Whiggish History Quotes & Sayings

Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film. — Andrew Stanton

George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come home from school, put it on, and listen over and over. I started memorizing it. I don't even know why. I loved it so much I memorized it. — Steven Wright

I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'
her face was on a sudden distraught with pain
'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart. — W. Somerset Maugham

When 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' premiered on the WB Network in 1996, American culture was in trouble. Americans were bowling alone, pursuing individual interests to the detriment of the communal good. Business leaders were celebrating creativity and neglecting discipline. Nike's 'Just do it' ads were teaching young people to break the rules. — Virginia Postrel

When life knocks you down, stop and look around for one thing that's good, because there is always something. Then cling to that good. — Vi Keeland

There are many different ways to look at a situation, and it's important to look at things the way they are. — Lisa Loeb

Of all the major developments in the history of science, there may be no better example than that of the periodic system to argue against Thomas Kuhn's thesis that scientific progress occurs through a series of sharp revolutionary stages.20 Indeed, Kuhn's insistence on the centrality of revolutions in the development of science and his efforts to single out revolutionary contributors has probably unwittingly contributed to the retention of a Whiggish history of science, whereby only the heroes count while blind alleys and failed attempts are written out of the story.21 — Eric Scerri

Wait here.
Hell I am. Why?
Because you're six-five and have green hair and my grandfather doesn't know you and owns lots of guns. — Ransom Riggs

All you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts. — Wallace D. Wattles

There is very little you understand about my world, Juliette. — Tahereh Mafi

Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain. — H. H. Asquith

it's a very hard thing to resist, real goodness, in a tough man. — Gregory David Roberts