#ling

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#affirm #beings #epistemology #into #linguistic

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#average #chief #companies #executives #feeling

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#father #fortunate #gambling #gene #gift

I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing to go for the people we love? I think love changes the way we think. It's the thing that takes you out of what your normal set of beliefs would be. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#beliefs #books #care #changes #circle

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#first #job #library #local #prophecy

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#away #because #by the time #close #college

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#concert pianist #dead #dead end #death #end

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

#discussion #frequently #more #protracted #subject

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#determination #hard #hard work #i #lie

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. ↗

— Plato

#feeling #philosopher #philosophy #wonder