John Searle Quotes
There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.
John Searle
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
W. H. Davies
If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice.
Wayne Huizenga
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar
Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
Flavor Flav
I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
Dan Brown
I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
Malorie Blackman
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
Rabbi Hillel
If, in this country, a simple majority of people can start stripping away the rights of a protected class in the minority, that's a pretty alarming thing.
Gavin Newsom
A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
E. B. White
India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
Damon Galgut
Chefs have only been able to work in restaurants, high-end cuisine. Why? Why haven't they been able to find other scenarios? For those chefs who want to do avant-garde cuisine, should they be finding their income in a restaurant?
Ferran Adria
Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.
Barbara Amiel
Music has always been part of my family's life. My brother, sister, and I all have the same ability to pick up an instrument and play.
Jack Garratt
None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.
Adora Svitak
Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.
Bill Frisell
However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner continuity,--i.e., the conscious intentions of the participants in history-making and their consciously known successes.
William Ernest Hocking
The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.
Rudyard Kipling
There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.
John Searle
