W Quotes
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“Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.”
Source: UnWholly
“Whether conservative or liberal, fundamentalist or agnostic, the more students learn of biology, the more they accept evolution.”
“Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church.... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.”
“Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.”
“Whether dark presages of the night proceed from any latent power of the soul during her abstraction, or from any operation of subordinate spirits, has been a dispute.”
“Whether deliberate or unintentional, underachievement reflects a complex interplay of conscious decisions and subconscious patterns that influence performance.”
“Whether deliberately, unconsciously or accidentally, she seems to have composed her own life so that its fitful, rudderless, and self-doubting first half was alchemized into gold when the austere bluestocking became the fallen woman.”
“Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses another. That is a truth which establishes itself and precludes any discussion: you are rich and I am poor.”
Source: Democracy in America
“Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real.”
Source: The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination
“Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.”
“Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them”
“Whether dualistic, qualified monistic, or monistic, they all firmly believe that everything is in the soul itself; it has only to come out and manifest itself. Therefore, this shraddha is what I want, and what all of us here want, this faith in ourselves, and before you is the great task to get that faith. Give up the awful disease that is creeping, into our national blood, that idea of ridiculing everything, that loss of seriousness. Give that up. Be strong and have this shraddha, and everything else is bound to follow.”
“Whether each of the faithful has a particular angel assigned him for his defence, I cannot venture certainly to affirm... not one angel only has the care of every one of us, but that they all with one consent watch for our salvation.”
“Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.”
“Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.”
Source: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash
“Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles.”
“Whether electing abstinence from sex or choosing to engage in sex with multiple lovers, sexual empowerment is about making decisions which are right and safe and true for you.”
“Whether every story that's there [in the Bible] is a historic truth ... Again, I'm not concerned.”
“Whether fate or fortuitous,
The voyage is incessant.
Life is gratuitous,
It's regrets recrudescent.
We so blindly see adversely,
Linear to some 'decree'.
Sentenced by each other,
To live this critically.
To err is Human,
Ironic that we divest.
For any man who puts that past him,
No misfortunes he has left.”
“Whether fighting or spitting, my discipline is unforgiving!”
“Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line.”
“Whether for good or for bad, the Iran that ultimately rises out of the ashes of last summer's uprising will be unlike the Iran we know today, and for that we can thank the Green Movement, not another round of useless sanctions.”
“Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.”
“Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs.”
“Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and mathematical analysis gives men an opportunity to bring conflicts up from the level of fights, where the intellect is beclouded by passions, to the level of games, where the intellect has a chance to operate.”
“Whether gathered from assessments, feedback, practice sessions, or collaboration with parents, data is a key driver in shaping the rapid learning environment.”
“Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.”
“Whether God has decreed all things that ever come to pass or not, all that own the being of a God, own that He knows all things beforehand. Now, it is self-evident that if He knows all things beforehand, He either doth approve of them or doth not approve of them; that is, He either is willing they should be, or He is not willing they should be. But to will that they should be is to decree them.”
Source: The Works of President Edwards;: Five sermons on different occasions. Miscellaneous observations on important theological controversies. Distinguishing marks of a work of the spirit of God
“Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.”
“Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.”
Source: The works of George Herbert
“Whether good or bad, culture should never crystallize. The beauty of culture is in its evolution. Let culture always remain in a fluid state, gradually cooking in a stew pot and adapting to the changes.”
Source: Quantraz
“Whether good or bad, it was I that did the damage, and the wisest rule in life, note the aftermath and how to manage.”
Source: Life Tone Changed
“Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced private spending. Furthermore, private spending is generally more efficient than the government spending that would replace it because people act more carefully when they spend their own money than when they spend other people's money.”
“Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.”
Source: Daniel Deronda
“Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength.”
“Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses.”
“Whether he be an original or a plagiarist, man is the novelist of himself.”
“Whether he called himself a Devil or not, he had quickly turned into her angel. Perhaps she was becoming his, too.”
Source: City of Gods and Monsters
“Whether he gets hit early or in the middle or late, he gets in his seven innings it seems like every time. There are also great defensive plays made behind him and it's not a coincidence. Guys are in the game. He works quick.”
“Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.”
“Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity.”
“Whether he knew it or not, it was her Drustan, damn it all, just a month and five centuries younger.”
Source: Kiss of the Highlander
“Whether he knew it or not, wanted her or not, she was his. It could never be like this with anyone else.”
Source: Saddle Up
“Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide behind his too-appropriate order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshalled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind.”
Source: Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead
“Whether he remained here, or found a means to leave, he ought certainly to possess himself of the best possible weapons. By the term Mr. Lecky understood some sort of firearm. The fact that he was totally unacquainted with the use of guns assisted him in the illusion that, given a revolver, he would instantly become formidable. Trusting machines as he did, he regarded a revolver as a small killing machine. He believed that its operation required little more than pointing and pulling a trigger. The revolver would obediently deliver, unerring and fast as light, death to a great distance.”
Source: Castaway
“Whether he talked or not made little difference to my mood. My only enemy was the clock on the dashboard, whose hands would move relentlessly to one o'clock. We drove east, we drove west, amidst the myriad villages that cling like limpets to the Mediterranean shore, and today I remember none of them. All I remember is the feel of the leather seats, the texture of the map upon my knee, its frayed edges, its worn seams, and how one day, looking at the clock, I thought to myself, 'This moment now, at twenty past eleven, this must never be lost, ' and I shut my eyes to make the experience more lasting. When I opened my eyes we were by a bend in the road, and a peasant girl in a black shawl waved to us; I can see her now, her dusty skirt, her gleaming, friendly smile, and in a second we had passed the bend and could see her no more. Already she belonged to the past, she was only a memory. I wanted to go back again, to recapture the moment that had gone, and then it came to me that if we did it would not be the same, even the sun would be changed in the sky, casting another shadow, and the peasant girl would trudge past us along the road in a different way, not waving this time, perhaps not even seeing us. There was something chilling in the thought, something a little melancholy, and looking at the clock I saw that five more minutes had gone by. Soon we would have reached our time limit, and must return to the hotel. 'If only there could be an invention', I said impulsively, 'that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again." (Rebecca, chapter five)”
“Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.”
“Whether he wins a battle or not, a victorious man always makes history. With the help of the majestic God, he keeps re-writing his story.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.”
Source: Al Pacino
“Whether Hindus or Greeks, Egyptians or Japanese, Chinese, Sumerians, or ancient Americans -- or even Romans, the most "modern" among people of antiquity -- they all placed the Golden Age, the Age of Truth, the rule of Kronos or of Ra or of any other gods on earth -- the glorious beginning of the slow, downward unfurling of history, whatever name it be given -- far behind them in the past.”
Source: The Lightning and the Sun