William Barrett Quotes

The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

William Barrett

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• My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Friends
  • Night
  • Way

• El mal, débil, me agita; fuerte, me calma.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• [Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.

  

  Jack Williamson
  • Science
  • Fantasy
  • Assumption

• Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.

  

  Walt Dohrn
  • Up
  • Brain
  • Sharing

• Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

  

  Finley Peter Dunne
  • Running
  • Fighting
  • Compromise

• The thing about stand-up was, not only was I getting to write it without anybody saying I couldn't do it, but I got to perform it. It just kind of became therapy for me. I had just gotten through a break-up and I was talking about it a lot.

  

  Donald Glover
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Kind

• Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.

  

  D. Elton Trueblood
  • Feeling
  • Religion
  • Language

• A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness of the cat. It made thinking difficult. "I believed males needed a longer recovery time to mate." "Not this kitty cat." Rising to his feet, he said, "Get ready to play.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • She

• You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

  

  Anthony Charles Edwards
  • Ability
  • Somewhere Else
  • Where You Are

• When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

  

  Cory Booker
  • Happy
  • Angry
  • Hopeful

• You just have to stay positive.

  

  Urijah Christopher Faber
  • Positive

• I always felt that, for me, as a woman, I always had to wait around. In all other arenas, I was ambitious and a go-getter, but when it came to dating, I wasn't supposed to go after what I wanted.

  

  Whitney Wolfe Herd
  • Always
  • Woman
  • Dating

• You won't win if you don't begin.

  

  Robert H. Schuller
  • Win
  • Begin

• Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.

  

  Euripides
  • Justice
  • Blame
  • Pass

• The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Important
  • History
  • Study

• Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster child, her inmate man, Forget the glories he hath known And that imperial palace whence he came.

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Children

• It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists.

  

  Hassan Nasrallah
  • Newspapers
  • Journalists
  • Stations

• The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

  

  William Barrett
  • Civilization
  • Philosopher