I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether. Alfred North Whitehead quote
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead quote
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead quote
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead quote
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Alfred North Whitehead quote
Biography
English mathematician & philosopher. Lived 1861 - 1947.
