“Essential truth, the truth of the intellectualists, the truth with no one thinking it, is like the coat that fits tho no one has ever tried it on, like the music that no ear has listened to. It is less real, not more real, than the verified article; and to attribute a superior degree of glory to it seems little more than a piece of perverse abstraction-worship.” ThinkingLittlesRealSeemsTruthPiecesFitEssentialsDegreesWorshipGloryEarsSuperiorsAttributesArticlesCoatsAbstractionIntellectualism Book:The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding Source: The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding
“Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That Beethoven was a drunkard? That Wellington won the battle of Waterloo? There are various degrees and dimensions of success in making statements: the statements fit the facts always more or less loosely, in different ways on different occasions for different intents and purposes.” WayDifferentFactsTruthPurposeFitBattleShapesDegreesVariousLondonStatementsOccasionsDifferent WaysDimensionsEggsGalaxyDrunkardsVaguenessTrue Or FalseWaterlooWellingtonBelfast Author:J. L. Austin
“God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.” MenGrowsGrowing UpYouthFitDegreesWeaknessCrossesTrialsChosenManhoodPerilVigor Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress
“Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.” WorldLifeLife IsDesireNaturalStrengthFitDegreesPreferenceWill PowerPersonal Strength Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“If it were a rainy day, a drunken vigil, a fit of the spleen, a course of physic, sleepy Sunday, an ill run at dice, a long tailor's bill, a beggar's purse, a factious head, a hot sun, costive diet, want of books, and a just contempt for learning - but for these. . .the number of authors and of writing would dwindle away to a degree most woeful to behold.” IfsWantWritingLongBookRunningCoursesNumbersSunFitDegreesHotBillsIllDietsSundayContemptBeggarPursesRainyRainy DayDiceSleepyTailorsSpleenHot Sun Author:Jonathan Swift
“Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in kind, from slavery.” KindDoePurposeFitDegreesSlaveryCongressDescription Author:Walter E. Williams
“Basically what I'm trying to say is that when you get down to the nitty gritty of song writing, it is very logical to a certain degree. It requires a bit of intuition as to how things can fit together elegantly.” WritingTryingTogetherCertainSongBitsFitDegreesIntuitionLogical Author:Vienna Teng
“To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival. The critic really started as a survivor mechanism in early infancy and childhood when we were trying to navigate our early family system and culture; when we're learning how to fit in so we could optimize that flow of love and affection. It was an internal voice telling us to shut certain patterns and reactions down, that negativity bias that's always looking for what's wrong, looking for the threat.” TryingCertainCultureVoiceBrainChildhoodFitDegreesSurvivalFlowThreatCriticsPatternsAffectionReactionsAriseInternalsSurvivorMechanismNegativityBiasInfancyNavigateLove And Affection Author:Mark Coleman
“Immigrants who voluntarily come to a country have already made a decision to assimilate to one degree or another. Probably not completely, but they've committed to the place, and they know that they need to make certain kinds of concessions. They change themselves in some way to fit in. They're looking forward as much as they're still looking backward.” KnowsWayNeedsKindMadeStillsCountryCertainDecisionFitDegreesCommittedImmigrantsLooking BackLooking ForwardConcessions Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.” MayCountryTermClassFitDegreesMassWesternPopulationVehicleBorrowedDialectRefiningNomenclatureConveyingVernacular Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one degree above that of a chattel slave. He may live; but he can live only as the servant of others; compelled to perform such labor, and to perform it at such prices, as they may see fit to dictate.” MenMayConditionsFitDegreesLaborSlaveServantForbiddenCompelledBankingProhibition Author:Lysander Spooner