Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch makes a profound… — Bill Gates
In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. — Bruce Lee
If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life zips along, unchecked and automatic.… — Jen Hatmaker
People doing rote assembly-line movements, or someone tossing dough over and over in a pizza parlour is boring. Itâ€™s boring to watch and boring to… — Mark Sutton
Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It… — Alison Lurie
Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of… — William Cowper
To patronize the faculty of taste is to patronize oneself. For taste governs every free - as opposed to rote - human response. — Susan Sontag

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