Difficult Quote by Gordon Livingston Download Open image “It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.” — Gordon Livingston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Difficult First place Firsts Ideas Logic Remove
It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures.… — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
Logic should no longer be considered an elegant and learned accomplishment; it should take its place as an indispensable study for every well-informed person. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“Logic may be conceived as ruling out what is absolutely impossible, and thus determining the field of what in the absence of empirical knowledge… — Morris F. Cohen Copy Share Image
Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo. — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised. — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior. — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
“any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.” — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become. — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of… — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do. — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.” — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures.… — Gordon Livingston Copy Share Image
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Consumers can choose organic cotton grown without pesticides, but it uses more water and requires more land than conventional crops. Organic cotton can also… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
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It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
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Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
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The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image