We think in generalities, but we live in detail. -Alfred North Whitehead

 

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.


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This quote is just one of 34 total Alfred North Whitehead quotes in our collection. Alfred North Whitehead is known for saying 'We think in generalities, but we live in detail.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

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The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth.

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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge. -Alfred North Whitehead
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We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

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A clash of doctrines is not a disaster--it is an opportunity.

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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. -Alfred North Whitehead
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But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

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