George Spencer-Brown Quotes

We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that one cannot make an indication without drawing a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.

George Spencer-Brown

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• I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Form
  • Opposed
  • Any

• Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Form
  • Benefit
  • Partnership

• Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets – perhaps about 30% of them are planet – builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!

  

  Garik Israelian
  • Stars
  • Form
  • Planets

• One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • People
  • Art
  • Beautiful

• When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and... even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • People
  • Different
  • English

• I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Thinking
  • Art
  • Form

• Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

  

  Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Time
  • Form
  • Modification

• Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Question
  • Ifs
  • Form

• Energy cannot be destroyed. It just takes on different forms.

  

  Yasmin Ahmad
  • Different
  • Energy
  • Form

• The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Exercise
  • Possible
  • Talk

• Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

  

  Adolf Loos
  • Form
  • Demand
  • Supply And Demand

• Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  

  L Peter Deutsch
  • Form
  • Flattery
  • Implementation

• The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

  

  Rita Mae Brown
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Power

• I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Form
  • Groups
  • Theocracy

• I don't know that I make a big distinction between the big pieces and the little pieces, because I don't experience them in that way. I mean, by the same token, you're out touring with a band and then you're writing string quartets, and in a funny way, isn't it all the same, in a way? It's all just music.

  

  Philip Glass
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Experience

• To remember everything is a form of madness.

  

  Brian Friel
  • Remember
  • Form
  • Madness

• If he were just able to cross everything off, he'd start to get a little cocky, I'm sure. He'd start to rush it and maybe get a little too overly confident. He still gets tossed around in the process. That's sort of to me an indication that he still has a long way to go.

  

  Jason Lee
  • Process
  • Confident
  • Cocky

• We haven't gotten an indication that it would be worth our while.

  

  Jeff Long
  • Worth
  • While
  • Indication

• As a member of our team you played the game. Now you form a team with a man of your heart for the highest natural purpose.

  

  John Curtin
  • Heart
  • Man
  • Natural

• We shall use the terms morality, behavior, conduct, or constructive action in the same broad way. It may sound strange to speak of the morals of an atom, or of the way in which a molecule conducts itself. But in the last analysis, science can draw no fundamental distinction between the conduct of an animal, a bullet, or a freshman, although there may be more unknown factors involved in one case than in the other.

  

  William Patten
  • Action
  • Morality
  • Fundamentals

• Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

  

  Diogenes
  • Question
  • Opposite
  • Protagoras

• The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • Bad
  • Party
  • Government

• We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that one cannot make an indication without drawing a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.

  

  George Spencer-Brown
  • Form
  • Distinction
  • Indication