William Godwin Quotes

Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

William Godwin

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• It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

  

  Barbara Kruger
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• I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

  

  Gary Coleman
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• A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.

  

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• Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
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• The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.

  

  Saint Patrick
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• I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
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• The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

  

  Irving Babbitt
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• I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.

  

  Patrick Soon-Shiong
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• I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
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• I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

  

  Oscar Levant
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• When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.

  

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• We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.

  

  Candice S. Miller
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• Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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• So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.

  

  Radha Mitchell
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• When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.

  

  Wendy Kopp
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• Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'

  

  Gary Calamar
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• Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

  

  Iain Banks
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• I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.

  

  Dale T. Mortensen
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• What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

  

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• My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.

  

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• I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for others one day, not realizing what I sort of had to climb. I had an idea a little bit, but I think that I underestimated the whole thing.

  

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• A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

  

  Demetri Martin
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• A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.

  

  T. S. Eliot
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• Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

  

  William Godwin
  • Mind
  • Science
  • Said