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“Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.”

Needs Littles Matter Philosophy Remember Faces Practice Minutes Style Red Series Instinct Conviction Pregnant Apologizing Convenience Adjustment Outrage Reflexes Parenting Styles

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“... every time I got disappointed I'd remember the Roseannadanna philosophy that says that you shouldn't cry over split milk 'cause if you spill some milk and instead of cleaning it up you just walk over it and start crying, they're gonna put you on lithium.”

Ifs Philosophy Remember Causes Walks Cry Over It Disappointed Milk Splits Cleaning Spills Lithium

Author:Gilda Radner

“In civilized places idleness, once the prerequisite for abstract thought, poetry, religion, philosophy, and falling in love, has become a character flaw. In America we've managed to stamp it out almost completely, and few people under forty can remember a single moment of it, even in earliest childhood. The phrase 'spare time' has vanished from the land.”

Source: Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories

“Remembering is the opposite of being here now; it's being there now.”

Philosophy Remember Opposites Being There

Book:THE COST OF LIVING: The New Work of Merrit Malloy

Source: THE COST OF LIVING: The New Work of Merrit Malloy

“There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path. You may remember this "something" as a signal moment in childhood when an urge out of nowhere, a fascination, a peculiar turn of events struck like an annunciation: This is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.”

Humans May Philosophy Moments Seems Remember Turns Path Childhood Events Particular Theory Who I Am Human Life Urges Peculiar Sooner Or Later Signals Fascination

Author:James Hillman

“If you're studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.”

Ifs Enough Philosophy Facts Humor School Funny Remember Forget Study Screws Forget It Rest Of Your Life Geology Screw You

Author:Steve Martin

“There is a saying in Bali: "We have no art. We do everything as beautifully as possible." This reflects my philosophy of practice. I try to remember daily what a gift it is to have the privilege of living in this wondrous world.”

World Trying Art Philosophy Remember Practice Privilege Wondrous Bali

Author:Sam Keen

“Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too - ready to understand heaven and earth. In everything you do, even the smallest thing, remember the chain that links them. Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring earth.”

Philosophy Earth Remember Heaven Ready Succeed Doctors Instruments Chains Heavenly Links Smallest Emergencies Heaven And Earth Handy Scalpels

Book:Meditations: A New Translation

Source: Meditations: A New Translation

“It's sort of another innovation, probably a good innovation, of Western culture to separate the ideas between science and philosophy, but it's important to remember they weren't always separate realms of inquiry.”

Important Ideas Philosophy Remember Culture Innovation Western Realms Inquiry Western Culture Science And Philosophy

Author:Brad Warner