I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the...

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of...

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of...

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Humor tells you where the trouble is

Humor tells you where the trouble is