Rapps Quotes & Sayings

To get at the meaning of a statement the logical positivist asks, What would the world be like if it were true? The operationist asks, What would we have to do to come to believe it? For the pragmatist the question is, What would we do if did believe it? — Abraham Kaplan

I never wish to be easily defined. I'd rather float over other people's minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person. — Franz Kafka

At times what you expect and what happens don't match.
The faster you accept and adapt to what happened & work towards creating what you believed, that what you expected gets created in a whole new way..! — Sujit Lalwani

Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices. — Mahatma Gandhi

The formation of glass from the melting is like starting a clock. It resets the time for us to determine billions of years later. — Robert Duncan

Ambition is the death of thought. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Rail is such an undignified way to travel. All that rapid racing about. Floating has so much more gravitas. — Gail Carriger

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go. — Melissa De La Cruz

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. — Herbert Read

Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your career. You might have to look for more than one passion. Some passions may afford a career and some may not. — Larry Smith