We Often Quotes

402 quotes by 324 authors

The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is… — Karl Popper
We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of "proving theorems." Is a writer's job mainly that of "writing sentences?" — Gian-Carlo Rota
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up a temporary knowledge… — James Boswell
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before… — Napoleon Hill
Most people have come to prefer certain of lifes experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may… — Rachel Naomi Remen
So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life, that at the time when it is necessarily shortest… — Lyndon B. Johnson
We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as… — Thomas Szasz
We have focused on the miracle-thing and I think we often overlook the message of Hanukkah. To me, the core of the holiday is the… — Ralph Levy
Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to structure, whether mental,… — Thaddeus Golas
When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those… — Julia Cameron
We often wonder: "How will I be when I die?" The answer to that is that whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it… — David Whyte
Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself… — Pico Iyer
Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers — J.P. Moreland
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. — Seneca the Younger
We often talk to ourselves in ways that we would never let a stranger or even a friend talk to us. — John Spence
We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck. — Elizabeth Bibesco
We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience. — Saint Basil
While making love, we often talk about money. I like it. I like that dirty talk — Martin Amis

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