W Quotes
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“Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bull and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.”
“Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.”
“Whatever the outcome of the day I shall never forget that you hit me when I wasn't even looking!”
“Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.”
“Whatever the particular call is, the particular sacrifice God asks you to make, the particular cross He wishes you to embrace, whatever the particular path He wants you to tread, will you rise up, and say in your heart, "Yes, Lord, I accept it; I submit, I yield, I pledge myself to walk in that path, and to follow that Voice, and to trust Thee with the consequences"? Oh! but you say, "I don't know what He will want next." No, we none of us know that, but we know we shall be safe in His hands.”
“Whatever the philosophical variety, the authority of exegesis will reside, not in the political sovereign, but in the enlightened philosophy that informs exegesis. Each in turn will provide yet another variation of Spinoza's hermeneutic of condescension. But this is also a hermeneutic of self-divinization. Therefore, each will invest his philosophy with all the religious certainty and zeal originally invested by Spinoza in his particular philosophy, and each will exhibit the same unshakeable faith and enthusiasm in the spread of its gospel and the progressive divinization of humanity. The divinization soon enough focuses on the process rather than the goal.”
“Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire, not Achilles or Aeneas. With historians it is quite the contrary; our thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors.”
Source: The Battle of the Books: And Other Works, Including 'A Modest Proposal'
“Whatever the police or politicians may tell us, this is a violent and threatening place. Living here is dangerous.”
“Whatever the political affiliation of our next President, whatever his views may be on all the issues and problems that rush in upon us, he must above all be the chief executive in every sense of the word.”
“Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into those buildings. And we should remember that. The crimes against humanity were perpetrated by people who were Arab Muslims.”
“Whatever the polls do between now and then, winning is what matters.”
“Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human creations are seen to derive from humble origins and functions, what needs revision is not our esteem for these creations but our notion of nobility.”
Source: The Nature of Rationality
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Whatever the press is talking about, they want to keep talking about it. So instead of asking yourself, 'How can I get them to start talking about me?', figure out a way to get yourself involved in what they're already talking about.”
“Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history.”
“Whatever the problem - be part of the solution”
Source: Bossypants
“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”
“Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.”
“Whatever the question up for discussion as to wrongs, injustice, inequality, maladministration of the law, Miss Anthony would always say, 'Well, now when women get the ballot all that will be changed.' So I asked her one day, 'Miss Anthony, do you really believe that the millennium is going to come when women get the ballot? Knowing women as I do, and their petty outlook on life, although I believe that it is right that they should have the vote, I do not believe that the exercise of the vote is going to change women's nature nor the political situation.' Miss Anthony seemed a little bit startled, but she did not make any contention on that point.”
Source: Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
“Whatever the question, love is the answer.”
Source: Everyday Wisdom
“Whatever the questions that trouble you just get up and ask, don't let them suffocate you. Because questions not asked will stay questions unanswered.”
“Whatever the rationale, the suppression of unorthodox cancer therapies and the sustained persecution of their proponents by government and colleagues runs counter to freedom of thought, much less freedom of choice.”
“Whatever the reality is the perception is that Marco Rubio went to Washington and threw in with the, quote/unquote, "establishment". He cannot - he cannot recover from that. Has not been able to recover from that.”
“Whatever the reason for their choices, too many country men saw the best years of their
lives melt with the ice cubes in the bottom of an empty whiskey glass.”
“Whatever the reason, I felt dishearteningly alone in the city.”
Source: Shantaram
“Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you.”
“Whatever the reason, first place was always Solo, always, always, always, and second place was usually Chewbacca, because if you weren't the one saving the galaxy, you might as well be eight feet tall and covered with hair.”
Source: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel
“Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a significant contribution to the prevailing attitude that dogs and cats and wild animals need protection, but other animals do not. Thus people came to think of "animal welfare" as something for kindly ladies who are dotty about cats, and not as a cause founded on basic principles of justice and morality.”
“Whatever the reason, lying is a bad thing.”
“Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was barely literate.”
Source: The Chomsky Reader
“Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it.' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.”
“Whatever the reasons, 2008 it felt as though the combination of distribution models starting to tighten and the publishing and film and music industries having to revolutionize themselves to catch up, and understand how this is going to work in the new millennium has made it a lot easier to pursue multi-platform careers. It's much easier to hire one person who can do three or four different things than one specialist in that field.”
“Whatever the reasons, I enjoyed being nude; it felt natural to me. I got the same kind of pleasure from being free of clothing that many people get from being well dressed.”
Source: Edward Weston: nudes : his photographs accompanied by excerpts from the daybooks & letters
“Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense”
“Whatever the regulations are, you can be as dark and disturbing as you want and we're going to go in that direction. The intention is to be as dark and scary as possible with the show. And that was our whole kind of plan going in, to make it scary. So we're going to explore all kinds of things.”
“Whatever the response to loss and tragedy, the experience seems to boil down to one journey--searching for Jesus.”
“Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.”
“Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.”
Source: Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the Rebellion
“Whatever the rhythm was, luck rewarded us, because, wanting connections, we found connections — always, everywhere, and between everything. The world exploded in a whirling network of kinships, where everything pointed to everything else, everything explained everything else…”
Source: Foucault’s Pendulum
“Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.”
“Whatever the rights or wrongs of their affection, in the teeth of danger and despair love is entitled to speak its mind, and all others should be blind and deaf.”
Source: The Hermit Of Eyton Forest
“Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.”
“Whatever the scientists may come up with, writers and artists will continue to portray altered mental states, simply because few aspects of our nature fascinate people so much. The so-called mad person will always represent a possible future for every member of the audience - who knows when such a malady may strike?”
“Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.”
Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart
“Whatever the self describes, describes the self.”
“Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we grow sustainably, at some point we face catastrophe”
“Whatever the situation at hand, thats what Im dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.”
“Whatever the situation, if you are still hopeful, you will find strength to overcome odds.”
“Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance.”
“Whatever the situation, there exist sacred solution.”