Alfred North Whitehead

Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead

 

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

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