#positions

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#nothing #propositions #say #show #they say

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#dispositions #efficacy #except #happy #instruction

There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#awful #been #burn #compositions #destroyed

If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a lot of places for her to go. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#between #catalog #clinton #conversations #go

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#american people #anger #best #country #experience

I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about when are we going to be put in those positions where we can shine. ↗

— Nia Long

#going #i #i think #just #lot

I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions. ↗

— George McGovern

#campaign #cast #constantly #cut #eye

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#extreme #moderate #ones #positions #succeeded

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. ↗

— James Payn

#case #evil #folks #great #hope