#whether

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dream #friends #gain #matters #sake

But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not. ↗

— Alan Bean

#i #knows #moon #only #paint

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#conference #connects #consensus #continue #cosmopolitan

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#care #character #fortunate #high #know

Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#decisions #justice #know #longer #memory

The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open. ↗

— Donald Berwick

#decision #eyes #open #our #ration

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. ↗

— John Bolton

#build #capability #could #estimate #fabricate

He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's a terrible picture. They don't make good, decent, moral pictures nowadays.' ↗

— Tommy Bond

#bobby #color #decent #good #had

I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

#i #i wish #know #mrs #out

The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened. ↗

— George C. Williams

#fallacy #fertilization #happened #implies #never