Quotes having the keyword False
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.
by John Updike (Novelist, American , born in 1932) keywords: apparent, author, because, been, choices, door, doors, exit, false, know, leads, many, narrative, number, opens, painted, particular, right, room, us, walls, while, whose , within That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) keywords: accepted, almost, always, been, certain, everyone, everywhere, false , which That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) keywords: always, been, being, believed, chance, every, everyone, everywhere, false , which We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.
by Jesse Ventura (Politician, American , born in 1952) keywords: allow, brave, call, country, false, free, freedom, give, home, land, our, portrayal, their , were A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: avoid, being, deceived, doctrine, doctrines, false, indispensable, itself, only, purpose , serves If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: ceases, day, else, false, got, illness, know, misfortune, poverty, satisfied, shall, something, soon, suffering, think, too, used , wants The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.
by William Whewell (Philosopher, English , born in 1794) keywords: already, becomes, case, class, coherent, contained, contrary, elements, explaining, extended, facts, false, further, more, new, our, require, system, theories , which The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
by Benjamin Whichcote (Philosopher, British , born in 1609) keywords: false, longest, lungs, measures, most, strongest, sword, truth , voices It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.
by Roger Wicker (Politician, American , born in 1951) keywords: breakthroughs, come, false, government, medical, only, research, suggest , through The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false than the more plausible claim that after a war we may take our existing weapons, fill their barrels with information.
by Norbert Wiener (Mathematician, American , born in 1894) keywords: after, barrels, changing, claim, depreciation, existing, false, fill, idea, information, less, may, more, our, overwhelming, plausible, scarcely, stored, take, than, their, value, war, weapons, without , world Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
by Dianne Wiest (Actor, American , born in 1948) keywords: anyone, completely, false, filmmaking, his, hit, musical, never, note, trusted, won, woody , worked The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
by William Wilberforce (Politician, English , born in 1759) keywords: because, eye, false, fill, human, immediacy, life, objects, present , their In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.
by Marianne Williamson (Author, American , born in 1952) keywords: appetites, beings, false, glorious, illusion, imprisoned, lost, natural, our, power, slaves, state, will , world The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.
by Joe Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: carried, clearly, disaster, false, iraq, out, pretences, under , war Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: action, associated, basis, beneficial, consequent, departure, else, ethics, false, find, first, here, ideas, lose, moral, morals, now, principle, real, right, sight, something, substitute, than, true , wrong For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.
by Timothy Zahn (Writer, American , born in 1951) keywords: again, change, false, fickle, into, just, lady, luck, maybe, reached, rock, security, seemed, sense, she, smiling, then , while
